People's Bike

The Naked Piss-Up [Day 1:Fun in the Sun]

09 March 2010

Hands up if you : 1. Managed to party until the wee hours on Friday night 2. Get on a bus before sunrise on Saturday morning 3. Party/hike/bike/eat and drink through the entire weekend in freezing rain 4. Somehow still wake up on Monday morning with a sunburn and feeling like a million bucks If you raised your [...]

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So Grate [Ugh, Yike ah Yike!]

09 March 2010

Woohoo! The sun is shining in Shanghai today, yes it’s still cold as Angelina Jolie’s heart or Madonna’s vag, which ever works better for you, but SUNSHINE BIATCHES!!! We can all recharge and feel betters like and all that what not. Oh, and hipsters, now you can put the solar lenses back in your spectacle frames [...]

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BOBLBEE Shanghai Bag

09 March 2010

“Gosh,” you say to yourself, “I really wish I had a bag that repped Shanghai, but I’m too lazy and/or dumb to pick one up from one of the contests those PPLSBIKE guys put up.” Well, worry no more, my dumb and/or lazy friend, BOBLBEE bags has you covered with the Shanghai bag. A vertical ‘porter’, [...]

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Custom Builders [Metrofiets]

07 March 2010

These days, i suddenly fell in love with cargo bikes, Bakfiets style to be exact! Metrofiets, one and only custom cargo bike builder in US. Metrofiets – Artisan frames, from Portland, Oregon Jamie Nichols and Phillip Ross are the founders and co-owners of Metrofiets, LLC. Patience and time, that’s what builds a Metrofiets cargo bike. Design, bend, measure, [...]

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Urban Velo – Issue 18

05 March 2010

The new Urban Velo issue has been released ! Issue # 18 includes : Riding Inside-The Track, GOrilla Or Go Home, Green-er Machines, I Love Riding in the City, Fixed Gear Girl Taiwan, Residue, The State of the Union for Bicycling and Walking, Bikes on Film, Crank Arm Removal, Layering for Springtime, DIY Chainring Bolt Tool [...]

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Fixie Friday [03/05/2010]

05 March 2010

Fixie Friday is a weekly People’s Bike column posted at the end of every week. Fixie Friday serves as a recap for all of the best fixed gear news from around the world. Photos, videos, interviews, events : find it all in one big post ! View last weeks post HERE NEWSforFEB 27 – MAR 05, 2010 Fresh [...]

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Shanghai Bike Polo 2010 Season Launch [Review]

04 March 2010

Thanks to everyone who made it out to the Shanghai Bike Polo 2010 Season Launch this past weekend !! For the first event of the year, it was a great turn-out – About 50 people that came and went over the course of the day. It’s great to know that the Shanghai Bike Polo scene didn’t [...]

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Subway Update Update

04 March 2010

Again with the bikes and the Metro. Apparently, denizens of Shanghai who commute via subway+bike are equally unhappy with the new regulations as we are, but have cleverly managed to sneak around them: bike bags. According the Shanghai Daily, “The local Metro management yesterday said that so long as the passengers can fit the bikes [...]

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Hungry Man [All-You-Can-Eat Fried Rice and Tofu Soup]

04 March 2010

Hungry Man is a weekly People’s Bike column written by Tyler Bowa. Hungry Man features one location a week in China where you can purchase a satisfying, delicious, and filling meal on the cheap. For the hungry cyclist in us all ! Previously : Hungry Man [ Pizza to Go ] This week I decided to find [...]

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So Grate! [Blind man's bluff!]

04 March 2010

Some people get excited, some people get carried away and some people get so damn crazy you want to perform an exorcism on them and then immediately burn their bodies for fear that they might be vulnerable to another demonic attack. Same goes for the business world, you have the honest ones that make affordable quality [...]

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