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So what are the rules, anyway?

By PHOENIX STAFF | May 12, 2010

Bike Week and beyond

From bike week to bike month, a line-up of great rides, summits, and get-togethers are helping make 2010 the year of the bike in Boston.
Boston is a great bicycling city. Sure, you have to deal with sociopathic, maniacal motorists who’ve never heard of a turn signal. And yes, you have to contend with a bunch of inconsiderate, entitled pedestrians who act like they own the road and can wander across the street whenever they feel like it, then give you a dirty look as you whiz by them.
By RYAN STEWART | May 17, 2010

Pedal promise

The ongoing perils and recent improvements en route to a riding renaissance.
Boston has its fair share of deserving bad reputations: the sports fans whined for some 86 years about a “curse” because the Red Sox couldn’t seal the deal; the drivers are terrible; and, thanks in no small part to those driving skills, the city’s streets were thrice voted by Bicycling Magazine as some of the worst in the country for cyclists.
By TOM MEEK | May 13, 2010

Rent a ride

Zipcar-like bike rentals headed to Boston
Last August, the Metropolitan Area Planning Council announced that a public bike-sharing system would be coming to Boston, possibly as soon as this summer. The bikes were to come from Public Bike Systems, the creators of Montreal’s Bixi Bike program.
By PATRICK ELLIOT | May 13, 2010

Photos: Bike Porn at the Brattle (NSFW)

Bike Porn III, a film festival at the Brattle Theater
Photos from Bike Porn 3: Cycle Bound, The Backlash Tour
By DEREK KOUYOUMJIAN | May 03, 2010

Photos: Bike polo in Boston

Urbanites horse around
Photos of Boston's bike polo matches
By BOSTON BIKE POLO GROUP | April 30, 2010

Cycle killers

With its own porn, polo, and personalities, bike culture in Boston isn’t just about getting to work any more
Clearly, this isn’t the sport of gentlemen unfolding at, say, the Myopia Hunt Club in Hamilton, but rather urban bike polo at a street-hockey pit in Allston. Many are dressed in black and look like refugees from a club Goth night. Participants sometimes wear Mexican-wrestler masks, while others have no shirts on at all.
By TOM MEEK | April 30, 2010

Biker gang

‘Procycle 2009’ at Machines with Magnets
You’re looking over the handlebars of a bike, down the narrow canyon between a pair of city buses heading right at you.
By GREG COOK | November 12, 2009

When a bicyclist falls in the city, does it make a noise?

A look at the city's most dangerous intersections
Learning to cycle safely on Boston streets is a tempering process.
By PETE STIDMAN | September 01, 2009

The crash course

What to do when you have your next bike accident
It was a sunny but brisk Friday afternoon in March when my bike was hit.
By CAITLIN E. CURRAN | May 06, 2009

Ready to roll

How to give your bike a proper spring cleaning
Whether you've been slogging through the streets on two wheels all winter, or are only now retrieving your bicycle, dusty and cobwebbed, from the basement, the extra light, the warm air, and the promise of snow-free roads are calling.
By CLEA SIMON | May 06, 2009

Like riding a bike

Going green
Last week, glimpses of spring made me eager for the days when I can hop on my bike and go for a long ride without worrying about getting hypothermia or skidding out on salty, slushy roads.
By DEIRDRE FULTON | March 18, 2009

Empowerment on Two Wheels

JP cyclists reach out to Africa
If you grew up, as I did, a privileged snot in a leafy suburb, chances are you took bikes for granted.
By IAN SANDS | November 07, 2008

The biggest fun in Little Rhody

Adventures from Westerly to Woonsocket and beyond
When you’re in between studies, getting tired of playing beer pong, or looking for something new, here are a few tips for how to make the most of your time in the Ocean State.
By PETER IAN ASEN | August 27, 2008

Off the cuff

ProvFlux’s spontaneous confluence
Feeling lucky? It’s a question to ask yourself when you consider attending the fifth annual ProvFlux art festival.
By GREG COOK | August 05, 2008

10 above-and-beyond Earth-huggy ways to do things in Boston that, of course, do not use gas

By MIKE MILIARD | June 11, 2008

10 ‘fun’ things to do in Boston without gas

By SHARON STEEL | June 11, 2008

Got sustainability?

Apeiron’s annual festival points the way to different possibilities
Growing numbers of Americans are taking up bicycling and gardening, and perhaps reconsidering the more costly habits of the not-so-distant boom times.
By IAN DONNIS | June 04, 2008

Don't go there

Local bike-mapping web sites help riders navigate Boston's treacherous traffic
Biking in Boston is a venture rife with obstacles — my daily, 2.4 mile commute between home in Cambridge and work near Fenway is proof of that.
By CAITLIN E. CURRAN | May 09, 2008