Month: December 2007

Biking in Astoria

NYC bike info updates

It may not be life changing, but the monthly email for the city is kind of reassuring. You can sign up here. I *did* learn that the city is putting up some covered bike racks. I like them simply because they’re very conspicuous. But I’ve never understand why people are so worried about bikes getting…
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Glad to be me

I was leaving a bar the other night. I unlocked my bike and went back to the entrance to say bye to the owner, who was outside smoking. He looked at me as I started to bike away and said, “Man, it’s cold out. I’m glad I’m not you!” I didn’t know what to tell…
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Keep Biking Pgh!

Can I say enough good about the new Pittsburgh bike map? I love bikes. I love maps. The designer was nice enough to chime in on a comment below (confirming the Ware-eskian influence). He has built a better bike map. I only hope the world comes beating a path to his door.This map isn’t just…
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I love Rivendell

It’s a little hard to describe the utter joy I feel when the Rivendell Bicycle Works catalogue or Rivendell Reader arrives in the mail. You could see this as a shameless plug, but it’s sincere. As sincere as I think Rivendell Bicycle Works is. Yes, they sell things. And yes, the sell things to make…
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Memorial Ride Tonight

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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Bike Pgh!

I just got back from Pittsburgh, I city I didn’t know at all. Thanks to this blog, I was able to meet some of the fine journalists at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and talk about my upcoming book (don’t worry, I’ll tell you, too, when it’s out in May). I have this thing for rough-around-the-edges (post)…
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You call that snobby?

He says he’s cranky, but I’d bet he’s a pretty good guy to drink a beer with. Here’s his handy template for writing the next story breaking the news of these strange things, called fixed gears. http://bikesnobnyc.blogspot.com/2007/12/genuine-article-reporting-on-fixed-gear.html

Bikes for two

A few weeks back we had the pleasure of hosting Laura and Aaron Beese for a few nights. They wrote us through warmshowers.org looking for free lodging. Mostly I was interested in seeing their cool bike. I mean, their bio is a little too earnest and has a too few many mentions of the All…
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Bicycle Lift

This is the coolest thing ever! If I lived somewhere with hills. I’ve always sort of dreamed of a sort of ski lift for bikes. I had no idea my dreams have been realized for over a decade, in Trondheim. Here’s the official PR:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtB8DX70ihM Here’s the renegade action shots:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j1PgmMbug8