http://openbicycle.com We are Boston. Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:38:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Come on out you fun loving bicycle enthusiasts for the the last alleycat of this glorious winter season. The race is on 3.14.10. Registration is at 1:59pm at the Cambridge Common, a stones throw away from Harvard Square, bring $5. Tell your parents that you are wearing a helmet so you ... http://openbicycle.com/2010/03/05/zomg-a-math-ly-cat/ Clark here. Bike zombie apocalypse here at ground zero, Union Square. Send supplies. The UN denied our request for aid. I have seen the heart of darkness, it is cold. Tell my family I love them. http://openbicycle.com/2010/02/27/dimension-of-the-blackest-dark/ Filming Myself in the Snow from Quarter Productions on Vimeo. The mastermind behind Quarter Productions was out filming himself on his BMX bike during the snowfall today. A few short hours later, a brand new video appears. You can find him at: iloveqp.com http://openbicycle.com/2010/02/17/a-great-day-to-shoot-a-video/ For Immediate Release: Open Bicycle (in its current Hawkins St. incarnation) will be open by appointment only starting Monday the 15th of February.  We will be devoting our energies full-time to completing the build-out at our new space at 21A Union Square, next to Sherman Cafe.  In the interest of taking ... http://openbicycle.com/2010/02/12/open-is-dead-long-live-open/ Sometimes things break.  Something shifts in the grander scheme of universal continuity or the seemingly inexhaustible runs out, and you may find yourself with a object or plan or relationship that doesn't function as originally designed.  Sometimes your visions outstrip the constraints of our material reality/collective dream/cosmic hologram.  Often times ... http://openbicycle.com/2010/02/08/monday-afternoon-at-open-or-how-my-winter-bike-represents-the-meaning-of-life-in-three-parts/ Walking toward the shop from our ritualistic AM stop at Sherman Cafe with coffees in hand and laughing in the late morning light, we spotted a distinguished-looking gentleman wheeling what was obviously a classy track bike down the train bridge.  Waving the fellow down, we were introduced to Tim Dixon, ... http://openbicycle.com/2010/02/05/out-of-the-sky/ Luminaries passing, riots and disaster in far-flung countries, and biting cold- another week passes in our quiet "post-industrial" metropolis.  Here at OPEN, busily bustling away in the basement, we sometimes miss all of the chaos occurring at or above ground level. In a dizzying turn of events, OPEN will be moving ... http://openbicycle.com/2010/02/01/wintertime-hibernation-and-survival/ I have no way to relate this to bicycles or to anything going on at Open, but I just wanted to acknowledge that the great author J.D. Salinger has died.  It is upsetting that the news of his death competed with the news of the release of the i-Pad, and ... http://openbicycle.com/2010/01/29/j-d-salinger/ I was asked to review some Arnhem Suede Shoes by Chrome, but they do not make them in my size. So I gave them to my Co-Habitant, the gentleman pictured below.  He has been wearing the Chrome Arnhems for a month now and is surprised by how much he likes ... http://openbicycle.com/2010/01/28/chrome-arnhem-suede-shoes-in-the-snow/ It seems my earlier prognosis about rod brakes has come true.  Yielding to the demands of the times, Open is clearing its stock of fixed gear bikes to make room for some shiny new (or rather, crusty, old) roadsters. Well, maybe I exaggerate again; the fixed gears are staying. ... http://openbicycle.com/2010/01/23/roadsterama/