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Monday, January 04, 2010
By Yokota Fritz
Momentum Magazine issue 43 pushed to the web this morning. This issue includes a 2010 Gear Guide which includes my review of Sanyo's Eneloop bicycle. I'll post a little more about this bike here later, but for now: Mostly, it's a pretty cool electric bike. Butterflies and flowers optional.
Whatever it was, Adam Greenfield of San Francisco made a resolution at a party on Dec. 31, 2008: He would not drive, or ride, in an automobile for all of 2009.
People either applaud him or tell him he's crazy.
"I know this is impractical for people who have to get three kids to three different schools before work starts at 9 a.m. - but I just want to get people talking and thinking," he said.
While YouTube assuredly played a role in elevating MacAskill from a $9-an-hour bike mechanic to a (potentially) six-figure international icon, crediting YouTube for his transformation is like crediting photography for making Marilyn Monroe famous. The images were important. But a lot more was going on.