#NoBro, keeping it classy!

Dmitry keeps spotting the good ones…

universal advice to #bikenyc jerks.

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.

“i’m going to ride my bike till i get home…”

this video is beyond dope. thanks @danlatorre!

Adeline’s #BikeNYC Labor Day Sale

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 bakfietsen invasion of #BikeNYC continues

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!!!

ELLE.com’s Street Chic of #BikeNYC Easy Riders

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!

#BikeNYC hosts Couchcrash ‘10 on Governors Island

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

Only in #BikeNYC

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

Dudes on Bikes – Holy Shit Nice Bike!

Calling All Hell Cats and Kittens!

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.

SpokesNYT profiles parents & their NYC cargo bikes

this image will take you to the NYT’s article Hauling Cargo, No Car Necessary

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…

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Flash Video

Kid & Cargo in NuAMS

via @AustinHorse: Kid & Cargo #bikenyc

sidesaddle under a tank

found via gunnertime

Don’t put your scarves away yet

…his suggestion, “April 4th, 1898″

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!

i’m in love w/ Katzenjammer’s ‘A Bar In Amsterdam’