Archive for the 'puzzling' Category

Tuesday Night Bike Ride for families? Is there one? Why not?

A friend of mine just called me to ask if there are any easy, safe, fun bike rides he can do with his young daughter. He was wondering if the TNBR might be a good option, but apparently he went to my blog and read the recent posts about it and thought he should [...]

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You be the judge

Posted by Erik on June 2nd, 2010 filed in puzzling

A client of mine sent me this wondering if I knew anything about it — which I don’t.
Watch the officer in the middle of the screen very carefully at 0:26. Exactly what is he doing? And if he just did what I think he did, is he still on the force?
Update: I [...]

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Finally somebody gets a ticket for driving in the bike lane. . .

Posted by Erik on March 4th, 2010 filed in puzzling

. . . and it’s Paris Hilton. (TMZ.com)
–Erik Ryberg

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NYC bike lanes removed because they attract “scantily clad hipster cyclists”

Posted by Erik on December 10th, 2009 filed in puzzling

Lauren sent this in, from the NY Post:
Groups of bicycle-riding vigilantes have been repainting 14 blocks of Williamsburg roadways ever since the city sandblasted their bike lanes away last week at the request of the Hasidic community.
The Hasids, who have long had a huge enclave in the now-artist-haven neighborhood, had complained that the Bedford Avenue [...]

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