New York college student, 19, in coma after illegal dirt bike hit-and-run
A University at Albany student is in a coma after being hit by an “illegal dirt bike” shortly after midnight on April 27, according to his family and Albany, New York, police. Alexa Klopf, 19, of Long Island, is showing slight signs of improvement this week after undergoing multiple surgeries, but will need to be […]
Woman falls from ‘elevated position’ in Greenwich Village near 5 Boro Bike Tour route
A woman was injured Sunday morning after falling from a “high perch” in Greenwich Village near the route of the Five Boroughs Bike Tour, New York City police said. The unidentified 33-year-old woman was found outside a four-story building at 73 W. 11th St. near Sixth Avenue in Manhattan after a 911 call was received […]
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 […]