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If this image is correct, using just solar power, it doesn’t look like it would take much o power the earth…food for thought…potentially.

by Garrett

A section of one of DOB-C’s favorite bike path on the way to Jacob Riis beach is still inaccessible due to Nor’easter damage from last November. Hurricane Ida demolished 150-foot section of the Shore Parkway Greenway, and as of January this year, the damage still looks about the same as it did in its immediate aftermath. You can still ride around on the grass adjacent to the highway, but it is obviously not desirable or safe.

The NYC Parks Department says its engineers are working with several other agencies including the Department of Environmental Conservation, National Parks Service, Department of Transportation and Army Corps. of Engineers to “evaluate the long term methods of repairing the affected area.” Let’s hope it gets fixed before the next DOB-C beach ride in summer ’10.

Charlie Simpson saw the news about the earthquake destroying Haiti and decided to take action. He told his parents he wanted to organize a bike ride around a local park to raise about £500 (around $800). £500 turned into
£172,612.97 (roughly $277,59.66) and Charlie now holds the record for the most money raised in a single day.

News Link
Charlie’s Haiti Site

Hey Kids,

First off, Happy Belated New Year. I know we’ve been a bit under the radar during the colder months but we’re getting ready to gear up again for the 2010 riding season. On that note, DOB-C is looking for bloggers. We’re not trying to compete with the Huffington Post or anything but right now there is only one of us blogging and with a day job it can be a bit over-whelming to update as often as we’d like.

You don’t have to commit to multiple entries per week. In fact, the more people who are interested the less often you’ll have to update. We’re just looking for a few people who can do a couple of entries a month about anything bike-related, queer, or environmentally friendly.

We’re also just looking for anything bike-related. If you’ve got video or pictures or events that are happening around nyc and you’re cool with us putting it up on the site please feel free to contact us at dykesonbikecycles@gmail.com.

And, as always, please feel free to tell your friends about the group. We’re always looking for more members.

If you haven’t already friend our official dob-c group on facebook.

To start off our New Year. Here’s a video of Helen Mirren test driving Chevy’s Fuel cell car. Its a little sales-ish with the music but it’s Helen Mirren

Also if you’ve got tips on how to ride in cold weather please leave comments below. We’d love to hear about it.

Happy riding!