Cycling Link Love: 10 for the Road

During the winter months, when the NYC bike lanes are quieter and fewer weekend events appear on the calendar, we’re dedicating our Friday post to cycling link love — a curated selection of 10 posts that grabbed our attention this week and that we hope you’ll find entertaining, thought-provoking and useful:

 

• Look closely at the photo above. Artist Nirit Levav creates life-size dog sculptures from old bicycle chains. View all the breeds.

• Get your winter ride on. Bicycle Habitat is hosting a free everything-you-need-to-know clinic on Jan. 30.

• Bully for whimsical bicycle storage!

• Bangable Dudes on Bikes? We blush.

• Off the menu? NYC mayoral candidate Christine Quinn says bike lanes are off limits as dinner party conversation.

• Towns in the Netherlands are hoping to test heated bike lanes for winter cycling. Here’s the NYC solution: Plan your route to follow subway lines, they’re the last streets to freeze over. More winter cycling tips!

• Losing their heads. In a good way. New life for de-commissioned parking meters means 12,000 more bike racks for NYC.

• A fashion designer who dresses A-list celebs shares her secrets for looking great in the bike lanes and on arrival at the office.

• New to our cycling lexicon: Coffeeneuring.

• And finally, in #doprah news: Lance Armstrong’s new performance-enhancing drug of choice.

Photo: Nirit Levav