Peyto Peyto Design Works - Custom Bicycle Frames - Made in Canada 2007-12-29T18:52:05Z Copyright 2007 WordPress Paul <![CDATA[Update]]> http://www.peytocycles.com/2007/12/29/update/ 2007-12-29T18:52:05Z 2007-12-29T18:52:05Z News News]]> Since Peyto was shut down in the summer of 2006, I’ve been working on modifying this website to serve as a blog documenting my current work in “green” engineering. I’ve finally had time to do some of the work, and I will continue to update the site with more info on eco friendly product design over the next few months.

Tags: ]]> Paul <![CDATA[Long lost Peyto video]]> http://www.peytocycles.com/2006/12/28/long-lost-peyto-video/ 2006-12-29T02:54:47Z 2006-12-29T02:54:47Z News News]]> OK, this is the final Peyto vid and it has some amazing riding by Morley Wilkins and Brett McCullough. Enjoy. 

http://www.biketrials.ca/content/view/226/2/

Tags: ]]> Paul <![CDATA[China’s River Dolphin Declared Extinct, Polar Bears Endangered?]]> http://www.peytocycles.com/2006/12/28/chinas-river-dolphin-declared-extinct/ 2006-12-29T01:53:07Z 2006-12-29T01:53:07Z News News]]> http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/121806EB.shtml

http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11926

Tags: ]]> Paul <![CDATA[UBC Supermileage car on TIME magazine’s best inventions of 2006!!!]]> http://www.peytocycles.com/2006/11/07/ubc-supermileage-car-on-time-magazines-best-inventions-of-2006/ 2006-11-07T23:40:56Z 2006-11-07T23:40:56Z News News]]>  Holy crap, the UBC supermileage car is in TIME magazine as one of the top 50 inventions of the year! I would like to attribute all of the teams success to the help of a certain washed-up grad student.
http://www.time.com/time/2006/techguide/bestinventions/inventions/transportation5.html 

The oceans are f’d up:
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2006/november8/ocean-110806.html

The election is f’d up:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7236791207107726851&sourceid=docidfeed&hl=en-CA

 

 

 

Tags: ]]> Paul <![CDATA[UBC Supermileage Team, A Green Epiphany, and Build your own Stirling Engine]]> http://www.peytocycles.com/2006/10/14/ubc-supermileage-team-a-green-epiphany-and-build-your-own-stirling-engine/ 2006-10-14T12:44:15Z 2006-10-14T12:44:15Z News News]]> The UBC Supermileage Team placed 7th of 28 with 3378 mpg in a Japanese fuel efficiency competition. Here is some footage they put together:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxJ3eTw9xKo

The next link is to an interview with Ray Anderson, founder and chairman of Interface, one of the worlds largest carpet manufacturers. He had a “green epiphany” 10 years ago and realized what an impact the toxik chemicals in the carpets his company produced had on the environment. It’s such a rare case for someone in a position of power to not only realize they are part of the problem, but to actually act on it. And thats all it took to completely turn the company around. Imagine how much effort, how many activists, “eco-aware” comsumers, government regulations, etc. it would normally take to have any minor impact on changing the way a company operates. In this case, it was one mans realization that it was his responsibility to do so. Thats why this story is, unfortunatly, so unique. You hippies might remember him from the documentary, The Corporation.

http://business.guardian.co.uk/economicdispatch/story/0,,1872349,00.html

 

Build your own stirling engine, kids!

http://www.physics.sfasu.edu/astro/courses/egr112/StirlingEngine/stirling.html

Tags: ]]> Paul <![CDATA[Links of the week]]> http://www.peytocycles.com/2006/10/08/links-of-the-week/ 2006-10-08T12:15:53Z 2006-10-08T12:15:53Z News News]]> Al Gore’s Global warming speach at NYU. Its long, but worth it.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/09/video_al_gores_1.php

Lacking public space in your town? Make your own:

http://www.rebargroup.org/projects/parkingday/index.html

This article is a couple years old, but in case you didn’t know (or forgot):

http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/1103/1103_feature.html

Tags: ]]> Paul <![CDATA[Morley’s new video]]> http://www.peytocycles.com/2006/09/16/morleys-new-video/ 2006-09-17T02:16:07Z 2006-09-17T02:16:07Z News News]]> Heres a great new vid of Morley Wilkins on his Peyto. This may be the last as rumor has it that Morley will be riding a frame from another B.C. steel framebuilder in the future.  This isn’t your typical trials vid, heres how Morley describes it: “Warning this video has no taps, no drops, no dirty hookers, and no amazing riding. It’s just about going out messing around and having fun riding anything.”

http://www.biketrials.ca/downloads/mw002.mpg

Tags: ]]> Paul <![CDATA[Thats it thats all.]]> http://www.peytocycles.com/2006/09/16/thats-it-thats-all/ 2006-09-17T02:01:39Z 2006-09-17T02:01:39Z News News]]> I am no longer building frames.  I have accepted an engineering position at Fuel Cell Energy in Connecticut. Thanks to all Peyto customers, team riders and all the great people I met in the bike industry and in Victoria and Vancouver, but it is time for me to move on to other things. I think it will be a better use of my energy, time and skill to be directed toward something that will hopefully have larger, more positive impact than high end custom bikes. I will likely keep the website up to date with bike related and non-bike issues that I feel are important and relevent. Never stop riding.

Tags: ]]> Paul <![CDATA[Freeride build complete… finally.]]> http://www.peytocycles.com/2006/06/29/freeride-build-complete-finally/ 2006-06-30T05:05:09Z 2006-06-30T05:05:09Z News News, ]]>

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Tags: , ]]> morley <![CDATA[Street Trials Video]]> http://www.peytocycles.com/2006/06/23/street-trials-video/ 2006-06-24T03:45:27Z 2006-06-24T03:45:27Z News News, , , , ]]> Many trials, many styles… The other day I was browsing an old cd and found an old video from 2002. Although my riding style has changed over the years I still think it’s a fun little segment, and it was eventually used in the film island style. With all the new sketchy ideas going on, I am sure I’ll drum up somthing in the near future. So stay tuned.

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