Thomas Ricker
Tesla makes a $225 bike.
Not what anyone expected — or wanted — but a Tesla-branded balance bike is now available for the junior edgelord in your life.
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Jess Weatherbed
Two handlebars are better than one, right?
Outdoor retailer REI has been getting some heat for this (now removed) AI slop ad on Instagram, but the company says Meta is to blame. “Meta auto-enrolled us in an AI personalization tool that produced an inaccurate and inappropriate alteration of a vendor-provided image,” an REI spokesperson told Business Insider.
Thomas Ricker
Thomas Ricker
A bike bell that penetrates noise-canceling headphones.
That’s the claim behind DuoBell, a nearly fist-sized bell created by Škoda (yes, the car company) and the University of Salford, with the aim of reducing collisions between pedestrians and bicyclists.
Terrence O'Brien
Almost a week after being hit with a storm, many of NYC’s Citi Bikes are still snowed in.
Lyft made a big splash when it bought Citi Bike’s parent company in 2018. It promised huge investments and improved service. But, it’s also raised prices at a stunning rate, far outpacing inflation and fares for other transportation in NYC. And yet, it hasn’t bothered digging out most of its bike docks, according to Streetsblog.
Andrew J. Hawkins
Stranger Things x Bike Bus.
Stranger Things, a show that ostensibly is riff on the “kids on bikes” adventures from the 1980s, recently held a promotional event where fans rode bikes along a car-free street to celebrate the final season. But no “kids on bikes” event would be complete without Coach Balto, the founder of Bike Bus World, who also helped inspire my own bike bus journey. I’m excited to see him continuing the spread the word about street safety and childhood independence in the Upside Down.
Allison Johnson