NYC Five Borough Bike Tour

02Feb09

“NYC Five Borough Bike Tour
This fills up quick so I am putting the word out now. Reblog if you’re going to attend (or comment below!). Hope to see you there!
There are 42 miles of adventure ahead on May 3, when you can ride car-free through New York City! Join 30,000 cyclists for the largest recreational [...]

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Tags: cyclist, five boro bike tour, nyc

Reminder: Bike Shorts at Galapagos Art Space

25Jan09

We are planning on attending tonight and it would be great to see you there!

via [HipsterNascar via bike short films]

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Tags: bike, bike short films, brooklyn, cyclist, dumbo, film, galapagos art space

Bike Friendly Inauguration!

18Jan09

We are feeling a little bummed about staying in Brooklyn for the big discobama…I mean inauguration. CNN is calling it “The Moment” and wants you to send pictures of Obama raising his hand to themoment@cnn.com WTF!? Bombard those fools with dirty photos would you?
Anyways, there is good news for the cyclists out there! The Washington [...]

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Tags: bike valet, commuter, cyclist, inauguration, obama, washington d.c.

Federal Bailout Helps Cyclists, Well Their Workplaces

15Jan09

When I read the news, I thought the blogosphere was lying to me but it turns out NPR posted something so it must be true, right? Well it is official! According to a new federal law enacted as part of the $700 billion financial bailout entitled the “Bicycle Commuter Act” companies can receive a $20/month [...]

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Tags: bailout, bike, biycycle commuter act, commuter, cyclist, federal

Ideas We Love – Light Lane

12Jan09

We caught this trending topic on twitter  (follow us!) today and wow, it really stood out to us as a great out of the box concept. The Light Lane is a virtual bike lane created by laser light. They write - 
Only a small fraction of streets have dedicated bike lanes, and with an installation cost of $5,000 [...]

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Tags: bike, cyclist, laser, light lane

Hardcourt Bike Polo Gains Popularity

09Jan09

We recently rediscovered Bike Polo courtesy of Hardcourt Bike Polo. This sport is kind of like regular polo but played with bikes instead of horses! I remember seeing some kids playing on grass a few years ago, but the hard court version has come a long way.
In bike polo, the front wheel of the bike [...]

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Tags: bike polo, cyclist, fixed gear, hardcourt, sport

A Bike Lane Fight Grows in Brooklyn

08Jan09

Let’s talk about this issue that has been plaguing the streets of Brooklyn for sometime now…particularly the street of Kent Ave. in Williamsburg. The Hasidic community is complaining that they have nowhere to part their giant minivans because of the new installation. First they threatened to block the streets. Then they put this detour sign up stating ”bus drivers [...]

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Tags: williamsburg, hipster, cyclist, brooklyn, bike lane, kent ave, hasidic, commute

Messenger Bags That Don’t Suck

22Dec08

We know you are cheap. Let’s face it. You probably commute on a bicycle to save money. Yeah but we know how much your bike costs. We also know there are others things you will spend a lot of money on like messenger bags. We agree that this an item where you actually get what [...]

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Tags: chrome, crumpler, cyclist, design, freitag, messenger bag, recycle

Woah Snow in the BK! We Watch e2 on Vélib

20Dec08

Yay! It has snowed here in the BK. Flights were canceled. Blomberg told us to go out and shop/eat. We didn’t listen. Instead we sat on our couch all day.”Working from home” is a beautiful thing. While on the couch watching PBS, we were pleasantly surprised when an episode of e2 highlighting Vélib – Paris’ [...]

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Tags: bike, bike share, brooklyn, cyclist, new york city, paris, Vélo Liberté, velib

Some Kid Does Guitar Hero on His Bike – Bike Hero

19Nov08

You-Tube and the blogospehere have been abuzz with the latest video of “madlflux” playing guitar hero with a controller mounted on his bike. Shot from the riders point of view, he traverses the road filled with colored music notes appearing like they would on Guitar Hero. The video features The Living End’s “Prisoner of Society,” and [...]

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Tags: bike hero, cyclist, guitar hero, madflux, you tube