It's Citi Bike!

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 7/31/13 at 1:06pm

America has officially turned into a paranoid 70's thriller.


Cameras on bikes they didn't tell you about.

Updated On: 7/31/13 at 01:06 PM

[ErikJ972]

Posted: 7/31/13 at 1:38pm

I think it's satire.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 7/31/13 at 1:41pm

Here's the follow up about the "satire":

http://johnjpowers.blogspot.it/2013/07/citi-bike-surveillance-hoax.html

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 7/31/13 at 1:42pm

There's even a link on the page to the entry PJ linked.

[suestorm]

Posted: 7/31/13 at 1:44pm

those bikes are a cesspool of disease

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 7/31/13 at 2:25pm

I love those bikes.

The thing about these satire sites is that so much of what they "report" is sadly all too probable.

[henrikegerman]

Posted: 7/31/13 at 2:34pm

^And the thing about today's news sites is that so much of what they report is sadly all too satirical.

[suestorm]

Posted: 7/31/13 at 2:35pm

its why the press has an approval rating on par with lawyers and politicians

[SonofMammaMiaSam]

Posted: 7/31/13 at 2:37pm

It's a lovely day for a bike ride.

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 7/31/13 at 2:38pm

Yes it is. I'm taking my camera with me.

[suestorm]

Posted: 7/31/13 at 2:51pm

i hope you dont ride on the sidewalk, go thru redlights, go the wrong way on a 1 way street, or play chicken with a pedestrian, cuz its rare i see a citibiker not doing at least two of these things!

Updated On: 7/31/13 at 02:51 PM

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 7/31/13 at 2:53pm

Ghostlight, have you actually tried the bikes? I think they're a great idea. They have them just outside my office, but not near my home (which is where really could use them).

[ghostlight2]

Posted: 7/31/13 at 3:01pm

Yes, I have a membership, Reg. They're great. This way I don't have to haul my bike onto the subway if I want to ride to work but don't want to ride back. There aren't really close to my house (yet), so I have to walk a ways to get one, but it's totally worth it. One of the best things to happen in the city for some time, imo.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 7/31/13 at 3:01pm

"its why the press has an approval rating on par with lawyers and politicians"

Just like Sue!

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 7/31/13 at 3:03pm

All I need is two more days of use and I will have "spent" the equivalent of my annual membership fee. The rest of the season will be like a free bonus. I take my helmet with me everywhere I go.

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 7/31/13 at 3:05pm

Be safe!

Brain injuries can be debilitating, as proven by a few posters...

[Addison D.]

Posted: 7/31/13 at 3:33pm

Getting around the city on bike is fantastic--fast, easy, good for you, good for the planet.

I'm absolutely mystified by people who feel compelled to carp and criticize urban bikers, but everyone is welcome to their own world-view.

As for being a source of disease--anyone who is infected by a Citi-bike is not using the bike properly.

[suestorm]

Posted: 7/31/13 at 3:40pm

""As for being a source of disease--anyone who is infected by a Citi-bike is not using the bike properly.""

OMG Addison, you cracked me up with that. Youre right of course...though... im just a germphobe and i get sick thinking about all the germs on public things like library books, subway poles, doorknobs etc.

For the record, i enjoy bike riding alot, and have a Bianchi cross trainer that i use several times a week. but when a person on a bike tries to play chicken with me in my suv, well it makes me laugh. im not worried about losing that battle

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 7/31/13 at 3:41pm

I guess it's catching on in other places as well! LOL


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[suestorm]

Posted: 7/31/13 at 3:53pm

they have had them in paris for years. but news flash, nyc is not paris, unfrtly

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 7/31/13 at 3:59pm

It sounds like a great program.

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 7/31/13 at 4:04pm

Diva, that is ridiculous!

Addison, exactly. What do they call the practice of biking around in the buff? I'm sure there is some kind of catchy term.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 7/31/13 at 4:11pm

"I'm absolutely mystified by people who feel compelled to carp and criticize urban bikers"

Maybe because they don't obey traffic laws or show respect for pedestrians.

[Liza's Headband]

Posted: 7/31/13 at 4:13pm

And motorists do?

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 7/31/13 at 4:15pm

I confess I'm not a biker myself, but nearly all my friends are, and I wholeheartedly approve of biking in general and Citibikes in particular.

But I work at the intersection of two avenues and a major cross street, and the bike traffic is insane--and insanely dangerous. I have to look so many ways before crossing--and I'm talking with the light. I have nearly been hit so many times. And actually hit more than once.

Pedestrians are a danger, too, of course. They seem to think bike lanes are so they don't have to walk on crowded sidewalks.

But the bottom line is certainly that bikes are a good thing.