Comments about peter bike

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Peter: actually, the truth behind this is that i used to have to walk to work because i was so broke. lol. then i finally got a bike. and then, a job that allowed me to......

in response to: Commuting by Foot by Peter

Peter: oh yeah! nice, man! i totally forgot to check this out yesterday... ill def add it to my quickly-growing list of "places to visit via bike before winter comes". nice {golden-hour} shots, too... ahh yes,......

in response to: Magic Hour At Domino's by CartLegger

Peter: hook us up, andy! how did you get a car out there? last time i was there, it would have been impossible, but they still had a small guard post. id love to ride my longboard......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Peter: hahaha! ive ridden my bike past that bus 100 times... when i was moving to my bushwick place form my {prospect heights} place, i drove past him many times, too. good score! i smiled when i saw......

in response to: Watermelon Man by Cartlegger

Peter: when i got back into town this past weekend, the sight of the (agreeably underwhelming) {brooklyn bridge} waterfall greeted me, so that was my first chance to see them... glad to find your photos, man.........

in response to: Water Falls on the City by CartLegger

CartLegger: Surely you jest Jack. I am closer than Peter (less inland at least) and I biked it! Boats make it too easy! On a boat, you can't play in the spray at Furman street--which I......

in response to: Water Falls on the City by CartLegger

Me: Re to Tex and Peter I would post pics here,but I do not know how.Maybe I can get my 17 year old to do it for me,but she is usually too busy,like many other folks here......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Jane B.: hey PETER, can you PLEASE ANSWER this question?? =D how were you able to get up there in that 125th street entrance? i've been trying to get into the freedom tunnel for so long but i......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Peter: so pretty. not the easiest streets to ride your bike on, but definitely worth it!...

in response to: Cobblestones, Manhattan by Mike L.

Peter: speeders on the bike trails? theres a bike speed-limit? do they use radar? are you supposed to have a bike speedometer or something? heh......

in response to: How Much Is That Pussy in the Window? by Montrealbunny

michele bangs: i'm so glad i found this site! i was born in kensington and raised in kensington.Married in visitation church, raised my three son's there.i divorced 20 years ago, and went back to my maiden name.......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Peter: heh, i know exactly where some of those shots were taken... i used to work up in {washington heights}, and commuted home to {midtown} by bike every day, and often took the scenic route through......

in response to: Moments in East Harlem by serlingrod

Peter S: I have bought a couple of brand new bikes from Uncle Jacob, and have also had good experience with getting repairs done by them at very reasonable prices. So he is definitely a legit......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

Peter: r.i.p. [[http://www.ghostbike.org]] [[http://visualresistance.org/wordpress/?p=197]] [[http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/235063_ghostbikes03.html]] [[http://www.ghostbike.net/]]...

in response to: Stop! by upfromflames

Peter: wow. now ##this## was a nice read. curiously, ive been to the fair site a couple of times, even ridden my bike in the empty unisphere fountain and gazed forlornly at the decay of the......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

Peter: geez, wow. ive had close calls on my bike in traffic, even osme direct collisions, but nothing like this. im really glad youre ok, dude. damn......

in response to: Blood on the Pavement by jeeff

Peter: wow, 100x as many bikes would be on the road here in nyc if they offered free/public air compressors! awesome!...

in response to: Air Pump by chiamattt

Peter: yeah, its totally ridable! [[http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/06/homemade_tallbike.html]] [[http://www.angelfire.com/mn/resistzine/bli/Tallbike.html]] [[http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/tallbike]]...

in response to: Political Tallbike by Peter

Peter: heh heh. i dig the bike....

in response to: Daily Grind by okcomputer

Peter: that looks like a great place to park a bike!...

in response to: In Out-erspace by joey

Peter: 1) what EG said. 2) the shot of the guy on the bike (above) is me. i have a zillion photos of myself online, so... as far as how i feel about having photos of myself......

in response to: Mullets Galore! by Peter

Peter: DAMN that bike is hot! i also like the {overcast} look of the light in the second shot of the man walking... nice....

in response to: A Couple of Hours by Selig

Peter: this is a great entry, eg. i love entries like this. ive seen em rip up quite a few rails like this in nyc... its the final passing of an already-gone era, unfortunately. what i......

in response to: Goodbye, Streetcar Rails by EvilGentleman

Peter: colovito: you have an even better bike path than that over on the west side, yo... i used to ride it from {hell's kitchen} to {168th} every day... til i found that going up {CPW}......

in response to: Riding into Work by Tyfoid Kid

Peter: linear parks can be problematic? how about {riverside park}? its one of my all-time favorite parks in {nyc}... not only have i spent countless hours lounging about in it on sunny days, watching the river......

in response to: The Highline Debate... by Nick Aster

Peter: i just like my orange bike, {olga}......

in response to: Prospect Park by Peter

Peter: i love the photos of the bike-lane icons! nice, elaine. i love all the little details......

in response to: Gutters by elaine

Peter: eg: hah re: the bike/courier guy. that made me chuckle. also: that cn story is quite a story... wow, just wow. just to put that kid's feat into perspective: [[img:10099]] (...image ganked from [[http://www.the-rocketman.com/Dar-R-gallery.html]], which is a fascinating-......

in response to: Sooo Adorable by Elicar

Peter: chiam: i love this entry. thanks dude! also: those crazy motorbikes are rad......

in response to: A Few Minutes After Work by chiamattt

Peter: i would like driving in the snow more if: a) i had something more nimble/grippy to drive than an absurdly heavy rear-wheel-drive stationwagon (terrible in the snow- hello fishtails!) b) if the snow ever happened to come......

in response to: You Have Failed by torontofreelance

Peter: awesome! these guys look like they should hook up with us brooklyners for this years bike-kill! [[http://www.toyshopcollective.com/bikekill/]]...

in response to: Re: Cycle / Rickshaws by elaine

Peter: GIANT SKY-EYE & PROBOSCIS! EG: a gas-powered chop-saw? that sounds rad. i saw the {nypd} using steel-sawing chainsaws once to cut bikelocks. it was like a hot knife through butter....

in response to: Silhouettes by Peter

Peter: so did you ever get a bike, jack?...

in response to: Biker Rally by Guy McLaren

jack: peter lets start a bike gang and lets have elaine as the gang leader. by the way this has nothing to do with it but i was on 3rd avenue and 33 street in......

in response to: Swarm of Bikes by Guy McLaren

Peter: ...and then there are those of us who just have a fetish for machinery. shiny chrome and powerful engines are a plus! i, for one, love motorbikes. seeing these shots made me drool. especially the......

in response to: Swarm of Bikes by Guy McLaren

Peter: heh! ill have to suggest that as a tshirt idea. the folks who operate this race, the new york bike messenger's association ([[http://www.nybma.com]]), ran the story on their site, so they would def empathize. heh. LITTERERS......

in response to: Monster Track 6: NYC Messenger\'s Race by Peter

Peter: the owner of this bike was unfairly arrested by the {nypd} in their monthly {critical mass} crackdown... [[http://www.villagevoice.com/blogs/powerplays/archives/002384.php]] "It was completely unsafe, it was unbelievably reckless," said Bridget Kennedy, a 27-year-old Columbia University law student who......

in response to: Side-by-Side Tandem Bicycle: by Peter

Peter: i loved that {schwinn} {fixed-gear} bike... i still have the frame/fork, though most of the components are on another proper track frame. i was considering building that schwinn back up as a singlespeed cross-bike for......

in response to: Subway Cycling: NYC by Peter

Jonesitis: Clearly this is not a case of motorist vs. cyclist. It is a prime example of urban vs. suburban lifestyle. In suburbia, it is OK to disrespect the envinronment, and people you don't......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Peter: i agree. though i didnt always, the past couple of years i generally go out of my way to avoid road-rage situations or altercations like this while cycling.... yet theres something... something about the look......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Peter: Wow... yes, {best of}. also: i see she has a u-lock tucked under her belt. she should have been using that on the guy attacking her. nothing quashes road-rage like a 5-pound steel bikelock swung full-speed......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Peter: lol. i wonder if any of those innane "rules" were enforced during their first day... for those of you who dont know, the {MTA} just enacted rules- that went into effect yesterday- that prohibit food/beverages on......

in response to: Subway Cycling: NYC by Peter

Peter: bikes, pumpkins and goats... sounds like a good time to me :) thanks for the post, sally. big it up brooklyn massive!...

in response to: End of Rain, Pt I by sally

Peter: here are the bikes: the first is a clearcoated-steel popdan trackbike, [[http://www.popdan.com/bikes]], seen here chained to a caboose at {monster track}: [[img:6442]] the second is an orange kronan, seen here in {nevada}: [[img:6441]]...

in response to: Carroll Street Bridge by Peter

Peter: its only a few blocks away from the [[2355:voo voo building]]. i love this part of town. id live there if it was a little less remote. it has easy subway access and all, but......

in response to: Carroll Street Bridge by Peter

Peter: "question fixed gear"? huh? ive been riding fixed/trackbikes for years and never ended up in the hospital. also: im not snotty, and i can assure you that most of the people involved in the above......

in response to: Monster Track 6: NYC Messenger\'s Race by Peter

Peter: yeah that tandem {trackbike} is the first thing everyone noticed when they come in! ...

in response to: Bicycle Station by Peter

Peter: im not sure its technically legal, but there are a handfull of groups here in nyc that go around "harvesting" clearly abandoned bikes... they take the parts and frames, clean them, rebuild them up into......

in response to: Abandoned Bikes by JayEastsider

Peter: id love to see some pictures of that... {bikes} in {amsterdam}... especialyl if you see any {kronan}s!...

in response to: Abandoned Bikes by JayEastsider

Peter: i think this sort of journey is a natural human urge. though i didnt get to meander as much as i would have liked, i drove across america in 2002, and it was great- i......

in response to: Thorndale, Texas by Paul G

Peter: paulg! wow, thanks a TON for sharing photos of your trip (in progress, no less!)... thats awesome. i love that last one, especially. you look like a man on a mission! btw, for those of you......

in response to: Thorndale, Texas by Paul G

Peter: ahh, i love bikes. of every sort....

in response to: beach cruiser by steelisreal

Peter: 1. if i lokced my bike up like that in nyc, especially with quick releases, id come back to a bike with no wheels :) 2. where oh where can i get a 60oz jug of......

in response to: My Day out in the Neighbourhood by JayEastsider

JayEastsider: thanks for the link peter i really enjoyed the photos, jeeff i think it would be cool to have like an art exibition filled wih photos of abandoned bikes i always look at them and......

in response to: Abandoned Bikes by JayEastsider

Peter: abandoned bicycles of new york: [[http://jschumacher.typepad.com/photos/abandoned_bikes]]...

in response to: Abandoned Bikes by JayEastsider

Peter: i can parallel park like nobody's business... and take great pride in backing into a spot only 6 inches longer than my car... at about 25 mph, heh ;) jack: ill check out that area next......

in response to: Nice Parking Job by Peter

Peter: definitely representational of {brooklyn} on so many levels... especially the shots from near the {atlantic yards}. this is another one of those entries i seem to have missed the first time around- im glad i saw......

in response to: It Isn\'t Easy Being Green by GGP

Peter: i love hte boxcar one, too. reminds me of [[43:this one]]. also: whats up in that first one? so lovely, but i cant figure out if that bike has a sidecar, or what......

in response to: evening in Portland by stillseeingred

Jamie: Nice photos Peter. Kites rock and your bike rocks....

in response to: Prospect Park by Peter

Peter: wow, a bike room? that rules. i wish we had those in nyc... enough people here ride, but were treated as 2nd hand citizens, mostly. also: ive been to nyc's city hall... you cant get close-......

in response to: Exploring City Hall by kc

Peter: nice! i love hte one of the guy sunbathing on the west side bike path. cool... thanks for posting these. yay manhattan!...

in response to: Noise of Manhattan by Pierre

Peter: heh, totally. i did get two $100 tickets for runnign two red-lights on my bike once. which is ludicrous, as to do the same in a car would only rack up $45 each. hmm!...

in response to: dead meter cap by ea

Peter: at first I was like ##"1$/hour?! geez!"## then i thought... here in nyc its 25 cents/15 minutes... which equals $1/hour... doh! cars are expensive. thats why i ride my bike as much as possible- it......

in response to: dead meter cap by ea

Peter: yesterday afternoon, i rode my {bike} to {coney island}... i was hungry, so i stopped by nathan's hotdog stand. i dont eat meat, so {chips} were my only alternative... but i wanted a {beer} too.........

in response to: Chips for Lunch by Jamie

Peter: and somehow, i forgot to post a photo of my bike, yet again: [[img:1663]]...

in response to: Monster Track 6: NYC Messenger\'s Race by Peter

Peter: that guy was taking video of the start, and got a little more swarmed than he had planned... just imagine... being rushed by 200+ increasingly drunk/amped bike messengers, who are ##all## riding trackbikes with no......

in response to: Monster Track 6: NYC Messenger\'s Race by Peter

Peter: Yep, you can enter {prospect park} through {grand army plaza} and ride around to the other side, the corner at the southeastish side of the park, and catch {ocean avenue}, where there is a great......

in response to: Prospect Heights: by Peter

Peter: nice. does the guy on the motorbike have a helmet on? heh....

in response to: land of the free by vz

Peter: it was from when he had a bike wreck a year or so ago... and if you ask me- yes, im going to go ahead and say what everyone is thinking- its a damn shame......

in response to: we told you we didn\'t want war by elaine

Peter: I pass this wall almost every day, on the way home or to the bikeshop, and will make photos of what develops there. i added some stuff of my own yesterday. ill grab some photos......

in response to: Brain Damage Redux by Peter

Peter: ahh, my old bike!...

in response to: At "The Spot", Central Park and fixed-gears by Peter

Peter: "BIKE MESSENGER WEDGED INTO 8-INCH GAP - & LIVES" [[http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/43085.htm]]...

in response to: Bike Messenger Pinned In East Side Crash by Ken Rosatio

Peter: I'll see what I can do... as the weather warms some, bike-bound photo excursions in brooklyn might be a more regular thing ;)...

in response to: Brooklyn Broadcast & Audio by Peter

Peter: alright... i was actually there this past sunday, and I should pass it again this weekend whe nI ride my bike to central park. I'll make some photos this time!...

in response to: Sound Art Installation by Peter

Peter: hey- to the guy who owns this bike (who I met at the bikeshop and told of this post...) if you see this, and wanna leave your info, ill be sure to credit you for......

in response to: Side-by-Side Tandem Bicycle: by Peter

Marc: man i didnt learn to bike ride til i was 10 and my first memory of it was going down a hill and instead of turning into my driveway like i shouldve, i just kept......

in response to: I just started bike riding by Tim

Peter: yeah, i think i just miss the old neighborhood now that i live out here in brooklyn. i spent almost 10 years there- my first taste of nyc. bway is 4 lanes up there, with a......

in response to: Lunch Hour by vz

Peter: the need to look rough on a rough, utilitarian machine is the same aesthetic that drives alot of bike messengers in nyc too... same sort of vibe, i bet....

in response to: race against time by jeeff

Peter: what's my bike?...

in response to: Brooklyn: Labor Day 2004 by Peter

Peter: isnt the sunset pretty in brooklyn? wow. it was yesterday. sine and i went for a bike ride... grabbed some sandwiches in cobble hill and made for the promenade, where we watched the ferries and......

in response to: Brooklyn Sunset through my bedroom window by Shoshannah

Peter: Almost two years later now. I dont ride that bus anymore. I really never ride any busses, save for one a month back, too tipsy to walk through the hard part of Bklyn. No more......

in response to: Every Day... by Peter

Peter: good! although, im thinking of getting a new bike, as that one istechnically sine's, so i can only do so much to/with it. i want a track bike i can hack into a truly minimal......

in response to: Tuesday afternoon by Peter

Peter: yeah... i should get a helmet. maybe i will after i replace the handlebars and other minutia that was damaged on the racing bike. yeah, hool, it was a little rough. but, i got taken care......

in response to: Tuesday afternoon by Peter

Peter: hmm, my bike: ...

in response to: I just started bike riding by Tim

Peter: i would ride my bike here in manhattan if the odds werent so high that id get crushed by a cab!...

in response to: I just started bike riding by Tim