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!By far one of the biggest cycling downers is a flat tire. A flat can put a damper on any ride. It also sucks when [...]

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I don’t need a contest to tell me that bikes rule in regard to commute times in NYC . . . but video of it as proof sure is cool! The awesome organization Transportation Alternatives held their 7th Annual Contest recently and the cyclist won . . . for the seventh year in a [...]

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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 have been much more entertaining if the dude riding was in NYC traffic rather than on some cozy bike path in Florida.

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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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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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Another video from expertvillage.com, this time on handlebar height for your road bike (Time, 1:38).

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Via expertvillage.com comes this great little video on the features of a touring bike (Time, 3:09).

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I don’t live in Portland, Oregon now, but I spent over 30 years of my life in and around Portland. I visit a few times a year and am constantly impressed by the commitment the city has to cycling. You really can’t take more than a few steps and not notice some cool [...]

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I saw this biked locked up the other day and admired the job the rider did to “ugly” it. We have talked about this before in previous posts: 8+ Ways to Ugly Your Bike and Ugly Your Bike #2: A Case Study.

Dude also gets an “A+” for a good job of [...]

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