Apr 22
Here’s NYC’s Awesome 2014 Bike Map
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New York City is getting more and more bike-friendly each day. And today is no exception: The city just released its official bike map for 2014.
Apr 09
Common sense dictates that the brighter the lights on your bike are, the more visible you’ll be to other traffic at night. But according to research from the University of Oxford’s Experimental Psychology Lab, a glowing version of the universal symbol for a bike rider could actually a better way to make drivers aware of your presence.
Mar 28
Gravity is the sworn enemy of any cyclist. Succumb to its force while you’re on two wheels, and you’ll end up bloody and bruised. But like any superhero’s nemesis, gravity justifies a bike’s very existence, because without it, you’d never be able to steer. Strap on a helmet, this is gonna get weird.
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Mar 26
This one goes out to all the city cyclists who have pulled up to the bottom of a steep-ass hill with three words echoing through their head: Oh. Hell. No. The Norwegian city of Trondheim built a special bike-lift that gives folks with wheels a free ride, no pedaling required.
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Mar 18
Dying to be seen on your bike at night? Here’s a bright idea that turns not just the rider, but the entire ride, into one big glowing HEY! on the road.
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Mar 17
A tandem bike can make for a romantic outing for a couple in love, but when there’s just a single passenger it makes for a challenging ride. So California-based Calfee Design built a pair of custom tandem bikes that can actually be transformed into single passenger cycles with just a few simple tools.
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Mar 14
According to the folks at Kolelinia, cyclists are spending twice as much money as they need to on a bike. The company has just designed a more compact alternative called the Halfbike that looks like someone stripped away all the comfy bits from a real bike, leaving us with the cyclists’ equivalent of a standing desk.
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Feb 24
The east coast is being pummeled by snow and the Midwest is still digging out, but bike lust waits for no warm front.
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Feb 21
If the thought of driving this Vespa-esque scooter
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Feb 20
The bike share programs that have popped up in major cities around the world make for a cheap way to get around town for a few hours—unless you’re lazy. So if you find yourself suffering from "let’s just take a cab" syndrome, you might want to consider funding this clever little briefcase called the ShareRoller that adds an electric drivetrain to bike share bicycles in just ten seconds.
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