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Tuesday, January 27th, 2009It was reported earlier this month that 2 bicycles belonging to former President Jimmy Carter and his wife were stolen from the Carter Center. The Carters use the bikes to ride around the campus. The stolen bikes had been given to the Carters in 2007 by a bike shop owner. In 2007, the Carters had […]
Bike Snob NYC
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008Update - Welcome Bike Snob readers - please click here for more info on this blog and other posts you would enjoy
The anonymously written Bike Snob NYC website is one of the most popular biking related blogs. The other night I mistyped www.bikesnobnyc.blogspot.comand wound up at www.bikesnobnyc.blogpsot.com, which is an “easy to navigate mega-site of Bible, Christian, church and religious information, […]
Something Good From Delaware DOT
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008My blog post on the Delaware DOT speeding campaign was satire. The Delaware press release is intended to let drivers know the potentially dangerous consequences of speeding. However, the message was muddled by the poorly designed ad.
In addition to the comments on the post, I received many e-mails. One e-mail summed up the problem with the […]
How To Kill A Bicyclist
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008There have been an alarming number of driver vs. bicyclist incidents in the past few months. The trend has been reported in many newspapers including the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. Violence occurred at two recent critical mass rallies; one in Seattle and one in New York where a policeman intentionally pushed a cyclist off his […]
An Ugly Bike - NBC Picks Up The Story
Saturday, August 16th, 2008After I posted on Thursday about the Ugly Bike that was seized at Union Station, I received a comment from Tom Sherwood of NBC 4 news, the local NBC affiliate. I responded via e-mail with some more information. News 4 posted a story entitled “Commuter’s Bike Considered Too ‘Ugly’ At Union Station” on their website on Friday […]
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