The Power of USED

Watch this film:

So how aware are you? And how many passes did you count? And what about the naked girl in the left hand corner??

It belongs to these guys: http://www.dothetest.co.uk/

Well you all know I’m a great fan of the XTRACYCLE. We sell it here at USED and it has to be the coolest bike thingy you can buy. Longtail bikes are the future, carry stuff, people and yourself.

Or if you play in a rock band, go on tour with just bicycles, equipment and guitars. What need some electricity? Well just get the audience on the four bikes pedalling power to the amps.

Heres what they say:

A human/solar powered off-grid rock and roll touring apparatus.

The Ginger Ninjas are on a 5000 mile tour from Northern California to Southern Mexico, carrying all equipment on their bikes, including this 1000 watt human-powered sound system.

The human powered PA makes extremely low-impact music touring possible, sans automobile and sans electric outlet; it also makes it possible to play music in any location.

A comparison is made between the energy consumed by different touring bands.

See www.pleasantrevolution.net for touring dates and technical details of the system.

Go here and sign the petition to get Google to add a “Bike there” button on Google Maps. I think this would be a good sensible addition to a fine product and increase awareness of the bike as transportation. Here’s the link:

http://www.petitiononline.com/bikether/petition.html

and here’s the blog:

http://GoogleMapsBikeThere.org/

Be good kids and do it now.

In eight days Al Gore is going to address the UN Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia. At his urging, I’ve signed an important petition showing I support his important call for a visionary treaty to address the climate crisis. I hope you will too.

http://www.climateprotect.org/standwithal

The world’s elected leaders must take the steps necessary to solve global warming. It’s not too late. We have the opportunity now to improve the Earth’s future for our children, and their children. If we don’t act, we will only have ourselves to blame.

Please sign the petition today: http://www.climateprotect.org/standwithal

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This is for all German native speakers who come here:In acht Tagen fährt Al Gore zur UN-Klima-Konferenz nach Bali. Ich habe seine Petition unterschrieben, um zu zeigen, dass ich ihn unterstütze in seinem Bestreben, eine visionäre Vereinbarung gegen die drohende Klimakrise zu ermöglichen. Ich hoffe, dass ihr als Menschen, die was mit Fahrrädern zu tun haben, diese Aktion unterstützen werdet. Die fertige Petition soll in acht Tagen auf der Konferenz überreicht werden. Da wollen wir auch dabei sein, oder??http://www.climateprotect.org/standwithal

Alle unsere gewählten Oberhäuptlinge müssen sich dieses Problems annehmen. Wir können zeigen, dass unser Produkt Fahrrad eine wichtige Rolle spielen kann in einer modernen Welt der Mobilität. Sie müssen nur auf uns hören. Machen wir es für unsere Kinder und laßt uns nicht wegschauen und sagen, es ginge uns nichts an.

Bitte heute noch unterschreiben: http://www.climateprotect.org/standwithal

Auf seine Website gibt es eine “Bike to Basics” Artikel - hier

Danke für eurer Unterstützung, wir haben die Welt noch nicht gerettet, aber wir sind dabei ;>))

Bob

Hey guys, i’ve been working hard and not had much chance to write my blog, but i promise to get better in 2008!

any way here’s a neat Christmas cartoon i found - it sums up my feelings:


Cartoon by Dave Walker. Find more cartoons you can freely re-use on your blog at We Blog Cartoons.

MyVideo-Geil durch Kochen

OK, for those of you not used to the German language a quick summary. This is a video of a late night talk show where people call in. This woman was explaining that she gets turned on by cooking shows. Watching these in bed is almost the only way she can have an orgasm. So I guess this takes Jamie Oliver and stuffed olives to a new dimension!

cliff barnes on tour 17.10.2002-21.10.2002

Wanna see where i was in 2002?? Not on a ScooterBike or an Xtracycle, but on a stage with Tony Joe White (Wrote “Rainy Night in Georgia” and “Polk Salad Annie”). The band was Cliff Barnes and the Fear of Winning and it brings back memories to see the pictures on Boogie (on my left hand side on second lead guitar, from Hamburg, Germany).

Go here, here (audio) and here

Willie Nelsons Biodiesel - The Company

Alright, put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone: Willie Nelson is out there selling Biodiesel and promoting it. Potential Govenor of Texas Kinky Friedmann (”They ain’t making jews like Jesus any more”) has named Willie his Recycling expert if he get’s into office. Read about Kinky - one of my all time favourite people (read his books) here:

http://www.kinkyfriedman.com/

and if you need a dancing Kinky - go here:

Talking Kinky

Roll over Bush and tell Schwarzenegger the news!

hey there, just got the USED-Jukebox up on the WebSite. you can see us riding ScooterBikes in the Valley of Fire or basketball-pros on a ScooterTrike and listen to some good music from a very good friend of mine. oh and the Xtracycle Slideshow is awesome!

Jukebox - Music and Video
Xtracycle Slideshow

Seen in Grist Magazine:

“If efficient, low-energy lighting were installed all around the world, global energy costs could be cut by nearly a tenth, says the International Energy Agency. The technology is widely available, would curb light pollution, and, according to a new IEA report, could keep up to 16 billion tons of carbon out of the atmosphere over the next quarter century.

The average American home uses 10 times the artificial light of the average Chinese home, and 30 times that of the average Indian home. The executive director of Greenpeace U.K. is urging governments to mandate efficient lighting in building codes. What a bright idea!”

Taken from the Daily Grist 06.07.2006

Guardian Unlimited: World Cup 06

This sums up a lot of what i feel as well. I remember the 66 final and had exactly the same kind of prejudice against anything German. But at the age of 21 i went to live there and found it to be just like anywhere else in the world - good guys, bad guys but still a boring football team. now riding on a huge wave of sympathy on to win the world cup with a good team. But some things are the same all over the world, the boulevard press has been praying that Klinsmann doesn’t succeed, all the idiots that refused the trainer job are complaining “He’s not doing this right, he’s not doing that right”, now these voices are choking in some peoples throats and apologies are due. I don’t know if Germany are a worthy contender, but i like the way Germany is enjoying this amazing spectacle, and yes i am jealous to!

Guardian Unlimited Football | World Cup 2006 | The worst World Cup haircuts in the world ever etc etc index

Check out the worst haircuts ever seen on the pitch. Seems England are better here than at penalty shooting. Oh well, see you in 2010, if we qualify.

This sounds kinda weird, but it isn’t! I just read an interview with Jeffrey Hollender, President of Seventh Generation who make nontoxic cleaners, recycled paper towels and tissues, and other alternatives to unhealthy conventional household products.

But they are doing more. They have created a website called Tampontification that encourages women to share their thoughts about menstruation as a way to get them thinking about safer choices. The site encourages volunteerism, rally donations to organizations helping homeless people, and connects people in need to those who can help. I donated, you can to. Just click on this link, chose the country or state (i chose Kenya) and move the heart into the house - Then a donation is made. Come on - Support the activist.

Tampontification! Chlorine-Free Feminine Care from Seventh Generation

BTW - did you know some women refer to their period as ” Dracula’s dream taco” or ” Ridin’ the Cotton Pony” - It’s all on the site and good education for all of us men that think shaving is a drag!

Yet another link that makes you think about our world. By the way, do we have to pay a copyright fee (like GEMA) for the thrill! I see it now, the orgasm tax, men paying more than women and cheating on your tax return will take on a whole new meaning…..

iBuzz - the music activated iPod sex toy

If Jesus came back down to earth, would he call a cab or take the train or get the Holy Grail Limo Service to pick him up?? Na, he’d ride a bike, at least when out converting people. I think he’d ride an XtraCycle with a DownLowGlow, but it leaves me wondering if that halo comes in envy green as well??

This is how the New York City Bike Show does it - here for info and here for photos