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The world’s most badass bike anthem
No matter what kind of tough customer you are, you will probably love this profane and catchy paean to biking.
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Out spokin’: LGBT bike group rides with pride
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender cyclists find camaraderie -- and sometimes love -- in a Chicago biking club that is open to all comers.
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MIT students invent bike helmet vending machine
Bikeshares are a really smart idea, so participants obviously know how to use their brains — but they apparently don’t know how to protect them. Helmet use on bikeshare bikes is pretty abysmal — data from Boston’s bikeshare program show that only 30 percent of users wear a helmet. So a group of adorable MIT […]
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Go cargo: Utility bikes take cities by storm
One of the most common excuses for using gas power rather than pedal power goes something like this: “But I can’t take the kids/dog/groceries along on my bike.” The cargo bicycle eliminates that excuse.
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Spectacular wooden bikes made from salvaged urban trees
The Giving Tree should be ashamed of herself. Oh, sure, she let herself be made into a boat and a house and an uncomfortable metaphor for maternal martyrdom, but did she ever turn into a completely sweet-ass bike? Not a chance. That’s reserved for the lucky urban trees that fall into the hands of Masterworks […]
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Hot tram! Old trolleys are the new classic cars [SLIDESHOW]
After nearly going extinct in the ’60s, vintage streetcars are returning to the rails in downtowns from Philly to San Francisco. Here's what it looks like when mass transit goes retro.
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Watch Republicans try valiantly to be funny by mocking Chevy Volt
Aw, look, they’re trying to make jokes! I’m going to print this right out and hang it on the fridge in a frame that says My First Satire.
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The rules for lady bicyclists, 1895 edition: ‘Don’t be a fright’
Here's a list of 41 "don'ts" for female bicyclists from an 1895 New York newspaper, and they are downright breathtaking in their amazingness.
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Google’s seven-person conference bike
NPR did a story about how tech companies encourage bike commuting, which: duh. But Google apparently goes a step further and encourages bike conferencing, via a giant pedaled monstrosity with seven inward-facing seats.
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Suck it, Gingrich, you CAN put a gun rack on a Chevy Volt
At a campaign event in Georgia, Newt Gingrich told supporters that he would maaaaaagically lower gas prices because “you can’t put a gun rack on a Volt.” Shows what the hell he knows.
