It's a lesson for all the kids out there: if you want to be the best at something, choose something nobody else in their right mind would bother doing.
Anyway, you may recall that not too long ago I undertook a journey for Citi Bike from the High Line to the Lower East Side. Now, I'm pleased to report that Part II of my travels through the rarefied bubble that is the Citi Bike service area is finally available for your perusal and delectation:
Please enjoy my witty and photo-rich narrative, and if you need me I'll probably be mountain biking.
--Wildcat Rock Machine
Note 28. (Paragraph 152) However, some psychologists have publicly expressed opinions indicating their contempt for human freedom. And the mathematician Claude Shannon was quoted in Omni (August 1987) as saying, “I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans, and I’m rooting for the machines.”
ReplyDeleteone more lap?
ReplyDeleteObligatory cobblestone street photo is obligatory!
ReplyDeletescrotium!
ReplyDeleteThe descent along the Manhattan Bridge is exhilarating but it can end in tears and blood at that horrible left-hander. Good job though!
ReplyDeleteLet's critical mass the next floor vote at the RNC
ReplyDeleteTop tetanus- let the trolling begin
ReplyDeleteI'm rooting for the machines too, fake Ted, but by machines I mean bicycles
ReplyDeleteWait - what happened to the obligatory cobbled street photo??? I demand a refund
ReplyDelete@TedK...if we "are to be to robots what dogs are to humans", then we're in pretty good shape (at least in MY house)...we're servants to our masters. Feed me...feed me NOW...and we do. Let me out...let me OUT...and we do. Come clean up my poopie...and we do. Yep...not a bad life being a dog.
ReplyDeleteNew York's alright...if you like typewriters.
ReplyDeleteBakers' Doesn't! Scranus
ReplyDeleteCaptivating photo-narrative, I felt like I was riding along with you Wildcat. I could almost smell the stale PBR and American Spirits!
ReplyDeletebeware of manhattan bridge trolls.nice citibike guest appearance.any mimes today?
ReplyDeleteThat is perhaps the best visual representation of the food/toilets dichotomy.
ReplyDeleteGraphic arts live in bklyn!
"Food and Toilets: the Brooklyn Flea market has got you covered from beginning to end!"
ReplyDeletePre chewed blocks are two dollars in Galena, Illinois.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the excellent tour! Looking forward to the Queens trip.
In many parts of this Great Land, Bike Sharing is also called Stealin'.
ReplyDeleteThat's belgian block, not cobblestone! WRM you've let me down with your city knowledge; now I'm going to go sell all my bikes and start posting manifesto pieces here every day.
ReplyDelete"If you need me I'll probably be mountain biking" is going up on my office door. Trying to text my co-workers that I was going to be an hour late from the top of a ridge put a just-barely-noticeable hair in the sweet sweet honey of this morning's N'l Forest jaunt.
ReplyDeleteWait, aren't the infamous cobbles of the Spring Classics made from Belgian blocks?
ReplyDeleteNice travelogue, I'm almost tempted to ride over to Brooklyn from NJ!
Ellie said....Please let me have your job!
ReplyDeleteThe travel is my favorite kind of log. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI sure hope you Condom Mimed the Citi Bike couple on the bridge.
ReplyDelete(It's a fumbling motion as you try to tear it open while simultaneously staring at titties)
If Citibike switched to Brooks saddles, WCRM could write one post for both sites.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see the NYFD finally showed up and doused yesterday's flames.
ReplyDeleteCaught a peek at Vancouver's new bike share yesterday as I was driving by in a car share. All this sharing - I don't feel like I'm caring.
"rarefied bubble" didn't you mean "rarefied rubble".
ReplyDeleteIf only G**gle would invent a virtual smell/odor emitting peripheral device that mimics the scents of the viewed content reading your trog (travel-logue for short)would be just like experiencing your ride in real life.
ReplyDeleteOn second thought maybe not such a good idea.
Scranus.
vsk said...
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Category: LimitedDatingSites;WatchSites;Travel
The big beautiful wall.
vsk
Nice work on the citi bike blog. I'm my middle years I've become a very measured consumer of non-consumable goods, although still a voracious consumer of consumables, mostly alcohol. So I appreciate the food and drink offerings of Brooklyn and have often crossed one of the many bridges east from my Manhattan home to partake in such. I can however do without all of the artisanal and ironic brik a brak that the millennials are so fond of. who needs any of that shit really. Is it only Wednesday? Fuck.
ReplyDeleteAny advice/suggested response on a recent notice from our building manager..
ReplyDeleteGood morning:
For your safety and the safety of others, we are requesting that your bike riding staff members please refrain from wearing their cycling cleats into the building.
We appreciate your assistance with this matter.
Any advice/suggested response...
ReplyDeleteAdvice: Don't wear your cleats into the building.
Suggested response: "I will refrain from wearing my tap shoes into your building, because I'm not a dick."
I'm guessing that there's some a-hole that's tearing up floors with exposed cleats. Recessed cleats would probably go unnoticed.
... or some dummy in biek tap shoes fell and cracked their head (because they foolishly removed their helment) in the building and the building manager doesn't want a lawsuit.
ReplyDeleteThe logistics of carrying another pair of shoes or switching to flat pedals is a real PITA. Any other suggestions? Otherwise I'll probably just ignore it.
ReplyDeleteAnon - Cleat covers.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of which, did anyone find one? I lost one and now click on one foot while the other is nice and quiet.
Alternatively, if it is really the safety issue, ask them when they will ask people to not wear stiletto heels in the building.
Anonymous 3:21pm,
ReplyDeleteLeave your shoes at work, change them when you get there.
You must be too young to have seen Mr. Rogers.
--Wildcat Etc.
@bikesnobnyc I keep my slippers right next to my sweater, up in my office. Problem is I need go through the lobby to get there first.
ReplyDeleteI'll probably get some shoes with deeper recess per @N/A. Still a PITA.
Cleats and clicky shoes are a PITA with little payoff for commuting. Different strokes I guess. I've fully converted to wearing athletic shoes on flat pedals with some pins. It's nice.
ReplyDeleteAnonymii 3:47pm and 4:16pm,
ReplyDeleteI used to feel like I had to use clipless pedals all the time. Ditching them for pretty much any kind of city/commuting riding was hugely liberating. In retrospect I don't see what they offer. (Unless you commute on a fixie, in which case the solution is a freewheel.)
But of course my they may offer you advantages/pleasures I'm unaware of for your particular commute (are you commuting on singletrack w/lots of log crossings?), in which case why not carry some super-lightweight shoes or sandals in your bag, or just brave the lobby in socks?
This seems way more complicated than it needs to be.
--Wildcat Etc.
Anonymous, if you want to stick with your cleated bike shoes and cleat covers won't cut it with the building, get some of those cheapie hotel or business class airplane slippers. They should fold up pretty small and go in your jersey pocket or whatever kind of bag you use on your commute. Change into them right before heading into your office and again at the end of the day when you head out of the office.
ReplyDeleteFolks, ever hear of recessed cleats? . I can wear these walking from the garage to my office and not fall on my ass.
ReplyDeleteOn my commuter In have the ridiculously named Soho Pedals from Nashbar if I ever want to go commando.
That was great! Very much enjoyed the "tour" [also, your street-photography skills are excellent].
ReplyDeleteI got a $10 pair of those DH style flat pedals and do not miss cleats a tiny bit for commuting. Mind you, regular sized flats feel weird now. I save the clicky shoes for Fred rides and if I want to commute on my nicer bike.
ReplyDelete@bikesnobnyc I'm probably just going to go with some shoes that (better) hide the cleats. My commute is 10-20 miles (20 miles on good days) and is basically an extension of the ride we did with GP on the Rivendell Ride.
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty much just pissed off that they came up with this rule because I have to do something different and looking for sympathy.
Why not just take your shoes off and carry them to the office? Or you could use it as an excuse to retire or just stop working. That's what I would do, quit!
ReplyDeleteAnon 5:58. I wear mountain shoes with recessed cleats. A buddy carries beach sandals. Works.
ReplyDeleteAnd vote Libertarian. coneecheewah, bitchiz.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous 5:58pm,
ReplyDeleteFair enough, that makes sense. Plenty of hikey-type MTB shoes that should work. I have some Shimano shoes that I doubt would betray the presence of cleats on a lobby floor.
--Wildcat Etc.
McFly- ooooh, now there's an idea. Next time someone gives me the helmet mime, I am simply going to reply with the universal wanking mime. Perfect. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteUm, and I'm sorry, but heels are a girl's best friend, especially when riding a bike. Apparently the hipsters appreciate them, too. A hot little twenty something hipster ran up to me as I was riding along Alberni today. He said "I fell in love with you years ago! You're always riding bikes, in heels. So sexy. You're the reason I stayed in Vancouver!" Bless his sweet little out of breath young millennial heart.
Now all I need are stilettos with cleats.:)
"subway rumbles over [the Manhattan Bridge]"
ReplyDeleteI'm so very, very disappointed in you, Snobby.
Purse-lipped pedant,
ReplyDeleteHuh?
--Wildcat Etc.
Nice photo essay of neighborhoods destroyed by parentally-funded, interloping, fucktard hipsters. A real New Yorker would never visit the Brooklyn Flea. Time to go back to your flyover state.
ReplyDeletehttps://twitter.com/hipsterbeatings
ReplyDeleteThe last time I went to a Bottomless Brunch, there was no good place to hang my pants.
ReplyDeleteSnobby @ 8:39 PM
ReplyDeleteAw, c'mon!
How can a SUBway go OVER anything?
No wonder that Trump freak show is doing so well over there, America's standards have slipped so low they can't even recognise shit anymore...
McFly- ooooh, now there's an idea. Next time someone gives me the helmet mime, I am simply going to reply with the universal wanking mime. Perfect. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteUm, and I'm sorry, but heels are a girl's best friend, especially when riding a bike. Apparently the hipsters appreciate them, too. A hot little twenty something hipster ran up to me as I was riding along Alberni today. He said "I fell in love with you years ago! You're always riding bikes, in heels. So sexy. You're the reason I stayed in Vancouver!" Bless his sweet little out of breath young millennial heart.
Now all I need are stilettos with cleats.:)
Purse-lipped Pedant,
ReplyDeleteBecause the New York City Subway is called the New York City Subway regardless of whether it is under the ground or going over a bridge. This is also why the elevated subway station by my home says SUBWAY on it in big letters. Read up on the subway system, you may learn something.
But nice try.
--Wildcat Etc.
$1,000 is not a bad deal. My company spent $5,000 to send me to a two day seminar and I slept through the whole thing. I know you have a better sense of humor than the average seminar instructor.
ReplyDeleteAlso, Mr Purse-lipped Pedant, we like to shorten things around here. Like, instead of saying, "shut the fuck up", we'll just say, "shut the fff"...therefore, instead of writing, "subway train rumbles over the Manhattan bridge", our host went with the New Yawkese.
ReplyDelete"Read up on the subway system, you may learn something."
ReplyDeleteMy goodness, what crawled up your arse?
No matter, I still love you, but just because convention dictates that your train network be called a subway, even when it's on the surface, elevated or gliding through the clouds on a bridge, doesn't mean you have to blindly follow that convention.
Aren't you the convention defying rebel who railed against calling integrated levers "brifters"?
Read up on cycling nomenclature, you may learn something.
The motor industry is getting especially weird in Australia. Check this out: http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/meet-graham-the-tacs-new-weapon-in-the-fight-against-death-on-the-road-20160720-gq9z6h.html
ReplyDeleteThe Lady Wanking Mime is a whole other game. Not another sport, mind you....just different mechanics and such.
ReplyDeleteEmail me for more info.
If I saw a guy in the lobby with socks I would nickname him Lobby Socks and I'm pretty sure it would stick around here.
ReplyDelete"Hey here comes Ol' Lobby Socks again...who do you think you are? LANCE ARMSTRONG?"
Advice? ride your bike through the lobby and track stand while you wait for the elevator. You won't touch the floor with your cleats or worry about locking on the street.
ReplyDeleteAn excellent mini travelog.
ReplyDeleteAs opposed to my usual:
Rode down the highway, saw some road kill.
The end.
Purse-lipped Pedant,
ReplyDeleteWhat crawled up my "arse?" You did!
Where do you live? I live in New York City. We call it the subway.
Peruse my archives and if you want to feel smart you'll doubtless find countless errors, grammatical and otherwise. This ain't one of them.
Now stop breaking my balls.
--Wildcat Rock Machine
Putz-lipped Pedant,
ReplyDeleteBy the way, what do you call an airplane once it's landed? Do you call it a groundplane?
Ah, what am I talking about, you probably do.
--Wildcat Rock Machine
Also: why do we park on a driveway, but drive on a parkway?
ReplyDeleteApproaching Full Moon:
ReplyDeleteThe trolls are back & McFly is on a roll.
the universe is expanding (for now), so why not what is defined as light rail? someone's biking, cue "outta hereness"
ReplyDeleteIn the timeless words of Stephen Wright, "if nothing sticks to Teflon how do they stick the Teflon to the pan?"
ReplyDeleteWhy just be a moron when you can be an oxymoron?
Ah...tis is a beautiful day in the top hats of nyc.too bad i can't use the subway to get there....(nyc).i'll have to contend with metro north,instead.then i can use the subway to get around..and don't start about the train to the plane.
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