Tag Archives: brakes

Citi Bike and Lyft recall

Posted on April 16, 2019 by jsallen

Citi Bike (New York City’s bike share system), also other bike share systems and the Lyft ride-share company, are recalling hundreds of electrically-assisted bicycles as of April 16, 2019, see this blog post. The brakes shown in the photo here … Continue reading →

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Fixie or track bicycle?

Posted on May 24, 2014 by jsallen

From Bicycling Magazine, June 2014, page 28: “A fixie (or fixed gear) is a singlespeed without brakes and without the mechanism that allows the bike to coast when you’re not pedaling.” That is a description of a track racing bicycle, … Continue reading →

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Gimme a brake

Posted on July 6, 2011 by jsallen

June 1, 2011, started as a sunny day and I cycled to a meeting a few miles away from my home near Boston, Massachusetts, in clear weather. News of violent thunderstorms and tornadoes to the west came to the meeting … Continue reading →

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