NYC Archives - SandJack TV https://sandjack.tv/tag/nyc/ Experience the game beyond the screen Thu, 08 Aug 2024 12:22:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://sandjack.tv/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/cropped-Sand-Jack-fav-32x32.png NYC Archives - SandJack TV https://sandjack.tv/tag/nyc/ 32 32 A Stitch In Time… – Bike Snob NYC https://sandjack.tv/a-stitch-in-time-bike-snob-nyc/ https://sandjack.tv/a-stitch-in-time-bike-snob-nyc/#respond Thu, 08 Aug 2024 12:22:30 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/a-stitch-in-time-bike-snob-nyc/ Well, Streetsblog has finally given up on congestion pricing: The reason? Apparently nobody wants it: This is confusing, because until recently Streetblog was saying everybody wants it: Not like any of this matters anyway. They’ll just figure out a new tax, and unlike congestion pricing it’ll probably be one you can’t choose to avoid: Though […]

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Working Together – Bike Snob NYC https://sandjack.tv/working-together-bike-snob-nyc/ https://sandjack.tv/working-together-bike-snob-nyc/#respond Tue, 30 Jul 2024 13:01:26 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/working-together-bike-snob-nyc/ When you’re as inept as I am that first ride after you’ve disassembled a hub is always a little scary, but I’m pleased to report there were no ass-plosions: Sure, there was an Asplundh, but that’s about it: [We like to say Spinergys ass-plode, but technically it’s the front wheel that ass-plodes, while the rear […]

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Down By The River – Bike Snob NYC https://sandjack.tv/down-by-the-river-bike-snob-nyc/ https://sandjack.tv/down-by-the-river-bike-snob-nyc/#respond Tue, 23 Jul 2024 12:25:12 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/down-by-the-river-bike-snob-nyc/ As an urbanite and “woosie” (though the former implies the latter so I’m already squandering words), I’m not particularly interested in bikepacking or disappearing into the desert for days on end or whatever else you see on those desert hipster websites. Most of the time, my ideal ride starts and ends at home, and my […]

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Safety First – Bike Snob NYC https://sandjack.tv/safety-first-bike-snob-nyc/ Fri, 12 Jul 2024 16:04:58 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/safety-first-bike-snob-nyc/ In 1885, the transportation landscape changed forever when John Kemp Starley designed the so-called “safety bicycle:” This design persisted for the entirety of the 20th century and even made it into the 21st, although by 2024 it was officially dead, having been completely replaced by the battery-powered stand-up scooter: Ah well, the bike was fun […]

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Sharing Is Not Caring – Bike Snob NYC https://sandjack.tv/sharing-is-not-caring-bike-snob-nyc/ Mon, 08 Jul 2024 12:12:37 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/sharing-is-not-caring-bike-snob-nyc/ Over the long weekend I spent some time with the ‘Noner: I also tested my voluminous tubulars on a variety of surfaces:

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Lightning In A Bottle – Bike Snob NYC https://sandjack.tv/lightning-in-a-bottle-bike-snob-nyc/ Fri, 28 Jun 2024 12:28:31 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/lightning-in-a-bottle-bike-snob-nyc/ How about that debate final night time, huh? Let’s speak about it! Simply kidding. No, as a cantankerous previous fusspot I’ve been preoccupied with one factor and one factor solely, and that’s the discharge of the brand new Rivendell singlespeed: [Photo: Rivendell] Although the biking media is much extra its actual reverse, the brand new […]

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Spin Cycle – Bike Snob NYC https://sandjack.tv/spin-cycle-bike-snob-nyc/ Wed, 26 Jun 2024 19:23:31 +0000 https://sandjack.tv/spin-cycle-bike-snob-nyc/ I mentioned I’d get to work on these Spinergys, and I’m nothing if not a person of my phrase–although to be truthful I’m additionally a little bit of a Douse Bag: I assume that was directed at me, however now that I’m re-reading it I’m now not sure. The principle drawback I wished to handle […]

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