Bike Talk

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Bike Mechanic Jim Cadenhead consults with Taylor about fixing a flat on his Surly. Problems: there's a thru-axle and he thought it was tubeless (2:45).
Charlie’s News: Virginia plans to get rid of parking minimums in September https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20261/HB262. Zohran pleases some as he smooths a notorious bump at the end of Williamsburg Bridge https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/nyregion/mamdani-pothole-williamsburg-bridge-bump.html, but leaves others dissatisfied with the continuation of cyclists receiving criminal summonses https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/01/07/mamdani-says-he-opposes-tischs-criminal-bike-crackdown-but-its-apparently-still-in-place. Over 2,700 ebikes have been sold and subsidized in the Bay Area in the last 6 months https://oaklandside.org/2026/01/08/alameda-ava-energy-ebike-voucher-program-2000-purchased-east-bay/. As mountain biking gains popularity, bike parks are becoming the status quo instead of traditional trail development https://www.bikemag.com/mountain-bike-trails/mountain-biking-parks-vs-trails (11:13).
Zohran Mamdani's transportation and bike focus in his first week as Mayor of NYC through the eyes of Carl Mahaney, Director of Streetopia Upper West Side; Sophia Lebowitz, reporter with Streetsblog NYC; Miser, who runs the Micromobility NYC subreddit; and Shabazz Stuart, founder and CEO of Oonee bike storage (16:20).
The NYPD targeted cyclists in the Williamsburg Bridge bike lane near the “zohramp,” where Mamdani personally fixed a bump. Meanwhile, drivers ran red lights with impunity
https://www.reddit.com/r/MicromobilityNYC/s/Wi4hDxk6eA (42:22).
Los Angeles is ‘throwing good money after bad’ trying to solve the traffic problem at its airport, LAX, says Jacob Wasserman https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-12-16/lax-airport-traffic-olympics (46:06).
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