Designer Jens Martin Skibstead has been pushing a new bike paradigm for a decade now.
So, for example, the winner of the most-beat-up-bike contest would get a new bike.
When I went custom, I also stopped coveting a new bike each season.
Details about the first new bike, on sale this summer, are closely guarded, with teaser photos to be revealed at motorcycle shows and events in the coming months.
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When I was 5 years old, I was riding the new bike I had just gotten for Christmas when I fell off and the handle bars hit me in the ribcage.
"Of course it's crucial that initiatives to encourage cycling are supported, but at this rate it would have been cheaper for the Scottish government to buy all the members a new bike, " he said.
As I sped down Dekalb, it was comical to see the reactions of regular New York city bikers, who generally terrorize the new bike lanes, driving the wrong way and dipping in and out of traffic.
"We have only had six days on track so we still have work to do and things to learn about the new bike, but we are starting in good shape, " said the 31-year-old, with six MotoGP titles.
Management was quick to credit the July introduction of four new 2007 bike models - two new VRSC models, the FXSTC Softail Custom, and a Limited Addition 50th anniversary Sportster - with the big sales push during the quarter.
It's interesting because a lot of the New York bike culture doesn't know that there is a very long-standing culture in New York of collecting Schwinns.
Our new racing bike, the Venge, was codesigned with McLaren, the Formula One team.
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In the days since, there's been a rush of memories in the New York bike-racing community.
This year, I was in the market for a new mountain bike.
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The device also comes with a new charging bike dock that turns it on or off with the ignition of the bike.
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Sitting in street furniture provided by the city and surrounded by mazes of freshly painted bike paths, Sadik-Khan shared her plans to make New York a bike-centric city for commuters.
"The last of the true New York City bike riders, " is how a former U.S. pro champion, John Eustice, put it the other day.
"I agree with them it's time to expand capacity, " said Mr. Schwartz, who has proposed new pedestrian and bike bridges for the East River.
Miami envisions spending on a giant water slide, new BMX and dirt bike trails at a local park and, of great national import, a new Miami Rowing Club building.
Riding a bike in New York City is becoming a sublime experience, but you might be missing it.
Even cycling is reaching new heights -- bike hacker Richie Trimble recently built a two-story-tall bike that soars above car traffic.
Last week columnist AA Gill reviewed her new show Britain By Bike.
Zoning laws would be rewritten so that, over time, large parcels of abandoned land would be converted into landscaped open space networks that would capture and clean storm water, improve air quality, and clean contaminated soil as well as provide new recreational opportunities like bike paths and hiking trails and create habitats for local wildlife and migrating birds.
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The new lithium batteries for e-bike transportation might not stand much chance against such overwhelming statistics, unless all those new generations of coming vehicles are to be sustainably-produced, e.g.
Great Freedom Adventures announces their summer line-up of bike tours through New York and New England.
It's home to countless schools, with highly regarded engineering programs and serves as the metropolitan heart of bike-friendly New England.
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"I've had a lot of support from my constituents through this and I hope the bike's new owner will enjoy riding it as much as I have, " he said.
More than 400 kiosks holding 7, 000 blue CitiBikes will be part of the initial deployment for the launch of bike sharing in New York City next month, dotting Manhattan below 69th Street, a quadrant of Brooklyn and a bit of Long Island City, Queens.
Some improvements are fairly easy, such as switching to energy-efficient LED lighting in buildings and streetlights, or setting aside bike lanes and widening sidewalks to encourage alternatives to driving (although such moves aren't without political hazards, as a recent battle over bike lanes in New York shows).
My bike is far from new, but it elicits complements from strangers nearly every time I ride it.
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