So I was riding my fixed-gear bike to work the other day. While going over the new horrible series of bumps on Crescent St. as you approach the bridge, my chain came off. It’s never happened before. And it wasn’t a big deal, because I have a hand brake on my fixed-gear bike. So I…
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The only way any city can really become bike friendly is to provide bike paths that get you from point A to point B. Not bike paths, but separate bike lanes. A lot more people would bike if they could where they’re going without having to fight traffic for the bulk of their trip. Traffic…
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Just opened: L.I.C. Bicycles. 25-11 Queens Plaza North.(718) 47-BIKESI bought a few small things from here. You can’t beat the location, just off the Queensboro Bridge bike path. He said Andres at the wonderful Bicycle Repair Man Corp isn’t too happy with him right now. But I think Astoria/Southern Long Island City can support two…
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A friend sent me this:You will like this bike-shop-on-a-bike that I saw in Beijing. I also saw barber-shop-on-a-bike, and of course, street-food-on-a-bike.
Why is everything cool from Portland? And I’ve never been there. (and Portland Maine ain’t bad either, but that’s another story).Here a great blog about city biking. http://thecitybicycle.blogspot.com/. And they talk about 650B wheels. The Jopo looks like a great bike! But best of all is their link to Finish disco dancing lessons. And here’s…
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Progress is slow in our fair city.This from Transportation Alternatives: The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) announced today that car-free time in Central Park will be increased by one hour in the morning on the park’s West Drive, starting Monday, August 6. Although this was less of an incremental improvement than we had…
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Some of you may know Hospitality Club(.org) or Couch Surfing(.com). These are places you can mooch free lodging from people and be nice and give people a place to stay. Great idea. My wife and I are actually members of the former, but we’ve never hosted anybody (or asked anybody for hospitality—when we travel, we…
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/18/opinion/18haskell.htmlJuly 18, 2007Op-Ed ContributorNew York TimesThe Path of Least CongestionBy DAVID HASKELL CONGESTION pricing came to a halt after a head-on collision with Albany on Monday. The New York State Senate decided not to take up Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s plan to charge a fee to drivers entering the busiest parts of Manhattan, causing New…
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I need to mention that I feel a little better about passing on the Turkey to Greece bike trip. Even though it would have been memorable, and I would have remembered it for the rest of my life, and I would have gotten my name and picture in some Greek papers for bike riding… it…
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