Hundreds of bicyclists are blessed ahead of 5 Boro Bike Tour
God speed! Hundreds of cyclists gathered at St. John’s Cathedral on Saturday morning to receive a blessing before embarking on a 40-mile journey through the city for Sunday’s 5boro bike tour. The Rev. Patrick Malloy led the 26th annual interdenominational service at Morningside Heights Cathedral. Many riders, many wearing helmets and racing gear, gathered next […]
NYC’s 5 Boro Bike Tour worried MTA still wants hundreds of thousands of dollars in tolls for using Verrazzano Bridge
It’s a crash waiting to happen. Organizers of the Five Boroughs Bike Tour, in which 32,000 people bike across New York City on Sunday, say the MTA is seeking hundreds of thousands of dollars for the popular event, which will use the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge next year. He said he was concerned that this might be […]
Boss of Peloton rival taunts bike maker, says he could do better job than outgoing CEO Barry McCarthy
The president of Peloton’s rival company has thrown his hat into the ring to lead the struggling exercise bike maker after the current president resigned on Thursday. Lu Renting, who founded and heads privately held Echelon, could do a better job saving Peloton than retiring CEO Barry McCarthy, a former Netflix and Spotify executive who […]
San Francisco restaurant owner, Eiad Eltawil, on hunger strike protesting bike lanes
San Francisco restaurant owners are in the midst of a month-long hunger strike, claiming the city’s new bike lane experiment is alienating customers. Eid Eltawil, 41, plans to spend the next month in the park outside his store without eating to show his hatred for the controversial new bike path being built outside his store. […]
Florida man reportedly pulled knife on boy riding bike on sidewalk because he felt his life was in danger
A Winter Springs, Fla., man was arrested this week after he allegedly held a knife at a child who was riding his bike on the sidewalk instead of in the bike lane, police said. FOX 35 in Orlando reports that 73-year-old Richard Shafer has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. […]
Atlanta man Alex Benigno uses bike with giant magnet to remove 410 pounds of screws, nails, sharp metal off streets
This cyclist solved his flat tire problem. A Georgia man who calls himself “Atlanta’s Magnet Man” used his bicycle and a powerful magnet to remove hundreds of pounds of screws and other objects found on the road after getting tired of constantly flat tires. Collecting metal pieces. Since starting his bizarre rescue mission a year […]
REPORT: 3 Boys Try Fixing Bike, Get Robbed By Armed Men
Three teenage boys were reportedly trying to get their bikes repaired in Glen Burnie, Maryland, over the weekend when three men robbed them of their motorcycles near a local middle school. According to Anne Arundel County Police, three juveniles, one of them 12 years old, are still on the run after one of the three […]
Billionaire Richard Branson suffers bloody injuries after bike crash
British billionaire Sir Richard Branson suffered a severe fall from his bicycle while cycling in the Caribbean, leaving him bruised and bloody. Branson with net worth Estimated by Forbes The British Virgin Islands resident, who is worth just under $3 billion, was photographed with severe bruising on his left arm. “I had a pretty big […]
Rachel Maddow defends Joe Biden over age concerns: ‘He rides a bike’
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow suggested President Biden is not old enough for the presidency, citing the fact that “he rides a bike” as evidence. On Thursday’s MSNBC show, hosts called out Biden’s critics after the 81-year-old referred to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi as the “President of Mexico,” upsetting two foreign leaders. accused of “age […]
Cyclists rage about horse carriages blocking new 10th Avenue bike lane
It’s not a stable situation. Bikers in the city are complaining that a Hudson Yards horse-drawn carriage driver driving into Central Park is violating their lane. Cyclists complain that buggies are jamming the newly widened bike lane on 10th Avenue between West 38th Street and West 52nd Street, forcing them to slow down or go […]