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Jeff Cooke
Weddings on Bikes
With bent spoke cake-toppers, penny-farthing mounted place cards and cargo bike getaway rides the bicycle is making a creative entrance at weddings around the world.
Mar 28, 2012 in Arts & Culture
Using Bikes to Sell Cars
Around 2006 I saw an ad showing a cyclist, then the bicycle rider’s point of view through narrow, winding cobblestone roads. At the end there was a twist: an image of a car. The advertisers were obviously leveraging the bicycle’s clean image.
Mar 27, 2012 by Amy Walker in On Bicycles (1 Comments)
Emily Best
Reflections from a Momentum Intern
My four-and-a-half month internship, funded by the YMCA Post Secondary Eco-Internship Program, has come and gone way too fast.
Aug 15, 2011 by Aretha Munro in Features
Photo by Amy Whelan
Top 10 Bike Events in North America
From rides, to parades, trade shows and conferences, in North America, there are plenty of bike-friendly gatherings for you and your two wheels to attend year-round.
Aug 8, 2011 by Aretha Munro in Top 10 (1 Comments)
Photo by Yvonne Bambrick
Toronto
For the uninitiated, cycling the busy streets of Toronto, Ontario, can seem daunting.
Aug 8, 2011 by Jake Tobin Garrett in Cities (1 Comments)
Catching Montreal’s Joie de Vivre
Enthusiasm is contagious. And Montrealers have enthusiasm for cycling running through their veins.
Jul 25, 2011 by Sarah Ripplinger in Columns
photo by Dmitry Gudkov / gudphoto.com
BikeStyle: Shawn Drayton
Momentum Magazine asks New York City/ Maplewood, NJ, resident Shawn Drayton, an apparel designer and blogger with Blog.Osloh.com, What is Your BikeStyle?
Jul 14, 2011 in BikeStyle
Switch Studio
The Big Idea - Stop and Stay Stopped
Every time a person in a car saw a person on a bike blow a red light, it made my already challenging job a little bit harder.
Jul 14, 2011 by Mia Birk in The Big Idea (8 Comments)
Photo courtesy of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Books We Like
Long days, warm weather. Time to catch up on your book list, perhaps?
Jul 14, 2011 in Arts & Culture
Photo courtesy of Cascade Designs
Cascade Designs
A Seattle, WA, company that has a large variety of Made in the US products.
Jun 28, 2011 by Kent Peterson in Gear (1 Comments)
Velo Citi
Get Your Tweed On
December 11, 2010 the most stylish of cyclists hit the road.
Jun 24, 2011 in Arts & Culture
Photo by James Shambhu
Not Your Average High School Prom
Cyclists are showing their truest friend – their bicycles – some love by dressing up and letting loose at the prom.
Jun 7, 2011 by Gemma Karstens-Smith in Arts & Culture
photo by Kyle Ferguson
What's New in Bike-Friendly North America (Issue 51)
The latest and greatest people, events and things happening in bike-friendly North America.
May 17, 2011 in Arts & Culture
Ridesabike.Tumblr.com
Look Who Rides a Bike
Movie stars and their self-propelled vehicles.
May 12, 2011 by Geoffrey Earl in Arts & Culture
Bicycle Diaries: Audiobook
Bicycle Diaries: Audiobook sets the tone quickly with original music, sound effects and Byrne himself narrating the tales.
May 1, 2011 by David Niddrie
Mark Johann
David Byrne: On Bikes and Cities
David Byrne: a legendary musician and world-famous artist, as well as an impassioned cyclist who’s keen to improve infrastructure and get more people on two wheels.
May 1, 2011 by Bryna Hallam in Arts & Culture
Photo by Bernard Klevickas
Blooming Bike Planter
When Bernard Klevickas wanted to bring awareness to two of his passions – cycling and gardening – he turned to his third one: art.
May 1, 2011 by Bryna Hallam in Arts & Culture
David Niddrie
Morning to Night with a Folding Bike
Ready to Roll no matter where you have to go and what you have to do.
Apr 26, 2011 by Molly Millar in BikeStyle
Bridget Fleming
Photo Project Captures New York's Best Side
Bridget Fleming's photo project, "Downtown From Behind."
Mar 31, 2011 by Bryna Hallam in Arts & Culture
Tim Engstrom
Best Cycling Destinations: North America
Top 10 most bikeable cities in North American.
Mar 31, 2011 by Aretha Munro | Carrie Swiggum in Top 10 (6 Comments)
Lindsay Holmes
What's New for March/ April 2011 - Gear & Gadgets, Music & Apps
The latest and greatest people and things happening in bike-friendly North America.
Mar 31, 2011 in Gear
TanjaTiziana
You’ve Come a Long Way, Ladies - Evalyn Parry's "SPIN" Project
The bicycle is the real star of Evalyn Parry’s “SPIN” playing the role of liberator, muse and even musical instrument.
Mar 31, 2011 by Bryna Hallam in Arts & Culture
Wanted: Local Organizers for the Pleasant Revolution Bicycle Music and Film Festival Tour 2011
The Ginger Ninjas and the South Yuba River Citizens League, are teaming up for a series of music/ film festivals down the West Coast in the summer and fall of 2011.
Mar 31, 2011 by Bryna Hallam in Arts & Culture
GRANT CORNETT
Büke and Gäss Goes Global
A variety of bike projects have kept the folk-duo, Büke and Gäss, on the move.
Mar 31, 2011 by Trevor Hargreaves in Arts & Culture
Photo courtesy Filmed By Bike
Cycling Filmmakers or Filmmaking Cyclists?
The Clinton Street Theater in Portland, OR, will host the eighth annual bike-centric film festival, Filmed by Bike (FBB), this April 15 and 16.
Mar 31, 2011 by Geoffrey Earl in Arts & Culture