Bike Talk

#2524 - Bike Protests, Bike Hating Mayors, the BFF, and Tubes V Tubeless


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Taylor bikes to a No Kings protest, and meets a friend of the show (3:30).
Our lawyer, James Pocrass, on what to do if the authorities take your bike at a protest-and how to avoid it (6:04).
Original cohost and bike mechanic Jim Cadenhead on the plusses and minuses of tubeless tires (12:30).
Sammy's Law was meant to allow New York City to reduce car speeds to 20mph. NYC Mayor Adams cynically used the law to justify limiting the speed not of cars, but ebikes. This outraged many, but none more than Amy Cohen, the mother of the traffic violence victim Sammy Cohen Eckstein. Amy talks about her StreetsblogNYC article on the subject (20:48).
Alexa Sledge, Transportation Alternatives' Communications Director, on NYC Mayor Adams' moves to regulate ebike speed and rip out bike and safe street infrastructure (26:58).
HFX By Bike YouTuber Kevin Wilson on Halifax, Nova Scotia Mayor Andy Fillmore’s effort to "pause" construction of the city's protected bike lane network, claiming it caused traffic (36:13).
The Bicycle Film Festival is back, and it's virtual. Taylor talks with Festival Director Brendt Barbur (47:53).
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