>> How to win a gold medal at the Olympics: Bike to School! “Britain’s Olympic cycling champion Nicole Cooke began honing her fitness from the age of 11 when she would race her father twice daily on the seven-mile trip to and from school. The young Miss Cooke and her father shunned the bus to dash from their home to school.”

>> How to turn a road bike into a grocery-getter. Apartment Therapy’s answer’s rather annoying, because it starts with a long preamble on how you should clean your bike chain and paint the frame, which to me seems to have v. little to do with the more practical task of hauling groceries. I’d say just install an xtracycle attachment and be done with it –

>> How to convert a car to run on leftover vegetable oil from your local greasy spoon. Liz Galst at Salon has the details.

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