Our 3rd Sunday ride took us on an 11-mile tour through the Ironbound, a close up inspection of the Red Bulls Arena, a long ride through Harrison & Kearny, and a harrowing trek across a decaying, abandoned train bridge 60 feet above the Passaic River that is part of the Iron & Ice trail. Along [...]
National bike to work week is May 17-21. To reward bike commuters for their efforts, BCBC has organized some local retailers who are generous enough to offer you free food for your morning commute. Look for our BCBC tables…
When:
Mon-Fri, May 17-21, 7:30am-9:30am
Where:
Washington Park (south end by Broad St) – Mon, Wed & Fri
Penn Station (by [...]
Art/Cycle ride map for May 2010
March 28, 2010 – 12:32 pm
BCBC is pleased to announce our first annual Cherry Blossom Bike Tour!
Please join the Brick City Bike Collective as we tour Branchbrook Park’s spectacular display of cherry blossoms at their peak.
Sunday, April 11
1pm
Meet at the twin lion statues across from the fountain in the park’s southernmost lake. See map below [...]
Ryan & Marie’s Folk Engineered got a write-up this week in The Daily Newarker.
Read about it here: http://dailynewarker.com/press/2010/03/11/custom-bicycles-handmade-in-newark/
February 22, 2010 – 7:20 am
Philip Roth, arguably America’s greatest living writer, grew up in the Weequahic neighborhood of Newark and wrote about it extensively in the Pulitzer Prize winning “American Pastoral”. His home at 81 Summit Street was the destination of today’s ride.
It was a gorgeous day for the eight adventurers who showed up to ride. Bright sun, light [...]
November 8, 2009 – 9:31 pm
I had a big North Newark route planned out today but spent much of my time checking out three places on just two blocks of Broadway between 2nd and Arlington.
First, the old Benefit Mutual Life Insurance Building on the corner of 2nd.
Next the Mt Pleasant Cemetery, by far the most interesting cemetery in Newark. It’s [...]
October 30, 2009 – 7:50 pm
The leaves were at autumn peak last Sunday in Maryland so a friend and I biked 12 miles (24mi. r/t) of the Baltimore-Annapolis Trail, an old railroad right-of-way now bike trail that runs from the BWI Airport to Annapolis. It’s part of the East Coast Greenway.
It’s a beautiful trail that winds through deep woods, over [...]
October 17, 2009 – 9:39 am
I saw the perfect bike today on Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn between N4th & N5th St (Greenpoint). It has deep character, slim frame, beautiful lines, gorgeous color and no branding except “3rd Ward on the crossbar and “member” on the main stem. It’s a work of art that should be in a museum. And I [...]