http://www.peytocycles.com Peyto Design Works - Custom Bicycle Frames - Made in Canada Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:52:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.peytocycles.com/2007/12/29/update/ 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/ http://www.peytocycles.com/2006/12/28/long-lost-peyto-video/ http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/121806EB.shtml http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=11926 http://www.peytocycles.com/2006/12/28/chinas-river-dolphin-declared-extinct/  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       http://www.peytocycles.com/2006/11/07/ubc-supermileage-car-on-time-magazines-best-inventions-of-2006/ 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" ... http://www.peytocycles.com/2006/10/14/ubc-supermileage-team-a-green-epiphany-and-build-your-own-stirling-engine/ 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 http://www.peytocycles.com/2006/10/08/links-of-the-week/ 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 ... http://www.peytocycles.com/2006/09/16/morleys-new-video/ 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 ... http://www.peytocycles.com/2006/09/16/thats-it-thats-all/ {gallery}pictures/christianfinalbuild{/gallery} http://www.peytocycles.com/2006/06/29/freeride-build-complete-finally/ 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 ... http://www.peytocycles.com/2006/06/23/street-trials-video/