The Condor Classico is probably classified as one of the finest fixed gear bicycles on the market.
It’s not for the faint hearted, but fixed gear bikes can be a tremendously rewarding ride.
The Classico sports a retro frame and rides like the wind. The real benefit of the fixed gear, is in building up a good head of speed without feeling like a couch potato - i.e you’re gonna have to work for your mph.
The handling of the Classico is said to be quite amazing, but forgiving. You can even use the flip flop hub if you’re not ready to handle a truly fixed gear bike.
Eco shopping is all the fashion at the minute - and quite right too. Afterall the plastic bag has a lot to answer for.
That’s why I quite like the Hook and Go trolley by DeWeNe.
It’s sturdy and foldable - plus you can carry up to eight bags without squashing your goods.
DeWeNe sell organic canvas bags in black, silver, khaki and powder blue.
The trolley retails for £45 ($90) and canvas bags are £2.50 ($5) each.
Given the current environmental impact of manufacturing cars and other modes of transport I quite like this bamboo bike from Brano Meres.
I guess it makes great sense as a riding proposition too, as bamboo is incredibly lightweight and robust as material. It’s still in the concept stage, but this bike shows all the signs of being an uber eco green classic design….
Brano Meres is the designer of the bamboo bike - go check out his web site here.
The durability of laptops has long been a problem. To be fair, technological advances are beginning to tackle this problem.
However, if you really want to ensure that your laptop is protected it’s best to invest in some sort of high quality case.
The best one that I know of (which would make a great gift incidentally) is the 1080 Peli Polypropylene Laptop Case. Rumor has it, that you could drive a truck over this thing and it would remain in tact. Richard Hammond of Top Gear fame actually did this to another Peli model.
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Posted by Peter Brady on Fri 8th September 2006 at 07:00 AM, Filed in Eco Gift Ideas
This electric motorbike produced by Baroni looks cool and is on balance a greener alternative to it’s petrol based cousins.
It retails for a very reasonable £1,495 ($2,700) and reaches a top speed of 40 mph in less than five seconds. You’ll get 35 miles from a single charge of the battery which you can plug directly into a mains socket.
This is a really cool motorbike and a really cool iconic gift for just anybody.
