North American News
Tags: abici, Batavus, bicycles, Biomega, fashion, hub, hudson, hudson urban bicycles, nyc, station, urban
October 21, 2009
Hudson Urban Bicycles presents the first ever NYC bicycle fashion show, “Bike Style”. Located in the West Village, the HUB aims to change the way New Yorkers view bicycling. “By presenting fashion-forward clothing designed with the bicyclist in mind, we are changing the way modern Americans view cycling,” said HUB owner George Bliss. “We want [...]
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We go to Interbike every year and we have never – and we mean never – seen so many city bikes. Sure, there were road and mountain bikes in varying stripes, but city bikes won the show, hands down. Three years ago the entire show was an ejaculation of carbon fiber, this year it’s not [...]
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Essays / North American News
Tags: Batavus, bicycle, Dutch, Gazelle, holland, netherlands, omafiets, opafiets, versus, vs
July 30, 2009
After distributing Batavus bikes in North America for nearly three years, we weren’t really surprised to see Gazelle finally enter the marketplace. While Netherlanders typically view Batavus and Gazelle as equals and have no absolute loyalty to either, the two companies have being doing fierce battle for years. In fact, very few people know that [...]
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Many have asked: will you displaying your fine wares at Interbike?
The answer: Why, yes we will! After all, we sell the best city bikes from Europe – if not the world – to shops who understand the emerging city bike market and shops who want a taste of it. It’s going to be great fun! [...]
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Today the City of Toronto has blessed the Dutch Bicycle as its official two-wheeled transportation vehicle. The City of Toronto Green Fleet allows city employees to run errands or move from office to office without paying hefty taxi or parking fees. Designed to reduce the cities overall carbon footprint, the bikes are a pilot program [...]
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