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I’ve combined my love of bicycles with many things, but who’d have thought I could combine it with my 95-year-old-man fashion sense? But now my dream has come true: That’s right, kids. It’s a bicycle bow tie from the fine folks at Beau Ties Ltd of Vermont. Perfect for that special...

The Initiative for Healthy Infrastructure at the University of Albany has completed its feasibility study on the Central Avenue Bikeway. You can download a PDF of the study at the IHI site.

This was in The Independent this weekend: James Daley: ‘Another cyclist raced up alongside me and started hurling abuse’

This is from today’s entry by Bike Snob NYC: The New York Times also points out that in particular the number of cyclists crossing the Williamsburg Bridge has quadrupled from 2000 to 2008. This particular statistic is an excellent example of how important semantics are when it comes to interpreting...

This came a couple days ago from Amy in Albany: Anyone have any suggestions for how to safely teach my son to bike in traffic in Albany? He’s 8, and when we’re not on residential suburban streets (we live in Delmar) we’ve always had him ride on the sidewalk, which usually means we have...

From today’s New York Times: Biking on a Brompton: One Reporter’s View - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Many Albany-area RocBike readers know Andrew, the cyclist in this story. It really makes my blood boil: Tall, pink bike provokes alleged low blow By MARC PARRY, Staff writer First published: Thursday, September 25, 2008 Andrew Franciosa pedals a giant pink bike all over town, so the UAlbany junior is...

A RocBike reader sent in this note: Hi everyone, I’m in Rochester and I commute to work by bike. I’ve been a RocBike follower for a few months now and I really enjoy reading everyone’s contributions. I learn something new every time I visit the site! I recently designed a cycling inspired...

From Tuesday’s Albany Times Union: Albany wants to jump on cycling Consultant sought to develop master plan for bike lanes, routes By TIM O’BRIEN, Staff writer First published: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 ALBANY — With high gas prices and a constant fight for parking spaces, Albany...

Bruce Wilbur pointed out this post from No Impact Man: AN OPEN LETTER TO NY STATE SENATOR JEFF KLEIN, WHO YESTERDAY CALLED ME A F—ING ASSH-LE AFTER NEARLY HITTING ME WITH HIS MERCEDES: You’re never going to believe it folks, but today I had another close call on my bike, but this time the...