We spotted Marina Kaydanova waiting patiently for the start of the 55-mile route at this year’s Twin Lights Ride and decided to find out what led her to want to go for a bike ride in New Jersey at the crack of dawn.

Noticed anything different about us lately? A new font here, a new color there…  perhaps even a new logo? Well, you ain’t seen nuthin’ yet ! In a couple months, you’ll be seeing some even bigger changes, primarily in the form of a brand-spankin’-new website. For this month’s Bike New Yorker interview, we checked in with Deva Pardue of Emily Oberman's team at Pentagram, the revered design and branding firm responsible for spiffing up our image, to talk about choosing colors, the challenges of building complicated websites, and, of course, whether or not she plans to ride next year’s Tour.

We talked to Ilya Nikhamin and Kasia Nikhamina, husband-and-wife owners of Redbeard Bikes, about why they chose DUMBO as the location for their store, why more New Yorkers should experience the joy of riding a bike, and about the difficulties of running a business with your spouse.