Clever bike rack
For narrow streets without parking. Takes up little space and provides a buffer between walkers and cars. Brilliant. From San Francisco’s Streetsblog.
For narrow streets without parking. Takes up little space and provides a buffer between walkers and cars. Brilliant. From San Francisco’s Streetsblog.
Queens around the world. An 18-mile guided route. Sounds interesting.
Help support the bike access bill. We need to bring bikes into buildings. Here’s the link: http://transalt.org/takeaction/actioncenter/3349. Through the link, you send an auto-fax to City Council Transportation Committee Chair and 2010 Comptroller Candidate John Liu. These things actually do matter.
Issue Two of The Ride is apparently out. I just ordered a copy. You can, too. It’s £13, which ended up being $21.87, shipping from the UK included. If it’s as good as Issue One (which I had a piece in), you won’t be disappointed. You can even download the whole first issue for free.
I heard a story about a friend of mine in San Francisco. A car almost crashed into him by turning into his bike. Of course it was the car’s fault. And then out of this car comes a pissed-off guy. A HUGE pissed-off guy. Well my friend is worried that he’s about his ass kicked…
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Word on the street is that my man, Andres, at Bicycle Repairman Corp is having a 15% off all bicycles sale July 3rd, 4th, and 5th. Not a bad time to buy.
Bike Snob has an excellent review and analysis of NYC’s biking needs.I feel compelled to concur that yes indeed there are differences between biking needs in Amsterdam and NYC. There is the false belief that “Amsterdam” bikes have to be heavy. No. They’re not. The Ome Fiets (Grandma bike) is only one style. One I…
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I won’t be posting for at least two weeks… and perhaps longer. Keep biking!
Broadway in Manhattan is beautiful. I strolled. I relaxed. I put my feet up. I had a snack. I even flirted with a woman (she was my wife, but whatever). Everybody has happy (despite the slight drizzle). A worker from Duane Reade came up to us and asked why all the chairs were there. “Is…
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I haven’t left Astoria to see it, but I’m very exciting about keeping cars off Broadway in Manhattan! But… Does this also mean the end of the new Broadway bike lane? Anybody know? What’s the master plan?
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