Beauty
Cycling here, at its best, is better than mere annoyance. It can give us, for want of a better word, beauty.
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Etiquette
“Get the fuck out of the motherfucking lane, motherfucker!” was a more poetic way of putting it than I may have chosen, but the bike messenger shouting at the cabbie on Sixth Avenue the other day was merely expressing an emotion all cyclists share.
The Breakdown
New York cyclists are a tribe. Within any tribe, there are distinctions. We parse our smallest differences and look down on one another, even as we look down on everyone else.
There Will Be Blood
I’ve been in three bike wrecks in my three years in New York. I’m looking forward to my fourth.
Still a Terrifically Bad Idea
A morning, a bicycle, a macchiato. Or five? This time, a sensible coffee shop tour. But in the end, it still may be described in only one way.
A Terrifically Bad Idea
The plan: 10 cafés, 10 macchiatos, one morning, by bike. Embarking on an adventure that can be described in only one way.
The Out-of-Towners
They arrive on airplanes, in cars with colorful license plates, bearing camera equipment and unseasonable clothing. Welcoming our friends beyond the Hudson.
The Bear
Being a new father of two girls takes love, patience, and the wisdom not to attack other children in their defense.