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Another Stolen bike-Ken Stanek

This time its from a key member of the bike culture scene in NYC. Ken Stanek, known for organizing charity alleycat races like Cranksgiving, Los Marcos polo events and running Bike shorts had his bike stolen last week.

Be on the look out for this gem, it’s got a lot of sentimental value, not to mention [...]

Hollywoods planning a Messenger Movie in NYC.

Got this from twitter Kenstanek:

Look out Kevin Bacon and Quicksilver (1986) here comes: “Premium Rush.”

Looks like hollywood is gearing up for a new big budget Messenger action movie.
Read from Variety here.

A quick wrap up on Bikeshorts, last night.

Bikeshorts is a screening night here in NYC, hosted by Ken Stanek, where people submit short movies about bikes and people cheer on there favorite so one lucky film makers can win $100.00.

Here is a quick report of last nights action by Ken himself:

“There were 17 films, between 30 seconds and 5 minutes long. 112 [...]

Friday-Twitter roundup.

Cycling tweets:

twitter.com/bikechicago posted an article about the debate of sharing the road, motor vehicles and cyclists. Check it out here.
which also lead to an online sound-off by Baltimore’s Urbanite Magazine. Read more here.

twitter.com/qbike Get deals on bikes stuff at www.qbikes.com

Ken Stanek, NYC biker and [...]

Going cross country with 6 arms…I think.

Maybe you know Ken Stanek,
as this guy…

Los Marcos Polo
or as the co-founder of the short bike related film festival:

bikeshortfilms.com
Ken has been a real fixture in the NYC bike community, hosting events, racing and running various bike/messenger related websites.
Now Ken and his buddies, Quinn and Andy are heading across the country on [...]