In response to the bombings at the Boston Marathon more than a week ago, the TD Five Boro Bike Tour will be adopting new security measures at its big ride on May 5. In an announcement today, the tour’s CEO Ken Podziba said they had been working with city, state and federal agencies to...
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Final Blow to Cycling Groups Who Sought an Indoor Velodrome in the Bronx By Jen Benepe – New York -April 23, 2013 Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced today that the city will be transforming an old armory in the Bronx into the largest indoor ice facility in the world. The Kingsbridge National Ice Center  will...
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By Jen Benepe It took only one day for the first 5,000 founding bike share memberships to sell, said the department responsible for Citibikes yesterday. “New Yorkers are clearly ready to take advantage of the quick, convenient travel our bike share program will provide.  It’s a strong early sign of success,” said New York...
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March 25, 2013 — By Jen Benepe Damian Alfonso, the Cuban cyclist who made headlines when he qualified for the 2012 cycling event at the Paralympics –and then came in 12th overall in his class, will be recruiting more disabled athletes in Cuba. “This is about Damian giving back,” said his long-time American friend...
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March 22, 2013 OPINION, By Jen Benepe A recent post in the Brooklyn Paper has unfairly stigmatized neighborhood activists who have gathered a petition to prevent the building of a bike lane through their historic district. The article points to two recent petitions being circulated by residents asking the city’s Department of Transportation to...
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Anxious musings and dire predictions are surfacing among cyclists and advocates over the future of bike lanes in New York City, reported the NY Times today. The expectation that the next mayor of the big Apple might not appreciate the two wheeled conveyances the way Michael Bloomberg has is justified. For one, the bike...
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You might not see your favorite rider on this list, but that’s just because they didn’t get caught. Here are some other names: Fausto Coppi, Eddy Merckx,  Jacques Anquetil, Marco Pantani, Levi Leipheimer, Bjarne Riis, Alberto Contador. Got the drift? Yup, all took enough drugs to actually get caught with banned substances in their...
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By Jen Benepe The Twitter field was buzzing last night while Oprah was interviewing Lance Armstrong, with the most innovative hashtag to be born, #doprah. Some tweets still attempted to use #lancearmstrong, and #cycling but they needed have bothered: #doprah was the clear winner. But watching the interview between Armstrong and Oprah I got...
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A meeting will be held tomorrow night to discuss how to configure River Road along the Hudson River. The changes will affect the towns of Edgewater, NJ, traveling south towards the New Jersey ferry near Hoboken. Bicycle passage on the road as it is configured now is incredibly dangerous, with no designated bike lane nor...
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The first of several articles on what to buy your favorite cyclist for the holidays. First World Trash Bike Bags at the 59th Street Holiday Market Yes, we know times are tight. And the New York and New Jersey region just suffered the agony of being hit by Hurricane Sandy. Some just aren’t in...
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Greg Lemond, the man who was the first American to win multiple Tour de France races says he is vying for the top post at the International Cycling Union. In an interview with French newspaper Le Monde about whether he was prepared to run for president of the Swiss based union against incumbent Pat McQuaid, the 51-year-old...
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By Jen Benepe Josh Rechnitz was profiled by the NY Times on Sunday, but the journalist never spoke to the man. Perhaps that’s because the Times doesn’t have any cyclists on staff, because just about everyone at the Century Road Club Association, one of the oldest bike racing clubs in the U.S., knows Rechnitz....
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Thanks to Richard Benfield, we have this video of what happened to our favorite town, on our favorite ride up Route 9W into Piermont. Water was everywhere during the storm. Streets and homes, subsumed. According to reports from Deborah Brenner of Cafe Portofino, all their equipment, electrical and other items have to be replaced....
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There is a new energy bar pardner in town and their name is equal to a measure of energy–an ERG. The bars are being made by hand in Traverse City, Michigan, a little oasis for summer and winter sports where Madonna, Bruce Willis, and Michael Moore have vacation homes. But another energy bar? “Honestly...
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In this article in the New York Times, the author rides 100 miles in 3 days around Luxembourg on a touring bike. We love this story because not only is it well told, but the adventures of Bruce Weber on this trip sound like so much fun. The best part, he and his companion...
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Cycling in New York was not always as good as this. Yes, hard to believe but true, cycling used to be MORE difficult in New York City and Northern New Jersey (it’s still bad in southern New Jersey, but that’s another story.) Thanks to the hard work of cycling advocates before you, many paths...
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New York, NY., August 9, 2012, By Jen Benepe Four industrious NY Daily News reporters wasted their time and ours by going out and clocking the speed of cyclists in Central Park, as published in their report today. Their finding? Cyclists were going over the “speed limit” of 25 mph in the park, and ergo–posing...
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