Seven years strong of messenger style racing in the BX:
you have been warned.
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Well this is going to be a busy year.
I’ve teamed up with amazing bike culture photographer: We’re writing the definitive travel guide to biking in NYC loaded with information, bike rides, history and fascinating characters who make up our unique cycling community. We are working with Skyhorse Publishing and are set to release the book in April of 2011. Follow along our progress on twitter. Website: www.bikenycthebook.com coming soon.
If you haven’t heard, this week we launched a great new website and initiative to promote bicycling that I think will be right up your alley: Peopleforbikes.org is a campaign created by Bikes Belong, the national group of bicycle retailers and suppliers working to put more people on bikes more often. Our goal is simple: to unite one million voices of support to improve the future of bicycling – to make it safer, more convenient, and appealing for everyone. With one million riders on our side, we’ll create a national movement with the clout and influence to get things done. Sign up and be counted!
They are teaming up with the Bicycle Film Festival this year for a special BMX shorts program. read more here. You know what BMX is right?
Defgrip Presents the BMX shorts at the 2010 Bicycle Film Festival from Defgrip on Vimeo.
Looking for a new way to travel with a bike? Check out the inflatable case from Bikind. Here is an article from Gizmodo: I’ve always thought just hiring a bike in the chosen country would work out cheaper, but some people have spent too much time—and money—pimping their bikes to optimum levels and would rather walk than ride a hire bike. So! Onto the inflatable Helium case, from Biknd. Read the rest here. Wednesday, Google maps launched a new feature to include directions for bike routes. Katherine Noyes, wrote an article on it for Tech News World magazine. GOOGLE MAPS OUT HAPPY TRAILS FOR BICYCLE RIDERS Bicyclists in 150 U.S. cities can now use Google Maps to figure out the best way to go from Point A to Point B on two wheels. The move “reaffirms the legitimacy of cycling as a form of transportation,” said New York blogger BikeSnobNYC. The addition of biking directions was one of the most requested new features for the popular service. Biking directions and extensive bike trail data are now available for the United States through Google Maps, giving cyclists nationwide a way to customize their trips, figure out the most efficient routes, make use of bike lanes and avoid big hills. “When I need to get off the trail to cross town, biking directions makes sure to keep me on bike-friendly roads and avoid some of the city’s busiest intersections,” Google product manager Shannon Guymon explained in a blog post early Wednesday morning. “The time estimate for the route is based on a complex set of variables accounting for the type of road, terrain and turns over the course of my ride.” read the entire article here. Seems like there is a lot going on with mapping. I got sent info on a new iphone app that was launched today: Iparksny.com NEW YORK, NY – March 11, 2010 – iParks NY, the first iPhone App designed to illuminate the Places and Events occurring in New York City’s parks system, was launched today by Ring Bear, LLC. iParks NY uses the iPhones GPS combined with a proprietary database to help users find the nearest or highest rated parks, playgrounds, dog runs, etc. The App also features an events database that links “the where” with “the when” showing users when to visit Central Park for the official walking tour or when to head to Union Square for its famous green market. The combination of the iPhone platform and iParks NY App turns the iPhone into a dynamic personal guidebook for navigating the 2,000+ city, state, and private parks and playgrounds that New York City has to offer, and has obvious appeal to both locals and visitors, be they adults, kids, or parents. Additional features include an integrated bike map, editorial content including reviews and pictures, location information including costs, hours, phone numbers and links, as well as content bookmarking which makes it a snap to see upcoming events at your favorite places whenever you reopen iParks NY. So I wanted to find out, what applications are most helpful to you in mapping bike routes. Here is my poll of the week.
Here’s a couple of recaps of what went down at last weekend’s fixed gear only, world famous alleycat race: Recap of what happened and what didn’t from the organizer himself: “So this is how it all went down. * the only thing that went according to plan was friday. Why, we’ll there wasen’t that much to do but wait until Saturday. Saturday, the way it was supposed to be was after registration, we would mass ride to manhattan from brooklyn over the Williamsburg bridge car path. Of course there is a new law in NyC that says you can’t have more that 50 people at a time anytime, riding anywhere, and i had about 130 people registered . Whatever, a plan is a plan and we would give it a go. i had instructions on how to get to the first checkpoint where the first manifest would be printed out. i couldn’t tell anyone where that was since, nyc alley-cat riders would and do try to cheat,(thats just how it is in alley-cats,always is,always will be)and i gave half to jason from affinity with instructions. he was to start the race if the cops stopped us,and i would try and stall the cops,get a ticket if need be.A cop from NYPD 90 precincts reminded me that,potentially we could all get stopped.i figured the worst that can happen was me getting a ticket,like a couple of years ago when i got not one but two tickets,which i don’t even know where they are right now. Well we rode over the bridge and of course since no one listens or pays attention when you have a big crowd,everyone followed someone,and apparently,bumrushed jason for the instructions on how to get the first checkpoint. “ I mean, come on…the cops secretly love us as seen here with our own Heather Loop.
Chari and Co, grabbed a few shots of MT winners Alfred and Austin, from their checkpoint. Kevin Dillard of Demoncats.com has a great series up. Check out his albums here. And over at Smashenger, Krillz put up a great link to a recap from Dave’s Quality Meats Blog. Check it out here. And my photo set on flickr. google maps now includes directions for bikes. found from Joe Hendry from messmedia.org A Bike Theft in the Time of Twitter Austin Horse thought he was just leaving his bike for a second when he ran into the lobby of an office building at 28th Street and Madison Avenue last Tuesday afternoon to make a pickup. Mr. Horse, a messenger since 2005, expected a quick turnaround — run up to the desk, get the package, get back on the bike — and locking his bright orange track bike would just slow the whole process. “I had it fake-locked,” he said, describing how he had placed a U-lock through the back wheel without closing it, as a decoy. “Normally, a pickup like that, it takes 30 seconds.” But there had been some confusion at the company, and the package was not ready for him. Ten minutes passed, with Mr. Horse standing around the lobby, watching the bike through large glass windows, growing increasingly antsy. Finally, the package arrived, and he went to the desk to get it, turning his back to the windows. A minute later, the bike was gone. Read the rest of the article here. I’ve been asked to post this by Molly Sullivan, Events Coordinator for Transportation Alternatives. Does this sound like you? Then consider becoming a coach for TEAM T.A. this spring. TEAM T.A. is a group of riders who will train for the NYC Century Bike Tour and fundraise together to support Transportation Alternatives. Transportation Alternatives offers some goodies and fundraising assistance for their hard work raising $1,000 each to support our advocacy work. Now here is where YOU come in: Attend the Coaches Happy Hour on Thursday, 3/11/2010 at 6:30pm our office. Bring a resume and a list of qualifications that make you the perfect fit for a TEAM T.A. coach. It will be a very relaxed gathering and a nice way to meet each other. In return for donating their time to weekly training rides, coaches will ride the NYC Century Bike Tour for free and receive a limited edition TEAM T.A. jersey! This is a brand new initiative and it’s an opportunity for you to be involved with Transportation Alternatives in an exciting way. Please write me to let me know if you’re coming to the Happy Hour or if you have questions. See you then! Molly Sullivan http://transalt.org JOIN TEAM T.A. http://nyccentury.org/TEAMTA Our mission is to reclaim New York City’s streets from the automobile, and to advocate for bicycling, walking and public transit as the best transportation alternatives. Molly Sullivan http://transalt.org JOIN TEAM T.A. http://nyccentury.org/TEAMTA Our mission is to reclaim New York City’s streets from the automobile, and to advocate for bicycling, walking and public transit as the best transportation alternatives. |
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