Hey, thanks for stopping by! If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the RSS feed. You can also subscribe to BikeHacks by email. Thanks for visiting!All the news networks are jumping on the bike bandwagon. This video comes from the Today Show this morning on NBC. I think it would [...]

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If there were an award for “Best Use of a Lasagna Pan” this would win hands down. I could not believe my eyes when I passed this bike. I covered a small list of fender hacks back in this post, but this one makes my list look tame.

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I don’t think I have ever uttered a complimentary word concerning the DMV in my life. Working with government offices can certainly be frustrating since they have no competition and you have to pretty much do as they say, when they say, at what ever pace they feel like working.
However I now [...]

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The following comes via the Bicycling web site.
Bicycle patrols — a community policing tactic that some law enforcement agencies de-emphasized in recent years — are seeing a resurgence as the price of gasoline approaches or surpasses $4 a gallon across the country.
“You think the car’s the great savior of us all, but [...]

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Customizing your ride can be a cool way to express your personality, political views, or hair brained concept of what is cool. Many riders are a bit too anal to actually put a sticker on their frame, but spoke cards are an easy way to express yourself without the fear of commitment. If [...]

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This list of cities with the worst bike theft comes from the Kryptonite Blog. I am happy to say that NYC is not #1. You have to wonder though, how many bike thefts go unreported each year?
1. Philadelphia, PA
2. Chicago, IL
3. New York City, NY
4. San Francisco, CA
5. Tucson, AZ (tie)
Portland, OR (tie)
7. [...]

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Breaking news from CNN . . . riding a bike can save you money! Who knew?! Conventional news makes me laugh sometimes . . . full “story” here.

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Where you park you bike can be important for a variety of reasons. This hard luck example is evidence that one should not lock up too close to the street. Delivery vans are notorious for invading sidewalk space and it’s pretty clear that this bike, parked just a foot or two away from [...]

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I saw a news story on these Pedicabs that had been turned into cargo carriers a while back. For the first time I recently saw one in person.

The company is called Revolution Rickshaws and they are all about promoting human powered transportation options. Cool, cool, cool.
I’m not sure which [...]

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David Byrne is either lucky or extremely skilled (or maybe he just rides slower than I do). He has been riding his bike in New York City for over thirty years and claims to have only been hit once - and with style, by a limo.
I have lived in NYC for four [...]

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