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Bikes live in a strange catagory of vehicles somewhere between a motorcycle and a scooter. A place where they are okay for inside storage, but only in certain situations. Why are bikes not allowed inside buildings? I’m not entirely sure so let’s think about it for a moment. There are two main reasons to bring your bike inside, security and weather.

In my home I have peace of mind because every time I get home I park my bike in the basement and lock the door behind me. So why can’t I do this when I go out into Albany to grab a coffee or do some shopping? It would be a major draw for me to be able to bring my bike inside as to weather I visit a retailer or not. That way I could know that my bike is safe while I went browsing for interesting things or shopping for the week.

As for weather the weather is a factor it certainly is. To be able to keep your bike in a sheltered environment while mother nature is at her worst has huge repercussions on the long term life of the bicycle as well as the daily maintinence that is required if you are riding in the rain or snow everyday.

In New York City office buildings are required to provide bicycle accommodations indoors. Why not Albany?

The only place I know of in Albany that will allow you to bring your bike inside is the Hudson River Coffee House. If anyone knows of others I would love to hear from you.

Written by Chris Belsole

If you are into mountain bikes chances are you have heard the name Gary Fisher. Here’s a podcast where he talks about bike commuting and biking trends that have been leading up to to bike culture today and what we can see in the future.

From the website:

Here’s an audio interview with cycling legend Gary Fisher, one of the founding fathers of mountain biking. Gary was in the UK to lead some rides at Chevin Cycles of Otley. He rode his trademark 29er, but earlier that morning I grabbed Gary at breakfast and dragged him into a hotel ballroom to record this audio. We didn’t talk about wheel sizes, we talked about transport bikes.

Gary Fisher on bikes as transport

Written by Chris Belsole

Join us tonight for a bike ride at the Albany Soldiers and Sailors Memorial in Washington Park at 5:30 for a community bike ride where we will show our presence to the city of Albany and probably get a bite to eat afterwards. So if you enjoy a good ride and good food with good people who use the word good far too often the come on down and spend a Friday night doing what you love and getting a little excersize in the process… good.

Written by Chris Belsole

Here’s something interesting, OnEarth Magazine Podcast has a short interview with a bike commuter who talks about his experience commuting with his bike.

From the site:

Andy Bowers, a senior editor at Slate Magazine and a producer on NPR’s Day-to-Day, talks with Daniel Hinerfeld about why he loves commuting by bike in the car capital of the world. (Extra treat: check out Andy’s Slate article about biking in L.A.)

Bike Commuting: Part One | OnEarth Magazine

Written by Chris Belsole