FAIRBIKES = More FUN!

On a bike, the world opens up, and we have it all - more fresh air, fun, and freedom! This blog is a celebration of those ideals and finding ways to make them available to us all!

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Scan the QR code or Download the app from our website... you will go from renting to riding in minutes

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Love seeing #Fairbikes rolling around town!

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Fairbanks it’s time revolutionize how you Party! Check out the FBX BIKE PARTY (facebook page) to learn when they roll 

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US Army Corps of Engineers maintains this permafrost tunnel that also serves as a time machine for students to see soil and bones that have been frozen for thousands of years.

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Cool!

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11 Inspirational Quotes From Superheroes That Might Just Give You Superpowers

The world can be an overwhelming place - it requires we remember who and what we are - extraordinary and capable beings! Each and everyone of us.

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Excerpt:

But many communities that need small-scale renewable energy remain out in the cold — literally and figuratively.

In Alaska, for instance, the vast majority of the more than 200 small, isolated communities populated primarily by native Alaskans rely on dirty, expensive diesel fuel to generate their electricity and heat. As in other remote communities throughout the world that have no grid to fall back on, diesel generators now provide the only reliable option for these desperately poor towns to meet their essential energy needs.

In collaboration with government labs, the state of Alaska, private companies and investors, the United States is developing modular wind and solar energy systems that will work in isolated communities in Alaska, on island nations, in the African bush and elsewhere.

These systems are remarkably compact. Consider one that would provide enough renewable power for electricity, heating and cooling for a village of 100 to 200 people. It would include a refrigerator-size control center and a similarly sized container for storage batteries. The power would come either from one to five wind turbines, each about 100 feet tall with 20-foot-long blades, or from a solar panel array covering 700 square feet or more. Modern diesel generators would kick in when the wind wasn’t blowing or the sun wasn’t shining.

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Many would see as Alaska being "behind the times" because of off the grid communities or life style choices. But is easy for me to imagine how instead it will be that perspective that informs how our larger energy issues are solved.

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Lost 81 years ago, the Baychimo is a real life ghost ship of the Northwest territories and Alaska. In 1931, this Hudson Bay Company steel cargo ship was thoroughly stuck in an ice pack. The crew was ready to wait out the winter in a makeshift camp set up nearby, but on the night of November  24 a violent blizzard hit and there was no sign of the ship when weather cleared. it was assumed the Baychimo had sunk in the storm.

Just a few days later, it was spotted floating over seventy kilometres away. the ship was stripped of its valuables and expected to sink in the winter. But over the following decades, there have been dozens of sightings of the ship still drifting along the Northwest coast, all salvage attempts failed, one of which had a group trapped on-board for over a week due to an unexpected storm.

The last sighting was in1969, and it is unknown what ultimately became of the Baychimo. 

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Brainstorming bikeshare solutions

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Office-mates, cycling buddies, best friends, business partners, and family (cousins), turns out it is a small world.

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UAF students faculty and staff sign up for their FAIRBIKES membership courtesy of the UAF Office of Sustainability.

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For the cost of an annual membership ($75) you will also be given the chance to Name a FAIRBIKES Bike. You will have colors and fonts to choose from and once tagged the bike is then put into general circulation, but don't worry - you two will always have Summer 2014.... This Week Only! Name a FAIRBIKES bike after yourself, your favorite uncle, or favorite Fairbanks Roller Girl! Go wild... OK not too wild... you get the idea. Tag Your Ride - This Week Only - (4/28/2014 - 5/4/2014)

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Check out Michael Schaffer Knocking-it-Out-of-the-Park! Please Like his video and pass it along

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We love to ride our bicycles here at Loco2, and we like a good infographic too. What more could you ask for? A lovely visual to persuade of you of the many joys of travelling on two wheels.

Even better link

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How Bikes Can Solve Our Biggest Problems

There's tantalizing data suggesting that biking could go a long way to solving America's obesity crisis. And much more.

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Bike Culture

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#Fairbanks I think we will add some new dimensions to this crowd