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These ubiquitous and inexpensive bikes are oft-maligned鈥攂ut when it comes to accessibility, they win
Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced what he calls an "audacious" new proposal to address this year鈥檚 dramatic rise in cycling fatalities. It must only be the start.
We owe it to our children to get them on two wheels
When it comes to CO2 emission reduction, it鈥檚 no contest between e-bikes and electric cars
Vision Zero isn鈥檛 working because it doesn鈥檛 address the underlying (and fixable) problem: there are way too many cars on the road
Bike commuting makes most of us obsess over our clothes. This is patently absurd.
These devices are inherently stupid and profoundly antisocial, and their very existence is proof of their own uselessness
These kids today...riding bikes? In the streets?? The horror!!!
Just because you don鈥檛 see it doesn鈥檛 mean it鈥檚 not happening
In America, driver convenience comes first, while just trying to stay alive on a bike is a crime
For this year's Eroica California, Bike Snob NYC bypassed the dream rides and went straight to mail order and Craigslist
If there鈥檚 one thing that makes Americans uncomfortable, it鈥檚 successful women
Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in
How low will some of us go to keep our neighborhoods bike-free? And won鈥檛 somebody please think of the children?
Sometimes just driving a car in a city is an act of violence
Why telling people you ride elicits serious bike-splaining鈥攁nd what you can do about it
It's a question of safety numbers versus safety in numbers
Sometimes the best offense is none at all
When a driver hits a cyclist鈥攅ven a child on a bike鈥攖he victim is almost always the one who gets blamed, unless they're wearing a helmet
Want to see more people on bikes? Get over yourself and the rest will follow.
New York City may make headlines for its Vision Zero initiative and its ever-growing bicycle infrastructure network, but the police department's treatment of cyclists can be downright draconian
The secrets to teaching your child to have a positive relationship with cycling in a country that hates bikes
It鈥檚 become conventional wisdom that e-scooters are dangerous. Like most conventional wisdom, it鈥檚 probably wrong.
Because there鈥檚 no apology like a backhanded apology
At a certain point in life, it鈥檚 not ethically possible to cheat
I committed to riding only one bike for all of 2018. Here鈥檚 how I did.
Is it too much to ask for a little serenity, people?
New York City is at the forefront of breaking car dominance in America. But internationally, it鈥檚 bringing up the rear.
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Helmets have been mandatory in the pro peloton for well over a decade. Where鈥檚 the data that it鈥檚 helping?
Cyclists and cops often don鈥檛 see eye to eye because they literally don鈥檛 see eye to eye
They may not be for everybody, but they were always awesome鈥攁nd even more so now that they鈥檙e totally uncool
We need to stop selling bicycles on environmentalism. We ride because it's fun, healthy, cheap, and practical鈥攁nd because it annoys people who drive.
Saving a life is as easy as checking for cyclists. So naturally nobody does it.
Hot take! Making cars more dangerous will make our roads safer.
Rumors of my favorite tire size鈥檚 death are greatly exaggerated. (I hope.)
They鈥檙e dorky, antisocial, and dangerous. So should we outlaw them?
When it comes to being pro-bike, so-called 鈥渁vid cyclists鈥 seem to be anything but
We both break the law from time to time. But it's not even close to a one-to-one exchange.
When it comes to killing with cars, anything goes as long as you鈥檙e sober
Want to de-bro cycling? Build more and better bike lanes.
When it comes to riding a bike, sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do
Bike Snob NYC spent three days scootering around Portland, Oregon, to determine, once and for all, whether the now infamous tiny wheeled contraptions are a scourge on our cities鈥攐r whether they鈥檙e damned convenient and laughably benign
Adjust your mindset and your bike will follow
When it comes to committing seemingly minor infractions while operating a vehicle, it only takes a split second to kill a cyclist
In today's carbon-framed fat-tubed push-button bicycle landscape, it can be difficult to find a bike that truly stands out. Enter the Drysdale Special.
There鈥檚 still joy in riding a bike that鈥檚 out of style
Most people are pro-bike鈥攊t鈥檚 time to stop pretending otherwise
And neither are cargo bikes. It's time to let go of this silly notion once and for all.
Encouraging children to race bikes would make the country鈥攁nd the world鈥攁 better place
The problem isn鈥檛 dockless bikes. It's dockless cars.
During the 2018 California L'Eroica, Bike Snob NYC braved saddle sores and a single pizza-size gear on a century-old Mead Ranger鈥攁ll in an attempt to prove that bike technology hasn't gotten that much better. Or to prove that, well, maybe it has.
Drivers think cyclists hold up traffic. It鈥檚 actually the other way around. How many bikes do there have to be in order for us to realize that?
He may want to save the world, but the Tesla CEO鈥檚 distaste for traffic and clickbait could destroy us all
Does not being moved by a tremendous cycling effort make you some sort of sociopath?
Give drivers an inch and they'll take over your whole city
Americans tend to equate cycling with frivolity, but riding bikes can be serious business
Sometimes feeling too good on the bike can be your undoing
Our bikes may be better now, but what about the world in which we ride them?
It鈥檚 not about which laws you break鈥攊t鈥檚 about how you break them
It鈥檚 not the bike that matters鈥攊t鈥檚 where you take it
Researchers say cyclists are a 鈥減roblem鈥 for self-driving technology, but the real problem is the cars
New Yorkers were on high alert after a coyote attack a few weeks ago. But certainly this thing couldn鈥檛 be as dangerous as a taxi driver toward the end of a 12-hour shift, right?
Drivers need to start owning up to how dangerous they are
Because your Garmin can鈥檛 help you navigate your relationships
We鈥檝e already let go of the idea that cyclists should pretend to be drivers. Maybe it鈥檚 time to let go of our fixation on safety gear as well.
Schools used to teach auto shop. Maybe it鈥檚 time to start teaching bike shop.
Biking to run errands is commonplace in other countries, so enough with the 20 questions.
An unlicensed truck driver killed a 13 year-old cyclist in Brooklyn. It鈥檚 time to take motor vehicle licensing and registration into the 21st century.
It鈥檚 time to kill the surprisingly prevalent myth that cycling causes sexual dysfunction
If you really want to fight climate change, you can't just sue Big Oil. You also have to embrace e-bike delivery.