Well the week has gotten away from me like a hub's worth of ball bearings, though I did manage to get out on the Vengeance Bike today by way of preparing myself for complete and total Five Boro Bike Tour domination: Here again is my weapon, set against the backdrop of the city it will... Continue Reading →

As a semi-professional bike blogger I endeavor to stay atop my duties; however, as a semi-competent (at best) human being, other basic responsibilities sometimes get in the way. For this reason I am behind on sundry matters and projects, including sharing my impressions of the Chonus clamp-on bike basket the creator was kind enough to... Continue Reading →

Back in 2007, which is roughly a million years ago in Internet Time, I prophesied the Seven Signs of the Fixed-Gear Apocalypse. Well, it turns out I left out a sign, because a reader alerts me that an eight trumpet hath rung out, and upon its sound a subway posted did rent itself and reveal... Continue Reading →

Today I indulged in not one one but two (2) bicycle cycling rides, including a spin on the Cunningham Park mountain bike trails since I hadda be in Queens anyway: I'd probably said it before, but it bears reiterating that probably the most fun you can have on a bike within the New York City... Continue Reading →

Not too long ago a bunch of bike industry big shots made some sort of "climate commitment," but here's why they should stop beating themselves up and leave that to the (semi-)professionals, like me: This does not mean I'm particularly enamored with plastic bikes and electronical shifting and gratuitously affixing the word "gravel" to everything.... Continue Reading →

It's 4/20, a.k.a. "Earth Day for Frat Bros," which means that the Five Boro Bike Tour is mere days away: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as_9Pj_AD3A&t=3s Eleven of them to be precise...if you don't count today. Or you count the day of the Tour. Fuck it, I dunno, it's on May 1st, okay? And no, I don't observe 4/20, my... Continue Reading →

We were battered by wind and rain overnight and I shrewdly headed out for a ride early this morning to catch the tail end of the crappy weather: I would have preferred to wait for the sun of course, but I had too much to do and I was eager to try out the latest... Continue Reading →

Well, it's Monday, and the Platypus is spunky: While the local fauna is skunky: Or it may just have been a seriously hung-over Easter Bunny. Multi-hued eggs weren't all we found in our Easter basket, either. Awhile back I heard from someone on behalf of Woom Bikes. Woom, it seemed, were introducing a line of... Continue Reading →

We're all familiar with the final scene in "Defending Your Life:" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8UYa_oqGVY And if you're not, sorry, I just spoiled the ending of a movie from 1991. Deal with it. Anyway, the reason I mention this scene is because I identify strongly with it. See, it's never too late to abandon your Lycra-swaddling, crabon-straddling lifestyle... Continue Reading →

I've become increasingly disillusioned by the mainstream media in recent years, but today I saw something that gave me hope: Why? Because the writer was obviously very well-informed! Also, when was the last time you saw a picture of a bike in a non-cycling magazine or newspaper that was actually interesting? See, kids, before you... Continue Reading →