Paris to tax scooter and bike services

According to the City of Paris, there are 15,000 free-floating vehicles of all forms and shapes in the city, from electric scooters to fluorescent bikes and motorcycle-like scooters. And the City of Paris announced today that companies that operate free-floating services will have to pay a tax depending on the size of their fleet. If […]

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Kind stranger gifts kid an adorable parking spot specifically for his little bike

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Landing a guaranteed parking spot is the holy grail of city living. This little kid was gifted on in the most adorable way. 

Writer Christie Dietz tweeted a photo of her son’s new parking spot. The little boy has locked his tiny green bike to a local lamppost almost every day this year. On Monday, they discovered that the lamppost was graced with a designated parking sticker specifically for him. 

“Absolutely made our day,” Dietz tweeted. “People can be so brilliant. Thank you, whoever did it.”

My son has parked his bike by this lamppost just about every day for the last year. This morning, this sticker had appeared. Absolutely made our day. People can be so brilliant. Thank you, whoever did it 😊 pic.twitter.com/rYC8jCTD5L

— Christie Dietz (@asausagehastwo) September 24, 2018 Read more…

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Watch this biker pull a dangerous stunt over the heads of Tour de France riders

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Last year the Tour de France gave us freaky sunburnt muscular legs. This year it’s given us another bizarre viral gift — an incredibly dangerous bike stunt caught on video.

In this clip recorded by NBCSN Cycling, the peloton can be seen pedaling intently along a hillside. Suddenly, from the right of the frame comes another biker, who appears to be heading straight from the grass into the group.

But instead of crashing into everyone, the biker uses a portion of the hillside to boost himself over the heads of the riders. He even manages to stick the landing on the other side of the road. Read more…

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Timelapse of rush hour in Amsterdam shows how much more efficient biking is than driving

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Rush hour makes driving hell. 

Unless you’re in Amsterdam, where bikes — not cars — clog the roads. A viral video shows that in the most cyclist-friendly city in the world, it’s bikers lining up at traffic lights. Even with the congestion, the timelapse shows how efficient biking is compared to driving in the city.

“If those bikes were all cars we would never get anywhere,” the video’s description says.

According to a 2013 report in the New York Times, the government estimates that bikes outnumber cars in the city 4:1. The city’s website says there are 881,000 bikes in Amsterdam — the city’s population is only 821,752.  Read more…

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Get a custom, single speed coaster bike for less than $200 and have it delivered to your house

Summer is fast-approaching, which means you need to prepare yourself for a series of heat waves. And while it’s tempting to hog the AC to get that cool blast of air, doing so is, well, not so cool for the environment. 
Why not bike the heat away…

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