Green Guru builds Interbike wallets with pedal-powered sewing machine
- By Lennard Zinn
- Published Oct. 5, 2012
Green Guru's bicycle-powered sewing machine
Green Guru makes all manner of bags and pouches out of recycled inner tubes. Better, yet, Green Guru built card wallets for Interbike attendees with a sewing machine that ran off of a car battery recharged by pedaling a bicycle on a trainer. Photo: Lennard Zinn | VeloNews.com
Green Guru's bicycle-powered sewing machine
This Bigshot bike powered the Sailrite sewing machine in the booth. Green Guru recycles tubes and climbing rope to produce durable gear. Photo: Lennard Zinn | VeloNews.com
Green Guru's bicycle-powered sewing machine
Green Guru’s alternator recharged the battery that drove its sewing machine when the bicycle was pedaled. The Boulder, Colorado-based company offers backpacks, messenger bags, duffel bags and panniers, as well as an assortment of accessories like bracelets and wallets. Photo: Lennard Zinn | VeloNews.com
Green Guru's bicycle-powered sewing machine
The bicycle-powered sewing machine at work making Green Guru bags out of old inner tubes. Through its Ecologic Designs private label arm, Green Guru produces branded products for companies like New Belgium Brewery and Patagonia. Photo: Lennard Zinn | VeloNews.com
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Lennard Zinn
Our longtime technical writer joined VeloNews in 1987. He is also a framebuilder, a former U.S. National Team rider, and author of many bicycle books, including Zinn and the Art of Mountain Bike Maintenance and Zinn and the Art of Road Bike Maintenance, as well as Zinn and the Art of Triathlon Bikes and Zinn's Cycling Primer: Maintenance Tips and Skill Building for Cyclists. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in physics from Colorado College. Readers can send brief technical questions to Ask LZ.
