What Can You Learn from a Broken Bike? | David Eyer Davis | TEDxSaltLakeCity
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A bicycle is transportation from one location to another, but it's so much more than that. In this TEDxSaltLakeCity talk, Davey Davis tells us about a different kind of transportation bicycles provide: from disparate to connected, apathetic to engaged, helpless to empowered. David Eyer Davis is the executive director of the Bicycle Collective, a statewide upcycling nonprofit that uses bicycles as tools for empowerment. He came to the Collective as a volunteer in 2007 with no knowledge of bicycle mechanics and has since integrated bicycles into his life by leading bicycle tours, writing and editing bicycle publications, organizing events, and outfitting friends and strangers with bicycles for every purpose. Davis advocates using a bike habitually to positively re-shape our bodies, our needs, our minds, and our cities. He recognizes that bicycles aren’t inherently positive, but has found both bicycle riding and bike refurbishing to encourage patience, conservation, and intentional behavior. These outlooks and skills can apply to any positive discipline, informing us in living happier, healthier, and more humane lives. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx
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Wow! I really do hope they are not trying to turn people into the next cheating Lance Arsehole. What a strange idea of a role model to choose. But what a great idea is bike upscaling. The bike is such an amazing machine what a satisfying feeling it is to go on a bike tour and know, with a some selected simple tools you have put together and a few spare bits you can go forever and fix whatever small problems you may have, on the spot, in a few minutes , at the side of the road if need be. That really is independent travel. Never want to stop!
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love bikes but an iron would have helped that shirt.
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my landlord needs to watch this. maybe then he won't be complaining about the dozen or so bikes that my neighbor and I have behind the garage.
broken bikes are my favorite thing to find around town (besides money on the ground).
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So glad you guys are doing this. I love following your newsletters and seeing the good you do. I may come in and learn how to tune my old cruiser up for the winter :)
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So good Davey, thanks for sharing what we do!
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A gem of a program for Utah
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