Cycle Oregon on OPB's Oregon Field Guide

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Two thousand people every year take exhausting vacations together to ride hundreds of miles and bring urban and rural Oregon together in the process. Cycle Oregon turns 20!

Producer - Vince Patton; Videographer & Editor - Nick Fisher

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BicycleTutor.com - How to Fix a Flat

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If you ride a bike long enough you will get a flat. It's much cheaper and convenient (and cheaper) if you can do it yourself. It can even save you miles of walking if you can do it on site. You'll just need a pump and a patch kit or you can flag down a cyclist who has one.

In this video, Alex the Canadian Bicycle Tutor explains how to fix a flat inner tube type tire.

Here are some of my personal tips:

To keep your hands clean and supple it's great to use a pair of latex gloves to do a tire repair.

When you fix a flat make sure the thing that might have caused the flat (glass, tack, etc.) it is no longer in your tire. Be careful not to cut yourself, though.

A great way to save money and resources is to reuse your inner tubes when they are punctured. If the tube is really old, you have difficulty finding the leak, or you find multiple leaks it might be worth replacing the thing all together. Used inner tubes have all sorts of uses, e.g. bungee cords and bondage equipment.

Once you remove the inner tube pump it back up and and fine the leak by running the tube against your cheek. If you are on a naked bike ride you can use your ass cheek but I still recommend using your face cheek.

Check out more great instructional videos at BicycleTutor.com, eh?

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This was put together by Transport for London as a part of the look out for cyclists campaign.

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BIKE To Oz Episodes 2-4

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I decided to catch us up on all the rest of the current episodes of Bike to Oz so see them below.

In Episode two, Kevin and Lowanna travel through the Netherlands and head South. The roads are great but the directions difficult.

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Cycling from England to Australia. Kevin and Lowanna choose to pedal rather than fly the 17,000Km overland from England to Australia. Join us as we send back reports from the roads, deserts, and woodlands and mountains of UK, Europe, Pakistan, India, Iran, Malaysia and finally Australia.

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Episode 3 -Cycling through France to see all the trees knocked down by storms and onto the Swisss Alps.




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Episode 4 Catching the Tour D'Giro bicycle race in Italy, heading through polluted Greece to the site of the Olympics and on towards Turkey. We leave Europe and enter Asia and our first puncture!

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BikeXploitation Promo #3

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Another from the BikeXploitation promo series shot during Feburary's Midnight Mystery Ride.

Find out more about the Bike Porn East Coast Tour and BikePorn 2.0 at www.bikesmut.com.

Directed and Edited by RevPhil. Camera, Tech, and Theme Music by Dan Kaufman.

CrankMyChain! CycleTV is produced and distrubuted by PDXK.TV and the Disco Trike.

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The Bicyclist 25: Good Night and Good Luck

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Steve hits the road with the Demon SUV in hot pursuit.

The Bicyclist is Produced by Craftmaster Independent.

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Bike To Oz - Episode 1

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UK - Hooray for the heroic adventure. It's exactly what Kevin and Lowanna have embarked on, a 10,000 mile journey from England to Australia by bicycle.

The best part is that they are video blogging their story from the roads, deserts, and woodlands and mountains of UK, Europe, Pakistan, India, Iran, Malaysia and finally Australia.

Part of the reason for this epic journey is to raise attention to global warming and over dependence on fossil fuels. Find out more at www.bike2oz.com.

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