Month: September 2007

New York City Traffic Commissioner bikes to work

Richard MasonerSeptember 4, 20072 Comments on New York City Traffic Commissioner bikes to work

Janette Sadik-Khan, the commissioner of the Department of Transportation, rides her bicycle to work. That the head of an agency long associated with car travel is an avid bicyclist symbolizes what might be a new way of thinking about how New York’s asphalt should be used.

Ms. Sadik-Khan said her time on two wheels has become an important part of her work.

“It’s invaluable to get on a bike and see firsthand the conditions that our projects are trying to address,” said Ms. Sadik-Khan, who became the city’s transportation commissioner in the spring. “We are really emphasizing connectivity in the bicycle lane network, because all cyclists, myself included, know that it’s maddening to be coming along a lane and have it simply end and leave you off on your own on a big avenue.”

Read more in the New York Times: To Ease a City’s Traffic, Shifting From 4 Wheels to 2.

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Almost famous

Richard MasonerSeptember 4, 20078 Comments on Almost famous

“High Five!” photo by Timothy J.

WIRED Blog linked to Cyclelicious over the weekend, which is always good for a few extra hits on the old website. Thank you to whoever forwarded that link to them.

I also really appreciate those who link to Cyclelicious. Over the past 10 days or so, you are:

Interbike is just three weeks away. I’ll be there on behalf of Tim Grahl’s Crooked Cog Network and Commute By Bike, but I’ll post plenty of yummy bike porn and updates on a daily basis here also. Watch this space for Interbike updates.

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Eurobike report

Richard MasonerSeptember 3, 20074 Comments on Eurobike report

A demo bike equipped with the NuVinci CVT hub was apparently a hit at the Eurobike outdoor demo.

A record 34,280 trade vistors made their way to Eurobike 2007, an impressive 8% more than last year. Velonews reports it it took an hour just to park. Carlton Reid @ Bike Biz also reports on the record crowds, with surveys showing the bike industry as “stable to rapidly improving.”

Velonews Eurobike report and photo gallery, with product intros from Schwinn, GT, Litespeed, Formula, Adidas bike shoes, Mavic, and Deda.

Cycling News can be counted on for plenty of good photos: Eco Consciousness, CNC machined stuff, tubeless CX, Rock Shox, and SRAM Red and Felt.

Pez Cycling News reports on Eurobike with plenty of yummy photos of carbon fiber mechs, wheels, cranks, and, of course, Pez’s famous Daily Distractions.

Posted In eurobike

Lightest folding bike

Richard MasonerSeptember 3, 20078 Comments on Lightest folding bike

Dahon introduced the lightest production folding bicycle at Eurobike 2007, the Mu XXV. 250 of these limited edition bikes will be built to commemorate Dahon’s 25th Anniversary in 2008.

Dahon Mu XXV

This 7.5 kg / 16.6 lb folding bike is built up with Shimano Dura Ace along with custom components designed just for Dahon from FSA, Shimano, Syntace, Schwalbe, Kinetix and Kore. See more photos — including a nice one of the sweet white FSA crankset with ceramnic bearings — and details at Bike Radar.

Bike Radar also reports on other Dahon bike products like the eye-catching Smooth Hound 6.0 mini-bike with stylish touches like a leather Brook’s saddle and leather handlebar tape on moustache bars with bar-end shifters. This mini-bike is not a folder, but it is packable for travel and storage.

The Dahon Cadenza 2008 “urban mountain bike” is equipped with the Alfine internal gearing hub and Shimano disk brakes. This 28 lb bike folds in about 10 seconds, according to Dahon.

Read more about these Dahon bikes at Bike Radar.

Posted In eurobike