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Strong Legs Series: Laura Lee Vo

Through June, we are featuring our cycling athletes in our “strong legs” series. This week, meet Laura Lee Vo, Brooklyn resident and racer for our Radical Media women’s cycling team. Her friendly personality and lovable demeanor are one of the … Continue reading

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Strong Legs Series: Jeff Rodriguez

Through June, we are featuring our cycling athletes in our “strong legs” series. This week, meet Jeff Rodriguez, sales person at our Brooklyn store in Park Slope. Jeff is an avid bike commuter by way of Strava, and up-and-comer to … Continue reading

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A celebration in Prospect Park

Just three years ago, a two-way bike lane was installed in Prospect Park West. Controversial but successful, the street design calmed traffic and made families and residents feel safer riding the streets. Which is why we were thrilled to celebrate … Continue reading

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Strong Legs Series: Stephanie Kaplan

Through June, we are featuring our cycling athletes in our “strong legs” series. This week, meet Stephanie Kaplan, New Yorker, bike commuter, racer on Asphalt Green cycling team, and one of five women selected nationally for the Specialized women’s cycling … Continue reading

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After Sandy: No power. Still bikes.

We opened after Sandy. No power… but we did the best with what we had. We feel lucky to find almost no damage to our stores themselves. Our Brooklyn shop retained power. With the subways down, our Park Slope location … Continue reading

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Bike share race in 2013

At our women’s cycling event with the pro team from Specialized-lululemon, we were honored to have NYC Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan as one of our guests! … where she announced this spring will host the first ever bike share race. … Continue reading

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Evie Stevens and CRCA

Tomorrow, we host the annual CRCA women’s clinic, a women-only introductory workshop on racing. This annual event is well thought-out, because the clinic has some strong heritage. In fact, if you have ever been interested in getting into bicycle racing, … Continue reading

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Bicycle vacations + local brews: This Thursday with Trek Travel

Join us on Thursday for Trek Travel’s 10th Anniversary event here in NYC! A subsidiary of Trek Bikes, Trek Travel organizes all kinds of rides. You can travel in groups, or go solo; explore for a few days, or a few … Continue reading

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What it’s like to be a cyclist in NYC

We run a large bike store. We see a wide variety of customers: Bike messengers, competitive racers, casual commuters, weekend warriors, parents getting groceries with kids, tourists in town for a holiday, young professionals taking a Saturday roll to the … Continue reading

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Kids love bikes love kids

Last weekend, we partnered with Andree Sanders and Trips for Kids NY to co-host family bike rides as part of IMBA‘s “Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day”. We don’t know who had more fun – the kids, or the grown-ups. … Continue reading

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