On an overcast 70-degree day in mid-October, about forty thrill-seeking bike messengers and cyclists sped off on an unsanctioned bike race known as the alleycat, zig-zagging through traffic, running through red lights, and evading NYPD to compete for a hefty first place prize of $1,000 courtesy of the Coca-Cola Company, one of many sponsors. None […]
Steher racing is a special type of bike racing event where track cyclists ride within the slipstream of specially-equipped motorcycles referred to as dernys. It’s similar to keirin 競輪 / ケイリン races, which have been wildly popular in Japan for decades, but instead of cyclists riding behind one driver on a single derny, each cyclist rides […]
Cities around the world have stopped hoping to be the “Paris of (insert city here),” and now want to be the new Brooklyn according to the Daily News. Julia Cosgrove, editor of AFAR travel magazine, tells the paper she “can’t bear to read another story about it.” What are the cultural signposts for what makes a […]
When Insa isn’t photographing hot girls on fixies, he’s painting street art murals with day-glo colors that are impossible to miss on walls and buildings around the world. Insa has also been known to paint multi-layered murals, taking photos along the way to build a stop-motion gif-like video. The video then becomes a stop motion […]
On Saturday, the Red Hook Criterium returns to the streets of Brooklyn for its sixth year. Once an unsanctioned bike fixed-gear bike race akin to the spirit of messenger-style alley cats, it now has a sponsor: Rockstar Games. The notorious video game company that’s known for creating bleeding edge titles such as Grand Theft Auto, […]
