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Northwest Earth Institute
EcoChallenge
October 14 - October 28, 2016
Felix Kuehling's avatar

Felix Kuehling

AMD Green Team

"To service and protect innocent bicycles ..."

POINTS TOTAL

  • 0 TODAY
  • 0 THIS WEEK
  • 140 TOTAL

participant impact

  • UP TO
    60
    miles
    traveled by bike
  • UP TO
    38
    pounds of CO2
    have been saved
  • UP TO
    26
    meatless or vegan meals
    consumed

Felix's actions

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Restore a used bicycle

I will restore a used bicycle using as few new parts as possible, and give it to a friend in need of a bicycle. New parts are consumables, or parts that are difficult to reuse without compromising reliability: brake pads, cables, spokes, bearing balls. Used parts are parts I have lying around from previous bike builds, or can be found on Kijiji and similar platforms: the bike, rims, tires, handle bars, brakes, crank set.

COMPLETED 0
DAILY ACTIONS

Food

Eat Meatless Meals

I will enjoy 2 meatless meal(s) per day.

COMPLETED 13
DAILY ACTIONS

Waste

Use Reusable Bags

I will not accept any disposable bags when making purchases.

COMPLETED 14
DAILY ACTIONS

Transportation

Go by Bike

I will commute by bike 10 mile(s) per day and avoid sending up to 6.39 lbs of CO2 into Earth's atmosphere.

COMPLETED 6
DAILY ACTIONS

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    Felix Kuehling 10/28/2016 4:10 PM
    The AMD Markham Ride for Heart team received their recognition Plaque from the Heart & Stroke Foundation today. 26 participants raised over $11,000 in donations towards heart and stroke research, education and education. AMD Community Affairs contributed by sponsoring the corporate team and making a team donation in support of our effort. On behalf of the Heart and Stroke Foundation, a Big Thank You to all participants and to AMD!
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    Felix Kuehling 10/17/2016 3:35 PM
    Looking forward to a refreshing bike ride home to continue working on my bike restoration project.

    The original steel rims are in bad shape. I have good pair of used aluminium rims that I'll use for a rebuild. But tonight I'll first inspect, clean and relubricate the hub bearings, check if any bearing balls need to be replaced and whether the bearing surfaces are in good enough condition. I don't want to rebuild the wheels with bad hubs.

    The rims look badly abused, but the cogs and chain are in decent shape. So the damaged rims are probably caused by under-inflated tires on rough terrain or maybe a crash. The crank spider is bent and the left crank has been replaced at some point, maybe after a crash. But it seems the bike hasn't been ridden that much or that hard. So I have hope that the hubs will be just fine.
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