March 2010
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News about the Brooklyn greenway makes me giddy! →
NY Daily News reports…
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Brooklyn gets a vending machine for bike parts →
Next thing you know, AAA will start offering roadside assistance cyclists! Oh wait…
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Wal-Mart selling cheap single-speed bikes →
Village Voice wonders if Brooklyn fixed-gear bike culture has finally gone mainstream.
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Bike lane coming to Smith Street, says The... →
They’re also extending the Hoyt Street bike lane (which runs in the opposite direction) farther south in the Cobble Hill / Boerum Hill area.
And Gothamist has a nifty little map where the lanes will be added.
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Red Hook Criterium 2010 links
There are some great blog posts and photos up from last night’s Red Hook Criterium in Brooklyn. Only wish I could have gone myself!
Elcyclista
New York Bike Dreams
Cycling Reporter
Ed Glazar Photography
Bklyn Bikes
Chari & Co. NYC
Prolly is Not Probably
A Brooklynite on the Ice
Velo News
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Cyclist Ticket Blitz Bemoaned by Bikers in... →
iaminlikewithmybike:
Cyclists are chafing at what some say is a ticket blitz on bike riders in downtown Brooklyn, focusing on the heavy intersection of Tillary and Adams, by the entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge. “I have witnessed two sting operations set up at Tillary and Adams,” Park Slope resident Paul White, a personal injury lawyer and cyclist, tells the Brooklyn Paper “They were ticketing...
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Flushing Ave. to get two-way bike lane this... →
Streetsblog reports on some great news (!) for those of us who often make the two-wheel trip from North to South Brooklyn. Flushing Avenue is the logical connector between the Kent Avenue bike lane and Sands Street/DUMBO. I don’t find it to be too bad of a route because traffic is light, however it’s a little scary when a car flies past at 50+ mph.
Can’t wait to see how this...
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Found on Craigslist: Man seeks woman. To pedal... →
Spring is in the air! C’mon ladies, there’s gotta be someone out there willing to give this chap a chance!
UPDATE: I guess humor and sarcasm don’t always come through in blog format… In no way am I vouching for this guy’s personality and general trustworthiness. He might be totally sketchy for all I know. I just thought it was a fun post!
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On Craigslist: Trading a broken toshiba laptop for... →
I can’t figure this out: Is this guy/girl looking to trade the broken laptop for a bike? Or will he give away his adult bike to someone who can fix his laptop? Hmm…
(For the record, I’m not interested in either the bike or the laptop. I just thought this post was funny.)
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