“There are bike lanes all over New York,” they said. “It’s cheaper than driving and nicer than the subway,” they said. What they didn’t say is that it’s pants-shittingly terrifying. They should.P
I’d finally completed a “hipster-hotrod” conversion on an old Schwinn I’d found at a yard sale: frame stripped of paint and clear-coated, handlebars flipped upside-down, single-speed rear hub, and an enormous rear tire from a horse cart fitted for dragster-esque swagger … Pictures and more