The New York Times is known for many good things, its fine bicycle coverage is not normally one of them. But this article by Colin Moyniham is great. A Blue Ross 10-Speed Isn’t Hard to Find; A Bomber Who Rode It IsNew York TimesMarch 15, 2008By COLIN MOYNIHAN The Ross bicycle arrived just after World…
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What the hell is a suspicious-looking biyclist? Like we need to give the city any other reason to harrass us. Explosive device damages Times Square armed forces recruiting police investigatingMarch 6, 2008BY ASSOCIATED PRESS A suspicious-looking bicyclist was spotted just before an explosion rocked the Times Square military recruitment center – the same scenario as…
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Anonymous left this info in a comment: After 2 deaths in 2 days last week, and 23 deaths so far this year, we are ready to ride, are you? Memorial Ride for David Smith and Franco ScorciaWednesday December 12 7:00pm Gather Union Square North7:15pm Ride leaves Union Square North7:30pm Ghost bike dedication and memorial for…
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7095134.stm Bike sex man placed on probationA man caught trying to have sex with his bicycle has been sentenced to three years on probation. Robert Stewart, 51, admitted a sexually aggravated breach of the peace by conducting himself in a disorderly manner and simulating sex. Sheriff Colin Miller also placed Stewart on the Sex Offenders…
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A mildly interesting discussion in the comments on the NYT Freakonomics blog. I like the statistical point that it makes more sense to compare trip to trip and not mile to mile, since people who bike likely have shorter commutes. I also like the point that it would save more lives if people wore helmets…
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Sometimes biking is a crime. May 19, 2007Bus Kills Man on Bicycle After RobberyBy ANAHAD O’CONNOR and MATTHEW SWEENEYNew York Times A thief was killed by a city bus in the South Bronx yesterday as he fled across a busy intersection on a bicycle after stealing a gold chain from a jewelry store, the police…
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I never mentioned the unpleasant news that my friend, Damien, to whom I gave a sexy french frame, had a nasty crash a while back. Nasty like waking up in the hospital missing both memory and teeth. The inside of his head was fine (and no, he wasn’t wearing a helmet), but he looked like…
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I was biking back from Lower Manhattan on 1st Ave between 52rd and 53rd St., on the left side of the Avenue. There’s a bus about 3 car-lengths ahead of me. He’s in the next-to-left lane, but about to move in the far left lane. He’s signaling. Then out of nowhere a car speeds by…
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Here’s a link to the NYC bike safety report. It doesn’t really say much. Or blame cars enough. And most of the statistics are pretty useless, most often because they have no denominator. What’s the use of knowing bike injuries by month if you don’t know how many people ride each month? And despite my…
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On September 20th, 2004, I was biking back from a Yankee game and wiped out on the Triborough Bridge I was pretty messed up. I haven’t been over the bridge since then. It’s not that I was avoiding it. I just don’t often need to go to Harlem or the South Bronx from Queens. Last…
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