Month: July 2009

Biking in Astoria

55 km to Amsterdam

A post with great pictures showing biking in The Netherlands, to Amsterdam. I wish I could bike the same distance–say from New Brunswick, NJ–with such ease and beauty. And on such a whim.

Ash Tray Bike

Asbakfiets.Hilarious. Maybe you had to be there.Or know a little Dutch.

Clever bike rack

For narrow streets without parking. Takes up little space and provides a buffer between walkers and cars. Brilliant. From San Francisco’s Streetsblog.

Bike Queens

Queens around the world. An 18-mile guided route. Sounds interesting.

Bike Access Bill

Help support the bike access bill. We need to bring bikes into buildings. Here’s the link: http://transalt.org/takeaction/actioncenter/3349. Through the link, you send an auto-fax to City Council Transportation Committee Chair and 2010 Comptroller Candidate John Liu. These things actually do matter.

The Ride

Issue Two of The Ride is apparently out. I just ordered a copy. You can, too. It’s £13, which ended up being $21.87, shipping from the UK included. If it’s as good as Issue One (which I had a piece in), you won’t be disappointed. You can even download the whole first issue for free.

Not for free, I don’t

I heard a story about a friend of mine in San Francisco. A car almost crashed into him by turning into his bike. Of course it was the car’s fault. And then out of this car comes a pissed-off guy. A HUGE pissed-off guy. Well my friend is worried that he’s about his ass kicked…
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Bike Sale!

Word on the street is that my man, Andres, at Bicycle Repairman Corp is having a 15% off all bicycles sale July 3rd, 4th, and 5th. Not a bad time to buy.