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fietsenprobleem in New Amsterdam

newamsterdamize — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:55:16 +0000

so last week, mr. obama came to new amsterdam on his jet plane and the NYPD freaked out that bikes could be pipe-bombs. tisk-tisk, silly NYPD. next time, use the same excuse the dutch have been using for years… urban blight…

(video from amsterdamize)

…his suggestion, “April 4th, 1898″

newamsterdamize — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:23:35 +0000

Today, we asked “#BikeNYC, does [the first weekend in April] work for NYC’s first tweed/tweet run?”

@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!

“the modern san fransiscan”

newamsterdamize — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:25:57 +0000

apparently, san francisco is all WOman! i wonder what “the modern new yorker” looks like?

via I am in like with my bike

workcycle, putting the in S in SUV.

newamsterdamize — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:15:54 +0000

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!

these guys needs suits

newamsterdamize — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 02:35:12 +0000

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

why cycling w/ the british sucks

newamsterdamize — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:05:05 +0000

i’ve always despised the colonists, and now the proof is in the pudding… too boot, this argument reminds me of so many foul mouthed (ie lyrica wearing or hipster toting) Americans that i just wanna ROLF.

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