Riding A Hurricane

A a modular, concept bicycle power generator discussed on the...

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:06:34 -0500

A a modular, concept bicycle power generator discussed on the Bicycle Design blog.

The New Yorker asks if Sandy will make more bike commuters. Why...

Tue, 06 Nov 2012 10:19:04 -0500

The New Yorker asks if Sandy will make more bike commuters.

Why Not?

“Bicycles Sandy,” Google Image search by Byron,...

Sat, 03 Nov 2012 10:23:00 -0400

“Bicycles Sandy,” Google Image search by Byron, November 3, 2012

HT Per Google.

A Moment of Sorts

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:06:52 -0400

In post-storm New York, the bike is having a moment of sorts.

Photo: Benjamin Norman for The New York Times.

Utility of The Bike

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 10:51:00 -0400

Riding in Japan

Interesting how presence changes perspective. After the Tsunami, the Japanese rode bikes and continue to do so in a mini bike boom. Post Sandy, NYC is discovering the utility of the bike and that’s what we’re posting about here. Local bike advocates are responding with #bikesandy events, commuter stations, free rental bikes, and blinkies.

Rapid Response by Bike in Fukushima

Photos by Robin Low and Japanese Red Cross Society.

The Epoch Times ran this photo of community power generation...

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 09:09:00 -0400

Field Studies' stationary bike.

Reecharge system

Tandem power enough for a dozen phones

The Epoch Times ran this photo of community power generation with a tandem bike after Sandy and many bike commuters are likely wondering how they can power their own devices with a bike. You do so while riding with a dynamo hub or a stationary trainer like this one from Field Studies that was seen on the Climate Ride.

At Bike Hugger we travel with Biologic’s Reecharge system. The hub charges a battery that powers your phone, as described in this video.

We’ve ridden on tour and vacation with the Reecharge system and will do so again this Winter, in Maui. Would also lend our legs to a community charge station and share our off-the-grid, pedal power.

Find dynamos online or at your local bike shop. Expect to spend a couple hundred dollars on the hub and converter.

Bicycle Industry Helps #ridesandy

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 08:08:29 -0400

Bicycle Industry Helps #ridesandy :

The bike industry in New York and nationally is pitching in to help commuters use bikes in post-Sandy New York City this week.

Bike Industry Helps Sandy Recovery

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 07:27:18 -0400

Bike Industry Helps Sandy Recovery:

“The bike industry in New York and nationally is pitching in to help commuters use bikes in post-Sandy New York City this week.”

Bikes Ridden Again in NYC After Hurricane Sandy

Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:15:27 -0400

Bikes Ridden Again in NYC After Hurricane Sandy:

WSJ blogs how bikes are getting ridden again in NYC after Hurricane Sandy.

“I haven’t used this in like a year,” said 29-year-old Jeffrey Johnson, who works at an Internet marketing company in Manhattan. He brought his bike into Atlantic Bicycles Thursday to have a new lock put on. “But I had no choice.”

After Sandy, Brooklyn by Bike

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 22:20:25 -0400

After Sandy, Brooklyn by Bike:

Many frequent bike commuters said that, with sparse traffic in downtown Manhattan, conditions were ideal to bike.

Sandy Bike Boom

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 19:29:01 -0400

Sandy Bike Boom:

In the midst of congested transit left in Super Storm Sandy’s wake, more New Yorkers are opting to ride bicycles.

Bicycling Info Ladies Deliver Internet by Bike

Thu, 01 Nov 2012 09:33:59 -0400

Bicycling Info Ladies Deliver Internet by Bike:

Post Sandy, expect many NYC cyclists are thinking of ways to help more people with bikes and this is one of them. The bicycling Info Ladies of Bangladesh bring the Internet to villages by bike.

A new video from Casey Neistat about bikes in NYC after Sandy.

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:32:15 -0400

A new video from Casey Neistat about bikes in NYC after Sandy.

Bike Portland publisher Jonathan Maus is in NYC for a...

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:13:58 -0400

Bike Portland publisher Jonathan Maus is in NYC for a transportation conference and blogging about bikes taking over the city after Sandy. OPB reports on what he’s seeing and his gallery of photos.

Photo: Bike Portland

Ride a Bike Instead

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:06:45 -0400

Ride a Bike Instead:

Don’t drive, ride a bike. Commuters are filling bike lanes in greater numbers than usual this morning. Staring out the window of an idling car, I wished I were one of them. The sun is shining and the streets are full of optimism

While searching for the obligatory man riding his bike through a...

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:38:00 -0400

While searching for the obligatory man riding his bike through a flooded street shot, Google returned this….and we were like, well that’s pretty good stock photography Google, but not quite.

It is a bike on a sandy road at least. Then the ladies of Hugga HQ thought maybe the Hurricane blew her top off?

Riders on the storm. Surveying the damage via @bikeblognyc.

Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:28:59 -0400

Riders on the storm. Surveying the damage via @bikeblognyc.

Riding in Red Hook with Keds an Spencer Platt/Getty Images...

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 17:36:17 -0400

Riding in Red Hook with Keds

an Spencer Platt/Getty Images photo via Guardian UK

Sandy sees me rollin’… She...

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:03:00 -0400

Sandy sees me rollin’… She hatin’… What’s that, a CNN crew? Photobombed!

“Damn it, it’s windy!”

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:00:15 -0400

“Damn it, it’s windy!”

Riding A Hurricane

A a modular, concept bicycle power generator discussed on the...

The New Yorker asks if Sandy will make more bike commuters. Why...

“Bicycles Sandy,” Google Image search by Byron,...

A Moment of Sorts

Utility of The Bike

The Epoch Times ran this photo of community power generation...

Bicycle Industry Helps #ridesandy

Bike Industry Helps Sandy Recovery

Bikes Ridden Again in NYC After Hurricane Sandy

After Sandy, Brooklyn by Bike

Sandy Bike Boom

Bicycling Info Ladies Deliver Internet by Bike

A new video from Casey Neistat about bikes in NYC after Sandy.

Bike Portland publisher Jonathan Maus is in NYC for a...

Ride a Bike Instead

While searching for the obligatory man riding his bike through a...

Riders on the storm. Surveying the damage via @bikeblognyc.

Riding in Red Hook with Keds an Spencer Platt/Getty Images...

Sandy sees me rollin’… She﻿...

“Damn it, it’s windy!”

Sandy sees me rollin’… She...