We should see some sunshine by Saturday, so here’s your free, sad art fair alternative: a recently updated, self-guided walking tour of public art/monumnets/etc of LES, including Jeff Koons’ spin on Lucky Cheng’s genital balloonery. Even better, here are some maps of David Byrne’s winsome bike racks and NYC bike lanes. Read more »
What a lovely bike subculture! This year, art collective Papergirl celebrates it’s 5th anniversary of American paperboy style art delivery to strangers in the streets of Berlin via a merry bicycle crew. See them in action on Vimeo or submit your art by May 19th to have it chucked at some German people. I wonder how this sort of thing would go over in NYC. My guess is: violently.
Hats off to the city. You’ve managed to piss off David Byrne, LES’s cycle-lover, art conjurer of all forms and, arguably, eye-candy. Those minimalist-kawaii-esque bike racks we’ve been seeing around were recently almost banished by the very Department of Transportation that commissioned them in the first place, but they decided they want to be cool. So…The Villager doggie, The Chelsea chap and The Olde Time’s Square mud-flap-lady-with-perm are safe, for now, and the allowed year of designy racks is extended. Read more »
Like graffiti, when it comes to fixed gear bikes, most people don’t get it, but for the ones that do there’s Empire. It’s a soon to be released film that shows cyclists pushing things to the limit on their track bikes through NYC, complete with Madison style slingshots and insane wheelies! |BikeBlog|
Although cycling advocates and the Hasidic community were unable to reach an agreement over the Bedford Avenue bike lane, they did find a common enemy: the DOT. |Gothamist|
Check out how cool this sleekly designed bike is. The brainchild of an Olympic cyclist, it’s made of carbon fiber, has puncture proof tires, spokeless wheels, a biometric security system, and some other features that most exercise bikes have standard nowadays. Difference is, this won’t be ready for another 20 years or the more likely: ever! |DailyMail|
Cyclist Tom Lamarche defies gravity, common logic, in Tribeca on a fixed gear.
Photo by John Prolly
It’s not everyday that you spot someone riding a penny-farthing, in a suit and top hat, on the streets of Manhattan. The antique fixed gears aren’t the easy bikes to maneuver, especially when an oblivious cellphone-chatting delivery guy is headed in the wrong direction on Broadway and gets in the way. Click below to watch the extremely short footage of the throwback cyclist eloquently voicing displeasure with his momentum-killing peer.
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For the uninitiated, riding around on a bike with no brakes that was designed for a velodrome seems plain crazy, but there is a method to the madness. This illustration by lunchbreath highlights some of the advantages track bikes provide. Related: Handy Illustration Accurately Portrays Obnoxious Fixie Trends |SFGFC|
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