Published EcoNews - Human Powered

Big and small wheeled bikes both have their advantages. Lunartic has used both for a new hubless rear wheeled bike. Its belt drive is supposed to be maintenance free and very clean and the rear wheel is snazzy to look at.

Mark Lincoln Braun has biked 300 miles with his piano. He and his fellow band mates carry their instruments on specialized trailers across Michigan treating people with blues and boogie-woogie. I thought pulling my kids in a trailer behind my bike was hard, a piano would be impossible for most people.

Mary DeFreese and Nick Peterson decided to make a film with less waste. In a very wasteful filming industry these two are dressing their sets with second-hand goods and filming almost entirely on bikes. As for distributing the film, it will also be by bikes.