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026 Riding a Bike in Los Angeles with Colin Bogart

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Bikes, Podcasts, Transportation
...bottle of wine, I’ll note) we discuss: Aids Lifecycle Bike Summer Riding to work Is riding a bike in the city safe? Riding slow Keeping cool when you’re being honked at Lane positioning Avoiding the door zone Hand signals “Dork” mirrors, i.e. a rear view mirror What to wear The politics of bikes LACBC Newsletter LACBC Local Chapters If you want to leave a question for the Root Simple Podcast please call (213) 537-2591 or send an email to rootsimpl...

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Root Simple Visits Simparch’s Utah Compound

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Thoughtstylings
...posed WWII era Quonset hut. Water is biked in with specially adapted cargo bikes. Solar power pumps the water up to the tower where it is heated by the sun in a black drum. A solar panel array and batteries provide more than enough power, all day and all night, to run power tools and pump some tunes out on the powerful stereo system. The composting toilet features, what must be the most stunning view to be seen from any toilet seat perch in the wo...

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Saturday Linkages: One Year Behind the Mask

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Saturday Linkages
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...In Japan, His Disaster Art Saves Lives Dutch Oven Cornbread In Your Fireplace = Easy La La La La La La How grey was my valley: forgotten Welsh architecture – in pictures Elon Musk declared himself ‘technoking’. He’s just a hyper-capitalist clown Giving Up the Ghost: On the Legacy of Mark Fisher Rick Roderick – Self Under Siege Why Bikes Make Smart People Say Dumb Things...

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Root Simple Redesign

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Events
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...the switchover, except for the fact that commenting will disappear between the 6th and the 10th. You are welcome to leave comments on the Root Simple Facebook page. During the switchover period we’re going to feature a rerun of our most popular posts....

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