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.

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.

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…

• Batavus Breukelen and Breukelen Step-Thru, $1035
• Stainless Steel Disc Lock, $11.90
• Basil Kavan II Pannier, $191.25
• Soma Front Alloy Rack, $33.98
• ThinkSport Sunscreen, $12.00
• Minnehaha Medium Saddlebag, $55.25
• Wire Mesh Basket (Black or Silver ), $10.20
• Lezyne Alloy Patch Kits and Knog Patch Kits, $8.50
• Minoura Bottle Cage Mounts (Handlebar or Seatpost), $9.35
• Trinity Helmet, $59.50
• Predator and selected Nutcase Helmets, $34.00
• Bensimon Lacet and Elastique Shoes, $46.75
• FastRider Shopper Deluxe pannier, $59.77
• FastRider Kidshopper Luxe pannier, $89.66
• Sunlite Wire Basket with Handle, $45.89
• White Lift-Off Front Basket, $8.93
• Kryptonite Fahgettaboudit, $115.00
• Sunlite Round Heavy-Duty Mirror, $9.16
• Dimension Bike Handle, $25.49

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!

PS – I’ve been roped into this by @noneck. THANKS!

Perhaps thats the thing about the Dutch. When you’re submerged below sea level you can never stick your head in the ground. You’re always making new ground. You’re ground-breaking. You make the rest of the world look, well, submerged.

via Bespoke :: The online magazine of Fourth Floor Distribution :: On ’submerged’ innovations. The Fietsvak Travelogue..

Where to begin? Windscreen… front rack… lights… mirrors/lights… paint job… WTF, trailer hitch?

Dudes on Bikes – Holy Shit Nice Bike!

Saturday – Summer Streets & Governor’s Island picnic

Sunday – Brooklyn to Queens Street Food Ride

I hope my female cycle chic friends show up in #BikeNYC style. Calling All Hell Cats and Kittens!

This Saturday, August 14^th, you better get your little bike-riding butts over to Brooklyn, McGolrick Park, to be exact, to snag a spot in the Hell Cat! all girl bike race. Registration starts at 2 PM in the center of the park, while the actual race, complete with 7 checkpoints and promises of ridiculous tasks to perform at each, will be at 3. For the $10 fee, you will score a sweet t-shirt and a spoke card. From what I hear, there will be some pretty bangin’ prizes, so make this a must-do for this weekend. And if you’re out of shape like me, you can always ride yer ass off Saturday and sleep all of Sunday. Sounds like a plan.

This fracker should have his hands chopped off.

“We need to clear the sidewalk for people in wheelchairs and people getting out of cars,” the Crusader said, adding that the vigilante “never wanted to turn to this,” but “the Yuppies … have turned this beautiful neighborhood into an eyesore. Watch out for your locks.” – The Brooklyn Paper: Sticky situation! Anti-bike vigilante is gluing locks in Williamsburg.

“When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.” -Arthur Conan Doyle

via Pedal Power in Amsterdam « Flickr Blog.

Not only will they start renting (the now bankrupt) Fietsfabriek Cargobikes, vis-a-via Rolling Orange, at Bike and Roll, BUT…

And who knows? Soon, we could be hosting the New York City’s first bakfiets race.

Shit! Now I need to save my pennies and buy the last one from Adeline Adeline. BUT the real question is, will it be a mother’s race or a no-holds-bars-copenhagenize run?

via Dutch Cargo Bikes Coming to Gov Island « Governors Island Blog.

Svajerløb 2009 – Danish Cargo Bike Championships from Copenhagenize on Vimeo.

WOOT!! This street is one of my fav connections between North and South Brooklyn. I can’t wait to parade in it. Flushing Ave Bike Lane Arrives! – Gothamist.

I’ll be there with my Dutchy!!

From @noneck

With summer in full swing, who wants to ride a bike like Lance Armstong? This is why we’re swinging by Adeline Adeline to show you some stylish rides, an opportunity to meet other #bikeNYC’rs and catch up on some refreshing refreshments.

Please join us at 6:30 at Adeline Adeline, 147 Reade St (btw Greenwich & Hudson), TriBeCa.

After 7:30 or so, and possibility weather dependent, we’ll head up the west side greenway to a little port of call with drinks, food and sunset on 70th street, pier i cafe.

*btw, a few people will be meeting up at Kiva Cafe, just a few doors down from Adeline Adeline, around 5:30 or so for tea and crumpets.

**what’s a tweetup? it’s a physical gathering of NYC cyclists who also use social media. you can see our on going conversation at #BikeNYC.

ps -> facebook event page here.

glamor moms or not, ole gorge bliss builds beautiful nyc bakfiets! in this must watch video, the Sean Patrick Farrell profiles (aka @SpokesNYT) one mother and her two daughters as they ride around town doing everything they would normally do on a train, in a cab or behind the wheel of a gas guzzler…

i can’t wait to see more bakfiets in nyc. over the last year alone, there’s been a proliferation of shops selling dutch bikes and other urban/city bikes. while the racing and hipster crowd bemoan their existence, i am ecstatic!

if you’re looking for that carry all bike, there are four locations to get bakfiets.

Adeline Adeline – TriBeCa, which features Workcycles, built in NL
HUBStation – West Village, which features modified Worksman Cycles, built in NYC
Rolling Orange – Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, which features De Fietsfabriek, built in NL
Bolognabikes – Brooklyn, hand-built frames built to your specifications.

be seeing you…

–
Flash Video

She also took issue with the assertion that the Facebook counts indicate that most people don’t share her views. “We as a community have to have a say,” she said, meaning the people who live right on Prospect Park West. “Not the people that live five blocks away, not the people that come in from all over the city to use this.“

via PPW Bike Lane Support Outnumbers Opposition 4 to 1.

via @AustinHorse: Kid & Cargo #bikenyc

found via gunnertime

(video from amsterdamize)

The TV Series is 3 part documentary on cycling in Dublin. The main premise of the series will be to look at how a cycling culture can be developed in Dublin and what that might look like. To that end, one programme will be a kind of travelogue where we go on a journey from Dublin to Amsterdam via London by bike, ferry and train. We will follow Ciaran Fallon (the new Cycling Officer at Dublin City Council) on his journey as he meets various people involved in the cycling cultures of London and Amsterdam to see what is happening from a cycling perspective in those cities and what Dublin can learn from them.
– via amsterdamize

btw, there was an American pedal project and you can find that over at “Pedal.” it has nothing to do with this project…

March 29, 2010 – Bicycling is a rapidly growing mode of transportation and the New York-New Jersey region is facing increased demand for expanded bicycle infrastructure, safer bicycle routes, access to transit connections and secure parking facilities. While we recognize that many Port Authority facilities currently provide some accommodations for bicycle users, we need to prepare more systematically for the growing use of bicycles as a mode of travel within the regional transportation system.

@BikeSnobNYC chimed in with 4 April 1898 AND did so on his blog! After tonight’s Ignite NYC #8, Brooklyn Edition, the gang of @NewAmsterdamize will be buying a few pitchers of NYC beer!

via I am in like with my bike

Transportation Alternatives needs you and your friends to vote for BikeBuddy. This new program is a kin to a biking version of Meetup.com. Imagine networking with fellow commuters who use the same bike paths, or discovering someone else’s shortcut across town OR, better yet, finding fellow foodies for a taco run!

All you need is a BikeBuddy! Every day, until Feb 28, TA needs your vote; VOTE EARLY, VOTE OFTEN!

Sidenote – @noneck, one of the curators of this site, has been hired by TA to help organize their social media.

this is such a cruel joke, but at the sametime, it’s SO funny to watch. (btw, mute unless you like horrible rock music.) – video discovered by @bikewobble. btw, if you come across a similar situation here in NYC, call 311 ASAP!

“…one man has had enough. And he’s using flowers to prove it. Forget stuffing them down the barrels of guns, Pete Dungey has been tirelessly ridding Oxford of its potholes by filling them up with primroses…” from Guardian Bike Blog.

Photograph: Pete Dungey

“we try to balance function and style” – antbikemike

i’m soooo looking forward to this documentary on American Urban cycling.

NYTimes.com Spokes blog has a nice little write up on two wheel love. Don’t forget the cammio by the IBM 7094. Two Wheels + Two Seats = Love

doesn’t this video remind you of #BikeNYC?

btw, also note Ride the City and NYC Bike Maps.

just a reminder that there is a thing called summer. (via Change Your Live. Ride a bike!)

still don’t know what to get for your fav #BikeNYC’r? stop by Transporsation Alternative’s gift-shop and give something that keeps on giving… Membership or memorabilia!

are you looking for an inexpensive stocking stuffer for your fav #BikeNYC’r? well, don’t look to further than michael mandiberg‘s bright bike kit. in a matter of 15 mins, you can light up the night and make everyone’s sprits bright!

on my block, my bike, a batavus personal bike, is the closest thing to the heavy-ass, all you can carry, i’m going to blind you with my headlights, watchout he’s taking up the whole lane SUV. but in good old amsterdamn, the bakfiets, those awesome dutch bucket bikes, have moved up from hipster/squatter transport to the loathed SUVs of Amsterdam…

i don’t know if this new super-extended bakfiet is a joke, a kin to workcycle’s anti-theft spray, but it sure does put the S in Sweet Urban Velo! i hope to god workcycle builds this puppy!

Being a firm believer in making bike riding a regular and normal part of one’s life I wear my normal clothes but add some extra layers to the ensemble. Today’s forecast is clear and cold! Sunny with wind at 22 mph gusting to 31. The ensemble today will be quite ordinary. The addition of a base layer is the critical difference. – from why she rides, a new #BikeNYC’r

photo from Chicago’s Let’s go ride a bike

Time’s Up! Bicycle Funeral Procession & Vigil for Bedford Avenue Bike Lane
Sunday, December 13, 2009
2pm – Meet on the Brooklyn side entrance of the Williamsburg Bridge
3pm – Ride will end at a Vigil for the bike lane at Bedford Ave & Wallabout St

are you looking for that perfect dutch with all the bells and whistles? some might call this bike ugly, but others will rave about it being the creme-de-la-creme of commuting haas. not only does it have splash guards, rear O lock, tire pump, heavy duty rack, shocks, dyno, enclosed chain guard, and quick-adjust ergonomic handles… it’s comes with a Nuvinci Hub! this hub is the ultimate in “gearing” exuberance! it’s two gears and an infinite selection between the two…

this batavus retails for $1,500 and up! for $800 + $75 in shipping, this sucker is a steal!

My old buddies from Vespa Soho have decided to open up a new bicycle shop that’s focusing on dutch/urban bikes, cargo bikes and zero emission motorcycles. In celebration of their opening, they are inviting the #BikeNYC community to eat, drink and see their wares. Additionally, they are thinking about renting cargo bikes.

Join us this Tuesday, 8 Dec, from 7 pm – 9, for drinks, pizza and beer!!

Carbon Negative
69 Guernsey Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222

RSVP on facebook or info@carbonnegative.com

i’m no speed demon. the extent of my exuberance extends from the top of the bridge to the bottom. other than that, i’m in the slow lane looking at the city. as an avid supporter of nyc based products, i’m quite excited to see that Hold Fast is a Brooklyn foot strap manufacture. while they cater to “freestyle” cyclist, i’m wondering if these suckers will hold up to my dress shoes and flip flops…

Yesterday, the NYC DOT release it’s annual survey demonstrating an impressive 66%% growth in bicycle traffic in two years! Amazing! Now it’s time to improve two things – more bike infrastructure where lacking AND to get the NYPD to care about road safety. See you on the road.

via david hembrow

Wear: 1. pompadour 2. glasses 3. Smiths t shirt (sharpie version ok) 4. anorak 5. pins/badges

Bring: 1. yr bike 2. Smiths mix tape 3. boombox 4. money for a pint 5. a Smiths song you know the words to

Fans of all levels are welcome to attend. Best pompadour, best Moz costume, and winning trivia team gets a prize.

Still don’t get it? Watch.

ps – newamsterdamize has nothing to do with this ride, but it sure does look sweet! thanks @bikewobble

i’ll take all three of these – the pegasus from chari & co nyc. ]]> http://newamsterdamize.com/in-winter-you-can-never-have-too-many-hats/feed/ 0 http://newamsterdamize.com/a-life-saver-for-dunlop-presta-valves/ http://newamsterdamize.com/a-life-saver-for-dunlop-presta-valves/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:31:59 +0000 newamsterdamize http://newamsterdamize.com/?p=173 on my batavus, i have a dublop valve and ever so often find myself in need of a schrader valve adapter to pump up my tires… by luck, i have one of these little valve adapters hiding in my change purse. now hipster nascar has found a solution to my woes…

check out “the bullet” from chari & co NYC.

“In Hamilton, Mass., where the couple owned a 3,600-square-foot house, they had to drive to everything. In Rocky Neck, Ms. Olsen gets around on her bicycle — or by kayak.” – From the Fast Lane to the Bike Lane – Photo: Jodi Hilton for The New York Times

with a new ride in the family, i’m interested in a lock i don’t see too often – the folding lock from OnGuard (top) or Abus (bottom). on the whole, Abus and OnGuard look like spitting images of each other, but i’m really wondering wondering how they stack up against the chain.

according to the british bike site, bikeradar.com, the Abus folding lock has three stars and the OnGuard isn’t rated. so how do these things stack up against the chain gang?

shabbat shalom, welcome to NYC’s one and only rickshaw sukkah.

it’s getting to that time of year when the days get shorter and the nights out get longer… and to start off a jolly ole weekend of bike rides, @BicycleHabatat is throwing a bike bash! not only can you win bike accessories and a Trek Soho S (which will need some fenders, rack, lights and lock), but you’ll be able to meet with NYC’s coolest #BikeNYC twits! so come hang out with @BrooklynByBike, @nycbikemaps, #BikeNYC, and the one and only Hal Ruzal of Bicycle Habitat…

seeing you Thursday from 6-9pm at Eight Mile Creek, 240 Mulberry St, in Soho (facebook event listing)

can you believe that they are going to start selling this bike at $550 in the USA? it’s a damn dirty shame that they are getting rid of the front internal drum breaks and dynos to shave off $400 from the price. USA’rs should wise up and realize that front dynos are one of god’s best damn inventions. every bike should have one.

i’m doing some research on what to do w/ two cruiser frames, and this little girl’s testimonial is all i need to convince me that an xtracycle is in my future.

Scientific American: How to Get More Bicyclists by Linda Baker

“sam, cyclesleeper!” a flickr photo by whymcycles

via hipster nascar

from all hail the black market

this is beyond cool except for these guys need ‘smart’ bikes and ‘smart’ suits. (via MakeMag)

video from NYCBikeMaps

In a way our society is like a real life Matrix movie. We are conditioned to think certain ways based on rules established by those who came before us. Metaphorically, maybe bike lanes are the red pill our society needs to swallow to see things from a different perspective.

– via Bikehacks.com

Brooklyn By Bike’s Ride to Velodrome
Meet up under the Grand Army Arch at 10h15 (10:15 am), Brooklyn.

Newtown Creek Bike Tour
Meet in front of East River State Park, N. 8th St. and Kent Avenue, Williamsburg at 16h00 (4pm).

Second #BikeNYC Tweetup
Meet up at 17h00 (5pm) at Berry Park, 4 Berry St & N. 14th Street, Williamsburg.

the hipster circus has been located in Seattle. (via Bike Commuters)

I hope that choosing the bicycle as my preferred product needs little explanation or justification but my proposed ban on cycle helmets might be a little more problematic. For a long time I’ve harboured the suspicion in my more paranoid moments that there’s some kind of collusion between the road/oil lobby and elements of the cycling fraternity to ensure that cycling in Britain remains a marginalised, unpleasant and largely despised activity.

via save the planet – ban cycle helmets

thank your bikesnobnyc! :* despite being born there, this YouTube affirms my MEh.

From hembrow.blogspot.com – Mark Wagenbuur has made a great new video showing how a street in Utrecht, the Amsterdamsestraatweg, has evolved over 200 years. Mark says “Good cycling infrastructure is also possible in old streets. This street in Utrecht (Netherlands) was designed by Napoleon when the Netherlands were part of the French Empire in 1812. It was part of the ‘Route Impériale no. 2′ which connected Paris via paved direct roads with Amsterdam. The street design was changed several times in 200 years. It got the separate cycle paths that exist today around the year 2000.”

in the spirit of new world explorers, (and looming winter months) i’m already starting to think about winter projects. besides looking for peeps who would be up for building, maintaining and fixing cargo bikes. i’m thinking of wrangling up a bunch of folks who want to build their own bike trailer.

who’s up for mayhem?

just in! BAMcinématek will host the Biking Rules PSA Festival in November! check out the rules and @BikingRulesPSA or the facebook group for more information.

this map is from NYC’s DCP proposed bike-share roll-out. download the study and drool. the future is NOW! today, 20 Aug, from noon to 8pm at Union Square you can see Montreal’s BIXI bike share and bang on their goods…

h/t @booklynbybike and streetsblog

every morning, i ride over the wburg bridge and have to deal with countless fixies racing up and down buzzing me like i’m some kinda of mile marker. in my ideal world, fixes and unicycles would be vanquished to bike polo and interpretive floor dance competitions… after watching these two women, i’m extending my exemption to ballets or operas… (h/t bikehacks.com)

cause our city can be like this….

check out this epic 50 mile ride down the brooklyn waterfront. ps – disregard the lyrica and check out Velo Chic NYC’s ride

i recommend avoiding the “door zone.”

show up around 6:15 pm & enjoy @BicycleHabitat’s sponsorship with Charlie, BH’s proprietor, looking over ya bike, 15% off of accessories & free cold bevvies!!

thanks @BicycleHabitat & don’t forget to use #BikeNYC for all of your NYC, biking, cycling, twittering needs.

for those of you coming from midtown, @brooklynbybike suggests meeting us at Pier 1 Cafe and saving a few tables. the ride from @BicycleHabitat should arrive before 8pm. if anyone has any questions, please call +1.646.867.2263. now pray for good weather.