In yesterday's post, I mentioned Morrissey's meat smoker, and I'm pleased to report I may have actually found it: I suppose I should be annoyed that this bike rack in now inaccessible unless you're willing to risk third-degree burns, but mostly it just makes me happy to see people taking the streetscape into their own... Continue Reading →

Firstly, I apologize for my spotty presence this week. However, as the school year winds down the child party scene starts heating up, and therefore I've been busy flitting from fête to fête. So I'll be back just as soon as I finish nursing my juice box hangover. Secondly, even in my sickly-sweet inebriated state,... Continue Reading →

It's the mayoral primary election today here in New York City. You know, there are people out there who think New Yorkers are arrogant and suffer from the delusion that their city is the center of the universe. I have no idea where this notion comes from--I mean, we only think the fate of the... Continue Reading →

Further to my recent posts about bike lane pavement imperfections, how do you like this one? It's only a true New York City pothole when it's slowly been digesting a traffic cone for months, like a snake that's swallowed a rat. There should also be some passive-aggressive graffiti: I don't think it's quicksand so much... Continue Reading →

We can argue all day long about whether we're living in the best of times or the worst of times, but there's absolutely no doubt whatsoever that we are all lucky enough to be alive during the Golden Age of Shaming: https://twitter.com/bikesnobnyc/status/1405563186699509762?s=20 Like the time I got mask-shamed, I almost couldn't believe it was happening.... Continue Reading →

When you're a normal person and you have to schedule an appointment at a retail business with multiple locations, you generally choose the one closest to home. But when you're a semi-professional bike blogger and terminal bicycle weenie, you choose a location that's out of your way so you have an excuse to ride there... Continue Reading →

As everybody knows by now, Biden bought Boris a Bilenky: When I first saw the story on the Social Medias, I just figured the Gummint spent an absurd amount of money on a custom bicycle, so like most people on the Social Medias I made a flippant comment without reading the actual article: https://twitter.com/bikesnobnyc/status/1403448914812997632?s=20 Then... Continue Reading →

Every moment I spend on Twitter I lose a little bit of my soul, and while squandering another chunk yesterday I came across this PSA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0m-c4GixUpg&t=2s If you can't be bothered to watch it, basically the Viking is about to go into battle and he doesn't wear his helmet, so his fellow Vikings engage in... Continue Reading →

Hey, we can argue about what is and isn't hypocritical all day long--but we can all at least agree that nothing's more hypocritical than a bike blogger who's gotten like five new bikes in the last few months writing a column about how old bikes are better than new bikes: ...though in my defense I've... Continue Reading →

As I mentioned some time ago, Grant Petersen of Rivendell recently sent me some Soma chainstay kickstands, one of which I put on my RockCombo: Well, this past weekend I received a parcel from Classic Cycle: In which Paul excoriated me for defiling an important piece of cycling history with a non-period correct component: I... Continue Reading →