Bike Share – NYU Gets a Bike Fleet of 30

10Nov08

NYU students get all the luck…or they pay for it with their very high tuition. We’re just jealous that our campus never had a bike share program. Starting now, any NYU ID carded folks have access to a 30 bikes located at two on-campus sites. The bikes provided will be odd-shaped Birias, single-speed cruisers. Apparently, [...]

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Biking in the City up 35% (since 1984)

04Nov08

The New York Times reported on Thursday that the number of cyclists in the New York City has grown by 35% since 1984. A study conducted by the Department of Transportation takes a count once a year, during the middle of the week for a 12-hour period, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. However, they’ve expanded [...]

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Bike as Art – Bike Furniture Design

03Nov08

What happens to beautiful old bikes that no longer have ridable use? Andy Greg turns them into furniture! We over here at Brooklyn By Bike love ideas that help make the environment a better place and Andy Greg has been designing bike furniture in Michigan since 1990. Need a new table, chair, barstool or lounger? [...]

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Hello Bike Enthusiasts, Brooklynites and Everyone Else!

17Oct08

Welcome to the beginning of something new and exciting (at least in my mind anyways). I have little and big plans for this site which you can learn more from the about tab. For now I leave you with the two bikes that came up in my google image search. Wtf?

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