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Tag Archives: Trek
After the boom: Ray Keener talks bicycles in the 1970s and business today
In 1981, Vitesse Cycle Shop of Normal, Illinois, opened a satellite store in Peoria Heights, Illinois. I was fresh from an abortive attempt at a journalism career, and I had always enjoyed bicycles, so I signed on as a mechanic … Continue reading
Posted in Business, History, Other bicycles
Tagged Bevil Hogg, bike boom, Bikes Belong, League of American Bicyclists, Ray Keener, Stella, Trek, Vitesse Cycle Shop
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Judge dismisses New York bike lane lawsuit. NY commuting up.
A lawsuit to eliminate New York’s Prospect Park West bike lane is dismissed. Judge says “Merely not liking a change is no basis for a frivolous lawsuit to reverse it.” (Streetsblog) The number of bicycle commuters in the city of … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly Linker
Tagged Australia, bike path, commuting, factory, ice cream, James Colgrove, Netherlands, New York, Portland, Trek
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Trek takes orders. Sales drop in Netherlands. Spoking a car wheel
What happens if the U.S. kills the federal gas tax? (Infrastructurist) Trek to warehouse and fulfill orders placed on dealer websites. (Bicycle Retailer) That includes orders for Trek bikes. (Bike Europe) Bicycle sales in the Netherlands dropped 23% in June. … Continue reading
Posted in Weekly Linker
Tagged carbon footprint, gas tax, Netherlands, Trek, wheel building
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Rob English doubles up Down Under
Bicycles come, bicycles go. (So do websites, which will eventually break a couple of the links in this article.) Two Bike Friday machines departed the production world in 2007: the SatRDay recumbent (a used one was listed on Green Gear’s … Continue reading
Posted in Bike Friday tikit, Other bicycles
Tagged frame building, recumbent, Rob English, Trek
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