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Hooray for Hip Helmets: Seven Sleek Options If the City Council Makes Bike...
In leu of the fact that all bicyclists, regardless of age, might have to start strapping on helmets, the Observer thought we’d get a head start (pun intended) on searching for the most stylish helmets...
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Two-Wheeled Trouble: Is the Helmet Law Just a Covert Attack on New York’s...
Watch your head. (Edward Reed/Mayor’s Office) Is it possible that requiring every New Yorker to wear a helmet while cycling might actually be more dangerous for bicyclists than letting them continue on...
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Don’t Chain Up Your Bike to a Sign Post With No Sign
No matter how tall the pole is, without a sign or post on top, some ingenious bike thief will come along and do something like this to your poor ride.
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Keep Your Bikes To Yourselves! South Williamsburg Shuns Bike Share
She looks jealous to us. (NY Post) When the blue Citibank Citi Bikes—thank you again impossibly selfless, unfailingly generous corporate overlords!—start rolling out of their stations, there is one...
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Helmet Huggers: Pedestrians Really Have Nothing to Fear from Bikes (But...
Are the bikers really the problem? (AFP/Getty) When people tend to complain about bikes, it is in terms of law-breaking dare devils. Whether or not this is accurate, at the very least, the pedestrians...
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Painting the Boro Green: 14-Mile Brooklyn Greenway from Bay Ridge to...
Most New Yorkers with $14 million would likely opt for a pricey slice of real estate on the Upper East Side, maybe with a little left over for dinner for a thousand friends at Per Se. But in Brooklyn,...
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Park Slope Letter-Leaver Claims He Did Not Steal Bike Wheels
Hide yo’ bikes, hide yo’ wives (Getty Images) Bike parts being stolen in Brooklyn can mean only one thing: It’s officially summer. (It doesn’t matter how hot it is outside, if you can keep your bike...
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Bridge Over Troubled Walkways: Council Members Want Wider Brooklyn Bridge...
Remember the graffiti from a few years ago, the stripe down the sidewalk dividing it between New Yorkers and tourists? If ever there was a place for such a demarcation, it would be the Brooklyn Bridge,...
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Don’t Door Me, Bro: DOT Expands LOOK! Campaign Into Cabs, Reminding Riders to...
Don’t forget to tip your driver and look out for bikes. (NYC DOT) (NYC DOT) Last week the city’s Department of Transportation (in partnership with the fed’s Department of Transportation) unveiled new...
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Wet Weather Wrecks Anthony Weiner’s Bike Share Plans
The rain interfered with Anthony Weiner’s plans to bike to his first debate. The miserable weather not only made for a dreary afternoon, it also rained out Anthony Weiner’s plans to ride one of the...
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Barclays Center Rolls Out Completely Necessary Bike Valet Service
(Twitter) Phew! No more fumbling with bike chains or cradling a helmet awkwardly under one arm all night long. Fixi enthusiasts attending the Barclays Center last night finally had the option of...
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Citi Bike Floods Streets With Thousands of Uninsured Cyclists
While the extensive Citi Bike user agreement has a lot of small print, detailing important things like overdue charges and optimal weather conditions, it fails to mention insurance. That’s because the...
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To Do Sunday: Virtuous Cycle
Burn off the weekend carbs by cycling to help raise money to fight multiple sclerosis at Flywheel on the Upper West Side. The stylish sweatfest is a partnership between MS Hope for a Cure, the New York...
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It’s Electric! Portable Motors Proposed for Citi Bikes
Someday you will be able to avoid cab fare and subway shenanigans without breaking a sweat! Enter ShareRoller, a portable electric motor for bike share programs, which will allow you to ride to work...
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The Ultimate Summer Vehicle
The Runwell Inspired by Parisian courier bikes of days long gone, the Runwell has its wheels planted firmly in U.S. soil. This bicycle-of-the-moment is made by Shinola— the hot new company based out of...
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Brooklyn Bicycles Are Hipper Than Ever
With attachable crates, and other fancy features, the bicycles prove they are a great investment in more ways than just one.
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Roll Through New York on This Stylish Boho Bike
The Calyer bike blends old-fashioned form with sleek, streamlined function.
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A Bike That Brews Coffee While You Peddle Is Next for This Beloved Café
In its two years in existence, Hidden Grounds, a coffee shop located just south of NYC in New Brunswick, New Jersey, has garnered a massive fan base of coffee lovers. What's been drawing them in is the...
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