The missus and I got our key fobs on Friday, just in the nick of time, and rode around today. There is something a bit silly about paying to take a subway to ride a free bike when we’ve got a few two-wheelers sitting around right here at home… but anyway… The bikes are great.…
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Why? Because it’s good for you. Builds character. Be real cool and read it in actual book form. Be super real cool and do so while riding your bike. Here’s the book: In the City of Bikes: The Story of the Amsterdam Cyclist. It’s by Pete Jordan. You may know him from Dishwasher fame. I…
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Slate has all the answers. If I could add just one more for pedestrians: don’t cross against the light without looking for bikes. Green means go, even for bikes.
I’ve had a link to this site for a while. But still, very few people know about the wonderful “Ride the City” bicycle route planner. There has been and will remain a link to this site in the right column of this blog. It’s wonderful Le me mention a few other things: 1) Google maps…
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A story by Lionel Beehner in the Times. I still say Ride the City is much better. But I assume Google maps in catching up every day.
I bought and read the Bike Snob’s Book. It’s pretty outstanding. Laugh out loud funny at times. Weiss just knows a good turn of the phrase. And unlike his generally excellent blog, the book is never too wordy. Plus it’s a beautifully produced book. Really beautiful. And a bargain, too. Plus being a good read……
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I had a rough ride to work today. Along with facing a rough and painful dust storm around windy Queensplaza (what is it about that area in when it’s windy?), I managed to scare an old lady on the bridge and hit the side-view mirror of a pick-up truck. I felt worse about the lady,…
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There’s a good interview in Streetsblog: It would make me feel warm and fuzzy if Kelly said that bike safety was a top priority. But that wouldn’t do anything to change the car-centered attitude of the rank-and-file. …sometimes what is needed for traffic violations is simple mind-numbing zero-tolerance enforcement. It’s grunt work.…even if I could…
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Helmets are such a touchy subject among bicyclists. I suppose it’s like recycling. I do it. It can’t hurt. It might help. But in the long run and in the big picture, it really doesn’t mater what you or I do. Seriously. And unlike recycling, where ever little bit matters (a very little bit), there…
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So I just saw “The 40 Year Old Virgin” (so, I’m a little behind the times). Very funny movie. I laughed. I cried… I cried because I’ve seen such an anti-bike movie in my life. Not only is biking for losers and nerds, it epitomizes loser and nerd! And then, because of course the hero…
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