My bike died yesterday. Or maybe not. A few days ago I noticed a creaking sound when I pedaled, but it wasn’t coming from the pedals. It seemed to be caused by some motion when I was on the saddle, so I assumed the seat post had become dry and crusty — that makes bikes…
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Oh those sexy French frames. There’s a good story in the Times about the Paris bike program… perhaps coming to a corner near you. I was in Lyon a few years ago and was impressed with the system. At least as impressed as I could be without actually riding one of their bikes. I wrote…
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Change on Broadway! It’s amazing what they can do when they have the will! They’re taking out 2 lanes of traffic from 42nd to 34th Streets in Manhattan. Bike lanes are part of the plan. Read the story here. I love Janette Sadik-Khan and the fact that “The work… has begun without a formal public…
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I saw a man with four kids on his bike today here in Amsterdam. Three in the front cargo space of his bakfiets. One in a backpack-like kid carrier. I wanted to get a picture, but he was biking too fast.
In the New York Times
This was just left in a comment. It got me so riled up I thought I’d reprint it here. Jamie writes: A woman on a bike who didn’t stop for a red light almost hit me and my dog while we were crossing the street. We had a walk sign. There was no option for…
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Just last week I was in the bike store on 28th Ave (not my normal store, but being able to drink at the Rover while getting a flat fixed is a big plus). A beautiful young woman was looking at bikes saying she’d never biked in the city before. Or something like that. Though she…
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Drunken Bicycling in NYC?! I’m all for it! And I’ve been guilty of it more than once. Now there’s drunk and in charge, a blog.
The New York Times is soliciting bike questions for Joshua Benson, the bicycle program coordinator for NYC’s Department of Transportation. I already got mine in about my issues with Queensboro Bridge access. I hope he answers it!
I asked a half dozen or so NYPD about my bit of street justice. Get this: not one of them could think of any crime I committed! A few other items of note: 1) If I were on private property, they could definitely get me for something. But I wasn’t. 2) They too mentioned that…
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