I’m pretty pleased with the Hot Karl. Total cost, around $550. That’s within pennies of Katie’s Del Ray. But with the internal hub, I think the Hot Karl is a nicer bike. It’s light, rides great, makes a nice old-school clicking sound as you peddle, and has some flourishes from the Mexican-run bike store (purple…
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Check out David Hembrow’s wicker baskets! It’s the wicker chainring guard that really makes me happy. Alas, it is only for recumbent bikes. And yes, it says he does ship to the US.
One year ago I reported on the opening of a new Astoria bike store. A good one. One in whose hands I would trust my nice bikes. Unfortunately, it opened right after a spend a lot of money building two bikes. So I didn’t actually have a need to go there too much. And when…
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I went over to Jersey City today. N to the PATH train. It really is easy to get to. It’s kind of like what we say about Queens, I suppose. And I picked up the bike that will become the Hot Karl. $270. It’s a perfectly sized frame. Light. Steel. Lugged. Two excellent wheels. Bottom…
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Check out this post on Craigslist: small womans road bike found on Grand street. actually… i bought it off of some homeless-esque dude for twenty bucks. I mostly did it to reunite it with its owner, but i do need a bike so in two weeks if no one claims it… it has a new…
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I’m getting bikes for two of my friends. I biked up a Bianchi Milano on Craig’s List for about $250. That’s a bargain. And lucky. But that still leaves my other friend. If anybody is trying to sell a good city bike for a guy around 5’10”, let me know. I bought a built 26″…
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I could take back Central Park in one month. The problem is that there’s a 6-mile loop-road around the park… But cars zoom around it. It’s finally closed to cars a lot of the time. But not say, from 3 to 7 pm. As a result, I bike around Central Park a lot less than…
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Read all about the controversy at Brooklyn Industries and crazy anarchist anti-consumerist bike gangs (as opposed to all the consumerist anarchists running around with Puma balaclavas?). C.H.U.N.K. 666 is an intersting group, by the way. Tall bikes are cool, by the way. And bike jousting may be a gimmick, but it’s a damn good one.…
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Perhaps I have too many red blinky lights. But I’m all too willing to shell out another $15 on something that may save my life. And besides, they break, or you lose them, or a friend needs one. You really can’t have too many red blinky lights. Now that I’ve removed the rear rack on…
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I took off my rear rack for my ride today. The bike handled great and I just zipped along! City biking and agility go so well together. I guess my final answer (for now) is messenger bag… unless I have so much to carry that I need the pannier bags. There is some more on…
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