Month: May 2012

Biking in Astoria

Where you at?

Where you at?I’m at that bike rack.Where you at?I’m at that bike pump.Where you at?I’m at the bike rack. Where you at?I’m at the combination bicycle rack bike pump! In Amsterdam.  Too bad it didn’t work.

No thanks

Is this real or an onion parody? The strange thing is I think it’s real. [thanks to J.B.]

The Little Things in Life

I was heading to Long Island City and was grumbling in anticipation about the very brief wrong way under the bridge to get under the 7 tracks on 23rd Street. That short block was two-way till about a year or so ago. Well I’ll be damned if they haven’t put in a little painted bike…
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I want to share, too!

The bike-share locations are out! And Astoria gets exactly… zero. The closest is at the base of the Queensburo Bridge. And the related story in the Times.

Stupid Headline of the Day

From Gothamist: “CitiBike, NYC’s Bike Share, Will Cost $77 For A Four-Hour Ride.” Oh my gosh!!! Who has $77 for a 4-hour ride? They’re not free! Except they kind of are… if you’re willing to by a year membership for $95. The idea is you don’t take one of these for a four-hour ride. The…
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The Bike Sharing!

This is very good, right? I’m not certain why I’m not more excited. Maybe it’s because I already have a bike. Still, it looks way cool in other cities, where I’ve seen it.

Thank you for not stealing my bike

I’ve always suspected that a good chuck of stolen bikes aren’t locked. Why? Because we all forget to lock our bike every now and then. Two days ago I pulled up to my house, put my bike in it’s “parking place” outside, and started chatting with my neighbor and petting his dogs. Then I brought…
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