Comments on: Green mountain biking http://www.singletracks.com/blog/uncategorized/green-mountain-biking/ Mountain bike news, trails, travels, and dirt. Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:18:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Greening the MTB Scene | Mountain Bike Blog || SINGLETRACKS.COM http://www.singletracks.com/blog/uncategorized/green-mountain-biking/comment-page-1/#comment-5168 Greening the MTB Scene | Mountain Bike Blog || SINGLETRACKS.COM Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:12:05 +0000 http://www.singletracks.com/blog/?p=648#comment-5168 [...] a year and a half ago I wrote about mountain bikers’ carbon footprints (er, carbon tracks) and a press release from Performance Bike got me thinking about Green MTB once [...] [...] a year and a half ago I wrote about mountain bikers’ carbon footprints (er, carbon tracks) and a press release from Performance Bike got me thinking about Green MTB once [...]

]]> By: MTB blog year in review 2008 | Mountain Bike Blog || SINGLETRACKS.COM http://www.singletracks.com/blog/uncategorized/green-mountain-biking/comment-page-1/#comment-2611 MTB blog year in review 2008 | Mountain Bike Blog || SINGLETRACKS.COM Mon, 29 Dec 2008 16:05:46 +0000 http://www.singletracks.com/blog/?p=648#comment-2611 [...] in 2008 the environment took center stage and we wrote about “green mountain biking” back in January before anyone was talking about their MTB carbon footprint. We also [...] [...] in 2008 the environment took center stage and we wrote about “green mountain biking” back in January before anyone was talking about their MTB carbon footprint. We also [...]

]]> By: Spoony’s Bike Blog » Blog Archives » Die Trends im 2008 ! http://www.singletracks.com/blog/uncategorized/green-mountain-biking/comment-page-1/#comment-1825 Spoony’s Bike Blog » Blog Archives » Die Trends im 2008 ! Sat, 12 Jan 2008 21:43:13 +0000 http://www.singletracks.com/blog/?p=648#comment-1825 [...] Grüner Ausgleich und Lifestyle - Mountainbiken wird als Gegenbewegung zur Klimaerwärmung der Trend sein und gleichzeitig in unseren Breitengraden davon profitieren. Während die einen in echter Sorge auf Klapprädern durch die Städte flitzen und auf’s Auto verzichten, werden die anderen auf Lifestyle Rädern das schlechte Gewissen beruhigen. Ich und andere haben bereits über die unter dem Strich wohl nicht so gute Ökobilanz berichtet. Im Bereich Lifestyle werden die Preise für die Bikes keine Grenzen nach oben kennen und die ‘Pimp my Bike mit noch extravaganteren und teureren Teilen’ - Kultur weiter zunehmen. Die Gegenbewegung der Singlespeeder wird es danken. [...] [...] Grüner Ausgleich und Lifestyle - Mountainbiken wird als Gegenbewegung zur Klimaerwärmung der Trend sein und gleichzeitig in unseren Breitengraden davon profitieren. Während die einen in echter Sorge auf Klapprädern durch die Städte flitzen und auf’s Auto verzichten, werden die anderen auf Lifestyle Rädern das schlechte Gewissen beruhigen. Ich und andere haben bereits über die unter dem Strich wohl nicht so gute Ökobilanz berichtet. Im Bereich Lifestyle werden die Preise für die Bikes keine Grenzen nach oben kennen und die ‘Pimp my Bike mit noch extravaganteren und teureren Teilen’ - Kultur weiter zunehmen. Die Gegenbewegung der Singlespeeder wird es danken. [...]

]]> By: UltraRob http://www.singletracks.com/blog/uncategorized/green-mountain-biking/comment-page-1/#comment-1808 UltraRob Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:43:19 +0000 http://www.singletracks.com/blog/?p=648#comment-1808 I'm lucky to live in Colorado Springs which has good trails. I can ride on bike paths from my house to good singletrack. It adds 20-50 minutes to my rides but since I'm into endurance riding it's not a bad thing. Probably at least half of that riding time would be eaten by driving anyway. I think I've only driven to a local trail a handful of times in the last 10 years. Now taking trips to Moab is a different story. I suppose carbon offsets do some good but they don't feel right to me. They seem like the typical American solution of throwing money at something so we can keep doing what we shouldn't be doing. I’m lucky to live in Colorado Springs which has good trails. I can ride on bike paths from my house to good singletrack. It adds 20-50 minutes to my rides but since I’m into endurance riding it’s not a bad thing. Probably at least half of that riding time would be eaten by driving anyway. I think I’ve only driven to a local trail a handful of times in the last 10 years. Now taking trips to Moab is a different story.

I suppose carbon offsets do some good but they don’t feel right to me. They seem like the typical American solution of throwing money at something so we can keep doing what we shouldn’t be doing.

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