Building a better mousetrap (2)
Or at least a better way to gather cans. From New Mexico.Notice how the basket is made out of bike rims!
Or at least a better way to gather cans. From New Mexico.Notice how the basket is made out of bike rims!
Or at least a way to turn sign posts into better bike parking. From Albuquerque, New Mexico.
If you have information, please leave a comment. People need to know. Especially about funeral arrangements and such things. Was the driver drunk? Was the man a excellent pan flute player (not my favorite instrument… but now that’s not really the issue here, is it)? Did he run a red light? Who knows? Does it…
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Rumor has it that a bicyclist was killed yesterday morning at 27th St and 23rd Ave in Astoria. The driver stopped and, as always, was not charged.
One of my biggest pet peeves: drivers get my tax dollars for driving to work and I get nothing for biking. It’s changed! Just two weeks after the news broke, you read it here. (Amazing what other bike blogs will tell you.) Now don’t get too excited. It’s only $20 a month. But symbolically, I…
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Bikes and college. Perfect together. Here’s the story in the Times.
The Screamin’ Salmon was my fixed-gear bike. A few months ago, after 10 years, I decided to unfix her. I wanted to coast down the Queensboro bridge. First I put the Bendix 2-speed kickback hub on her, but that hub was too heavy for such a light bike. So then I went with a simple…
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A friend from Amsterdam brought this nice system for hanging bikes. It’s German. And has pulleys. I like pulleys. Our ceilings aren’t high enough so you can actually walk under the bikes. But it does make things a lot neater with two of three bikes up off the ground.
I biked all the city in the past few days. The bike lane down Broadway (bring your bell), to the Gowanus Canal, and over the Manhattan and Williamsburg Bridges. And more painted bike lines are coming. If you squint really hard, you can begin to see the start of a real bike network in places.…
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Seen on the Queensboro bridge. Hi Dogwalker,Tell me what I did wrong. I’ll change. Let’s start over. I only want you. I miss you.Love, The Russian Girl How come nobody chalks love letters on the Queensburo Bridge to me?
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