Daylight savings time has ended. It gets dark around 4:30 PM between now and March, so you definitely need bike lights.

Winter weather can be tough on bikes. There's more rain and sometimes snow and ice, which brings salt and slush. All this grit and grime can add up and be tough on the moving parts of a bike.     Here are some tips for keeping your bike running well and looking great: Your chain If you want to turn your chain into a solid piece of rusty, non-moving (and non-recoverable) metal, the best way to do that is ride it a few times in salty snow slush without cleaning or lubing it (I learned this the hard way a couple of...

We announced in these pages in 2019 that Bike New York was “adding its voice to efforts to produce more bike paths and protected bike lanes” because experience around the world shows that for many people to enjoy cycling, they need more separation from car traffic than New York offers today. After all, what attracts 20,000 bike riders on one day each year? A 40-mile car-free route through the city! They say great cities are never finished. That’s certainly true of forging a bike-friendly New York. But we can report real progress thanks to our engagement in direct conversations with...