Albany Bicycle Coalition

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.

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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.

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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

A while ago we ran an article about Transportation Alternatives‘ fight with Councilmen Ulrich when he proposed a bill that would require bikes to be registered on the road. In an article by the Gothamist they talk with Paul Steely White, Executive Director of TA, about the bill and New York City’s problems in general.

IT’S THE ATTACK OF THE TWO WHEELED MONSTERS! As you surely know, an impassioned wardebate about bicycles has consumed New Yorkers over the past couple of years. Are they taking over NYC with their ubiquitous lanes and their reckless behavior? Or are they the key to alleviating traffic and turning New York into a sustainable, 21st century city? The incredible cycling boom over the past decade has certainly polarized New Yorkers, as drivers, pedestrians and cyclists cope with the dramatic changes brought by the DOT to our traffic-clogged streets. And in the heart of the debate you’ll find Paul Steely White, the Executive Director of Transportation Alternatives, a group that has worked closely with the DOT to improve the cycling, pedestrian, and mass transit infrastructure. Yesterday we caught up with White, who had just finished a meeting with City Councilman Eric Ulrich, who plans to introduce legislation requiring all adult cyclists to get licenses and registration.

Paul Steely White, Transportation Alternatives

Written by Chris Belsole