On Tuesday, February 16, Ryan and I apprehensively attended Marty’s Rep Night. Marty’s Reliable Cycle (saving the world with bikes) is a wonderful bike shop at all three of its locations: Morristown, Randolph, and Hackettstown. If you were wondering, yes, Marty looks exactly like the cartoon on the website.
Marty’s Rep Night is a night with [...]
BCBC received an excellent write-up in the most recent edition of NJ Walks and Bikes, a newsletter and website dedicated to all things bike and pedestrian in New Jersey. Compiled by the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers University, NJ Walks and Bikes is distributed statewide, and read by many planning and transportation professionals.
In the [...]
You can call me whatever you want, just don’t call me late for the bike ride… or something like that. Just wanted to take a minute to let everyone know that BCBC has a new phone number!
“Why?” you ask, because even though you clearly can, not everyone is able to access the interwebs.
So get out [...]
So, as reported earlier, I bought this folding bike, and it’s 30 pounds, so pretty heavy compared to the sirrus I’m used to carrying around on one arm.
To get to my apartment, I have to climb a flight of stairs adjacent to two other apartments. Tonight one of my new neighbors (I moved recently) opened [...]
A decision several weeks in the making came to fruition today.
Last month, I decided I wanted to buy a folding bike to celebrate another marvelous year on this planet. I tried a full size dahon at our man nelson’s store, al’s cycle solutions, which was fun and I knew it would be convenient.
But then I [...]
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brickcitybikecollective@gmail.com
Bike Advocacy Letter to the Mayor of Harrison, NJ, the location of the new 2010 Red Bull Soccer Stadium ( as well as lots of new car parking lots!)
Dear Mayor McDonough,
I am writing as a concerned resident of Harrison and as a member of the Brick City Bike Collective. I have lived in [...]
Ryan and I got married on September 12 behind our house in Camp Alley (one of the few remaining brick alleys in Newark). Then we headed upstairs for afternoon tea with our guests, including food, drink, dancing, a cheesy poem contest, cupcakes, and fun. To celebrate even more, we hosted a celebratory bicycle ride.
We [...]
Last week we agreed to switch to an every-other-week schedule for the working group meetings.
Therefor, there will be no meeting at Index tonight. Next meeting at Index will be 09/23.
Newcomers, contact brickcitybikecollective at gmail.com to find out how you can get involved. Or come to one of our meetings or events posted on this site!
BCBC would like to invite everyone to some upcoming events:
1. Repair & Ride in Lincoln Park: THIS SUNDAY 8/16
Need a tune up? Is your bike not working properly? Join BCBC at Lincoln Park from 2-4 pm and learn how to fix your bike! Mechanics will be in hand to help diagnose and show you [...]
