Love long distance riding? Now is your your chance to beat out messengers in the East Coast Messenger Stage Race (ECMSR). The race begins in Boston, MA on Sep 22nd and will consist of five consecutive daily stages. It is open to everyone. Boston to New Haven New Haven to New York New York to Philadelphia Philadelphia to Baltimore [...]
Read more →There have been some great posts out there on locking your bike, but with the recent bike theft of two friends I felt the need to revisit the subject. Plus who doesn’t love a good refresher that protects your bicycle? Here’s my process when I lock my bike on New York City streets. 1. Look for a [...]
Read more →It’s been awhile since I mentioned Fast Boy, a local NYC bike builder on the blog. For those of you that have seen my wooden fenders, he made them and I almost love them more than my Surly. Fast Boy bicycles are some of the most beautiful handcrafted bikes. They are a throwback to another century but [...]
Read more →“You can come out to Governors Island this Sunday and borrow a bike for free, for up to one hour, courtesy of Pepsi. And, this Free Bike Day will be bigger and better than ever, as visitors will be able to borrow free bikes from Bike and Roll’s Pershing Hall and Colonels Row. So grab [...]
Read more →This morning I read a great post by 718 Cyclery that got me thinking. Joe the owner of the shop was responding to Groupon’s pitch breaking down simple math to show what a horrible deal it can be for a local business to opt into a deal site. See his awesome math below. For a shop such [...]
Read more →Hey #bikenyc and worldly readers! Hurricane Irene is forecasted to touch down here in New York City this weekend but I’m not so worried since my house has been deemed a “safe zone.” Hurricane party here on Sunday! For the rest of you huddled up in your houses, I hope you are safe. To make things a little fun this weekend [...]
Read more →I recently wrote about my flat tire woes and turns out my bike was seriously overdue for new tires. I had been running my stock Ritchey SpeedMax Cross for about 2.5 years with continuous commuter use. I knew I wanted to replace them with some flat proof, bomb proof, whatever you want to call them proof tires [...]
Read more →Last week I joined Jeff Orlick for what was to be a 5 boro pizza bike tour. I showed up to our meeting point (under the ATE of the Staten Island Ferry, clever!) thinking we were going on a little ride through Staten Island. I was totally unprepared but that’s what added to the fun of the [...]
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