Author Archives: TIm

Speaking of hand-made bikes…

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/

Journey to Philip Roth’s house

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 [...]

A little piece of Broadway

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 [...]

Biking the Baltimore-Annapolis Trail

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 [...]

Mystery bike

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 [...]