I’ve been fine tuning my Egyptian spoke bell for a while. The positioning is kind of finicky. It’s got to be just the right distance from the spokes. And the pull’s got to be right so you don’t have don’t worry about doing it wrong. And truth be told, I don’t really need a bell…
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My kickass Bendix kickback hub finally arrived today. My God it’s heavy. Almost 4 lbs. This was build back when A-myrrh-ica still build steel. It’s so heavy, I’m having second thoughts about using it for a bike I want to be fast and nible. But I am going to use it and convert my fixed…
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The Times reports: congestion pricing is dead. I hate Sheldon Silver even more than Peter Vallone Jr.
The other day I was bitching about biking and NYC and a trusted person said, no, the DOT had gotten much better. Like in the past year. He mentioned Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan as the reason and gave two examples: 1) they’re starting the judge traffic flow by people moved rather than cars moved. That…
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He voted against Congestion Pricing! He’s Astoria’s Representative in City Council. In other words, he’s my Alderman (I know we don’t call them that here, but that’s the Chicago in me. “Council member” has no Clout). Astoria Bike officially supports whoever runs against him. [Note: due to term limits, he won’t be running again… but…
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