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This was on the Albany Bicycle Coalition mailing list today: I wanted to update you on the progress of the Friends of the Rail Trail group I’ve been helping to get organized. Jack Madden and I have been working with the Mohawk Hudson Land Conservancy (MHLC) to get a Friends Group started. So at...

Bruce Wilbur pointed out this post from No Impact Man: AN OPEN LETTER TO NY STATE SENATOR JEFF KLEIN, WHO YESTERDAY CALLED ME A F—ING ASSH-LE AFTER NEARLY HITTING ME WITH HIS MERCEDES: You’re never going to believe it folks, but today I had another close call on my bike, but this time the...

Richard Gates is a heart transplant recipient. He’s also on a bicycle tour from Cleveland to Boston to promote organ donation. And tomorrow (Monday), he comes to Albany. According to the Albany Times Union, Gates “plans to stop at Albany Medical Center Hospital at noon Monday and may meet...

Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy talks about “zero tolerance” crime policy Chuck and Gary sent me links to the following story: Cop nearly right-hooks cyclists in Rochester (Channel 10) Chuck also included these comments: Check out the video from last night’s channel 10 news. The cyclist was...

Eric is still looking for his bike. Here’s a photo:

Jason sez: I asked Dan Lill from R Community Bikes in Rochester to tell us about what they do and why. Thanks, Dan! What started out as one man’s offer to fix a flat tire in the parking lot of a homeless shelter has developed into an incorporated, not for profit, volunteer army that provides more [....

This came in this morning on the Albany Bicycling Coalition listserv: Red Track Bike *STOLEN* Frame - “Romic” White handlebar grips No Brakes No Gears Red tires Stolen from New Scotland Avenue Neighborhood between the hospitals near Ridgefield Park If you have any information or if you would...

A couple weeks ago, a call went out on the Albany Bicycling Coalition mailing list looking for bikes to donate to Iraqi refugees living in Albany. I decided that I didn’t really need four bikes, particularly since I ride my Xtracycle almost all the time, and the other bikes just sit in the basement...

Joshua Poppel of the New York Bicycling Coalition wrote about tonight’s Albany Common Council meeting in his first post for RocBike.com. (Welcome, Joshua!) The meeting was attended by a half-dozen cyclists — Mary Lou, Joshua, Andrew, Tom, George and me. Mary Lou, Joshua and I each spoke during...