Issue #19 Publisher’s Statement
Last weekend I took a group of high-school students on a field trip in downtown Pittsburgh. Since the students regularly take public..
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Red Hook Crit
Roode Hoek was a village settled by Dutch colonists in 1636, named for its red clay soil and point of land projecting into New..
The End of Favoring Motorized Transportation
As a profession, bicycle advocacy hasn’t been around that long. Yet over the last ten years or so, the changes in the type and..
Get A Grip
Grips that slip can be more than an annoyance, they can be downright dangerous in certain situations. When it comes to slip-on rubber grips..
Freewheel Removal
Single speed freewheels can be a royal pain to remove from a hub. Between the right hand threads that are constantly tightened with..
Book Review: The Lost Cyclist
When David V. Herlihy was researching his encyclopedic 2004 volume, “Bicycle: The History,†he kept coming across dispatches..
Finders Keepers
It was in the early 1990’s when we started riding bikes, specifically for my husband’s health. His couch potato life style..
Aiming for an Urban Cycling Mecca in Asheville, NC
On a warm night in the summer of 2008, nineteen year-old Jeremy Johnson was cycling home after an evening shift in the produce department..
Issue #19 Co-conspirators
These are some of the people who helped bring you Urban Velo #19. Check out their websites and let them know you like their work. Jeff..
Denver’s Courier Veterans
The life of a bicycle courier—seems as though they don’t have a care in the world. Riding with cup of coffee in hand, saying..