Bicycle! Bicycle! Bicycle! It must have been May in New York when Freddie Mercury wrote “Bicycle Race.” Why? Because it’s Bike Month! That means dozens of free bike-related events, including classes, casual rides and even a killer 145-mile tour throughout the city and Long Island. The two-wheeled celebration begins 10 am this Saturday with the Five Boro Bike Fest at BK Bridge Park. It features live music, bike expos, classes and the largest cycling event in North America: the TD Bank Five Boro Bike Tour. And since you’re hearing about it here, you know it’s free! There’s lots more free pedal-pusher outings too: Read the rest of this entry »
Help map the NYPD bike crackdown
Ticketed for not riding in a bike lane. Photo via Transportation Nation.
Just in time for Bike Month, Transportation Nation, a partner with NPR, wants your bike tickets — No, they’re not going to pay them, but the project is looking to cyclists to help map where and why tickets are received. Not a cyclist? Hate them (I hope not)? That’s OK: Transportation Nation is eager to track witness accounts of ticketing too. The form is quick and simple, though I hope your stories are colorful and verbose. The application of this mapping is unclear but in a city full of cycling controversy, we’re curious to see how this one plays out. After you share your story with Transportation Nation, share it here in the comments section!
All I wanna do is… Bike Month in Brooklyn!
Bicycle! Bicycle! Bicycle! It must have been May in New York when Freddie Mercury wrote “Bicycle Race.” Why? Because it’s Bike Month! That means dozens of free bike-related events, including classes, casual rides and even a killer 145-mile tour throughout the city and Long Island. The two-wheeled celebration begins 10 am this Saturday with the Five Boro Bike Fest at BK Bridge Park. It features live music, bike expos, classes and the largest cycling event in North America: the TD Bank Five Boro Bike Tour. And since you’re hearing about it here, you know it’s free! There’s lots more free pedal-pusher outings too: Read the rest of this entry »
Schumer fave: a bike ride and a Carmine’s salami sandwich
This is sorta fun: Senator Chuck Schumer has a new Huffington Post blog (though a lot of HuffPo’s blogs seem to be one-offs) about bicycling through Brooklyn:
Without a doubt, the best bike routes have great food at the end. I like to go from my house in Park Slope to Breezy Point, on the Rockaway Peninsula, to find Kennedy’s, a restaurant right on the beach with a fantastic view of the Manhattan skyline. Sometimes I head out through Sunset Park, with its world class Latin food, en route to Bay Ridge and the sublime Shore Road Bike Path, when my reward awaits at Gino’s on Fifth Avenue.
I love heading toward Williamsburg, up the Eastern Parkway bike path, through Bedford-Stuyvesant, eventually ending up at Carmine’s on Graham Avenue. There is nothing better than a Genoa salami hero after an afternoon on a bike!
Well, actually there is, but Carmine’s (346 Graham Ave. at Metropolitan, 718-782-9659) only sells Bud and Bud Light. Genoa salami heroes there start at $5.50, depending upon what you want on it. But are Carmine’s salami sandwiches really the best in Brooklyn? Anyone else tried ‘em?
