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...former male prostitute and companion of Congressman Barney Frank has quietly returned to Capitol Hill: he now works as a bike courier delivering mail around Washington but has yet to visit the office of his former roommate. Apparently his book-writing plans are on hold...
...come back from China smitten with the idea of bicycle transportation. He had protective strips of concrete installed to create a bicycle lane up Sixth Avenue. As someone who schlepps around (as we say here) on an old Raleigh three-speed, I was pathetically grateful for the bike lane myself; I suppose that shows that no matter how long I live in New York, I am, at heart, an out-of-towner. The cabdrivers, of course, hated it ("He likes China so much, he shoulda stood in China"). Some storekeepers hated it. But who complained most bitterly about the bike...
BRAKES. Standard brakes work much like the ones Italy's Tullio Campagnolo designed 40 years ago. To slow a bike, the rider squeezes handgrips, which are attached to cables that pull on caliper arms. The arms, in turn, clamp down on the wheel rims with rubber pads. The system is simple but doesn't always work, especially with heavy loads or on wet roads. After failed brakes sent him into a tree 20 years ago, William Mathauser, an aeronautical engineer from Anacortes, Wash., set out to improve the system. His hydraulic brake has just gone into full production...
While bicycles are racing into the computer age, many changes still lie ahead. The bike of the future will probably borrow more materials from the aerospace industry, have a more comfortable, ergonomic shape and employ brakes and gearshifts that are increasingly easy to use. But a few things will likely | remain constant: handlebars, pedals, a chain and two wheels...
...crazy days to have a bike race," said John R. Moot a member of People for Riverbend Park. "Mothers' Day is the first real day the park is open. It seems wrong that Mr. Trump, no matter who he is, can preempt our use of the park...