Archive for March 2011
DBC City Bike Design adds to the mix in Boston
By Patrick Kelleher-Calnan Moving a business is generally a trying affair. Dan Sorger, owner of DBC City Bike Design (formerly the Dutch Bicycle Company) compares his shop’s recent move from Somerville to downtown Boston to the time a local anesthetic wore off during his knee surgery. But he is positive about the new location. “This…
Read MoreThe 2011 North American Handmade Bicycle Show
By Greg Ralich One week back from Austin, TX and I can still just barely wrap my head around the awe-inspiring production that was the 2011 North American Handmade Bicycle Show. NAHBS, for short, is a collection of more than 150 frame builders, bicycle designers, component manufacturers, and their wares; NAHBS is nothing short of…
Read MoreTransportation Icons Call Bike Advocates “Unstoppable”
[Publisher’s note: The report below was written by Carolyn Szczepanski, communications coordinator at the Alliance for Biking and Walking. It was published on their blog this morning and we’ve re-posted it below with Ms. Szczepanski’s permission. – BCU] Wearing his signature bow tie and Velcro strap around his pant leg, Congressman Earl Blumenauer arced his…
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