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On Monday 8/21/2017, the United States will experience its first coast to coast Total Solar Eclipse since 6/8/1918, when scientists tried to prove Albert Einstein‘s General theory of relativity, but were frustrated by clouds. Moving West to East from Oregon, to South Carolina, parts of 14 states will experience totality for up to two […] As widely reported internationally and captured vividly on video, on Tuesday, 7/18/2017 around 11 am in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, 65-year-old David Fox, nearly beat to death, a 74 year old cyclist with a small club, then drove off before police arrived, and was later arrested for aggravated assault and assault with a weapon. […] According to the New York Law Journal, a then 73 year old man, Ronald Corwin of Westport Connecticut, settled a 60 million dollar lawsuit for an unspecified amount of money, for a nasty fall he suffered at a Citibike station on 10/25/2013, that caused him brain damage. Photo Source: Westport Democrats Ronald was […] Manhattan Bike Month Critical Mass is still riding on Friday 5/26/2017 at 7 pm at Union Square North (the last Friday of the month year round) … … here is what the ride looked like 10 years ago in Manhattan … Video source: Team Spider … and here is what the ride looked […] Over the last couple of years, so many rock icons have been dying, the latest being Allan Holdsworth (no relation to the bicycle manufacturer) on 4/15/2017, a little known “guitarist’s guitarist”, who wanted to be a saxophonist (his parents could not afford one, so he took up guitar instead), one of his childhood inspirations […] Last weekend at NEAF (the largest astronomy show in the world) held annually at Rockland Community College, it was surprising to meet a cyclist, Gary Parkerson, the ‘face’ for the Pedaling Astronomer Project. PEDALING ASTRONOMER PROJECT Gary, 62 years of age at the time he started his solo, self sustained bicycle journey […] Another Bike Jumble type event has been announced, the “Brooklyn Bike Swap”, for the 5th year now, on Sunday 4/30/2017 from 10:30 am to 3:30 pm, at 224 Franklin Street, Greenpoint Brooklyn (t.d.b. bar). Brooklyn Bike Swap Flyer Photo taken from facebook event According to the event description, admission is free, as […] Today, 4/15/2017, there was a memorial for Lauren Davis at the Greenpoint Reformed Church who was killed by a motorist one year ago on Classon Avenue in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn while biking to work in the morning. In attendance were many of her family and friends, including her mother, sister, and a brother […] The spring edition of the NY Bike Jumble swap meet, the largest bicycle flea market in NYC, is coming again to the Old Stone House in Park Slope on Saturday 5/13/2017. Here is your chance to get a great deal on bicycles, accessories and clothing. At 5th Ave. and 4th Street in Brooklyn, you’ll […] According to a 3/31/2017 article in Bicycling Magazine, Seattle shut down its Pronto bike share on that day, which started in 2014, and expanded to 500 bikes and 54 stations. There are many theories, according to the article, like Seattle hills: and a mandatory helmet law (although it is legal to ride a […] |
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