YouTube – Hitler finds out that NBBL have appealed the Prospect Park West Bike Lane.
Dmitry keeps spotting the good ones…
This is the new bike lane on Lafayette? Really? – May 6, 2011 – @jcns photo on picplz.
Last year, @BicyclesOnly and I did a cyclechic ride. He got all dressed up and I rolled in with a bowling shirt… shoot me, i’m a fracking hipster… This year, @Amsterdamize is crossing the pond and we’re teaming up w/ @NyCycleChic to do an “UN-#5boro” ride! We really don’t care what you wear, as long as you dress to impress & it’s no-lycra.
Meeting Location: 6th Ave & West Houston St (North East Corner)
Departure Time: 10:30 am
Contact Number: +1.646.867.2263
Organizers:
@NewAmsterdamize, @Amsterdamize, @BicyclesOnly, @NyCycleChic
Dueling Protests Over a Brooklyn Bike Lane – NYTimes.com.
a sensible Borough President would see which way the wind is blowing and would decide, you know what? I’m going to brag about the fact that Brooklyn is one of the best places in the entire United States of America you can come and live if you want to be able to get around by bike. If Marty lived with us here in the 21st century rather than being stuck in 1958, he would be taking credit for NYC DOT’s innovations and improvements. He’d be bouncing around shouting, “Come to Brooklyn. You can ride your bike from Park Slope to Williamsburg now. You can take your child on a bike to the new parks on our waterfront. You can bike to your job at the new offices in DUMBO. You can bike to great local restaurants where food is being grown on our rooftops in Greenpoint. Who needs Manhattan, folks? We’ve got it all here. And you don’t even need to bother with a stinking car or expensive mass transit. Blah blah blah blah. Yay Brooklyn!”
via Streetsblog New York City » Three Myths From Marty About the PPW Bike Lane.
Whats not surprising is that there was a collision on the bike path—though deceptively safe, that bike path is often packed with cyclists who ride even more recklessly because theyre not pedaling through traffic. Take it easy, people!
via Cyclist “Impaled” on Hudson River Bike Path – Gothamist.
here’s two great posts from the bicyclette blog. i just love the last paragraph…
She’s so hot she’s making me a sexist. Bitch (NSFW)
I ride my bike everyday. I know the difference between a cruiser with a coaster break and a fixie. I call it a saddle, not a seat. I am no mechanic, but I can change a tire and fix a flat. Just because I ride in a dress and I like pink bikes, does not mean I am any less of a cyclist than, let’s say, these dudes.
However, plenty of male cyclists, and specifically tumbleloggers, would have you believe this is the case. To them, any woman who dares to ride in her everyday attire must be a fashion-obsessed dummy, as if riding in an attractive outfit and and being a committed, impassioned cyclist are mutually exclusive. For instance, Dottie from Let’s Go Ride a Bike writes of a demeaning experience at a Chicago bike shop:
I don’t have to add commentary, I’ll simply repeat some choice quotes from the guy assisting us [at the bike shop].
“You girls aren’t dressed for test riding bikes.”
“You can’t ride that bike in a skirt…I’m just trying to save you some embarrassment.”
“You girls should stay on the sidewalk…be careful out there, girls.”
“How was your photo shoot?”
Responses from the bicyclette’s readers…
This post is SO true. The amount of looks I get from fellow cyclists on the road is ridiculous.
Just because I decide not to wear lycra and go down the road at Tour de France speeds does not make me anything less of a cyclist.
Bicycles come in many different shapes and sizes. My bike is of a minority in my area: it has no gears, a sprung saddle, and yes, even a pretty basket on the front. It still has two wheels, two pedals, a saddle, and yes, even handlebars. It doesn’t make me any less worthy of cycle lane space.
In the short time I’ve had my bike, I’ve been overtaken viciously, been shot abuse at, and even told by a fellow cyclist to get a proper bike.
My bike is a proper bike. Its type was around before you were even born. If it wasn’t for the design of my bike, you wouldn’t have your streamlined contraptions. So have a bit more respect.
it looks like @BrooklynbyBike and @Noneck are hosting a last minute #BikeNYC tweetup with a couple who has sold EVERYTHING to travel the world by bike. Tomorrow night, I’m really looking forward to meeting The Path Less Pedaled at the Change You Want to See, 84 Havemeyer St, Brooklyn (Facebook link).
this video is beyond dope. thanks @danlatorre!
i wish #bikenyc’rs would get out the way like they do in japan.
While it is the LAST weekend of summer and we’ll all be battling hurricane earl, Adeline Adeline is having their first sample sale! If you’re not on their email list, you should. I’ve been told that you’ll see further sales will be posted on the mailing list and on @AdelineNYC‘s twitter account.
Since this is an “in-store” sample sale, you won’t be seeing too many of these items around their website. Check out this laundry list of great goods! I’ve bolded a few of the really special items…
Happy hunting!
the 2006 LoveYourBike campaign by Manchester Friends of the Earth.
This weekend on Governors Island, Julie, owner of Adeline Adeline (aka @adelineNYC), and her family ran across another bakfiet. Then @noneck ran across @naparstek and his bakfiet. If this invasion is true, we couldn’t be happier!!!
With her rack, basket and bell, here’s Jessie Liu properly represting #BikeNYC’rs in ELLE Magazine’s Street Chic Easy Riders! you go girl! Btw, this gallery has a nice collection of low step city bikes!