Doug Ramsey, who writes very entertainingly about jazz at his site Rifftides, has this to say about getting back on the bike this year.

On a side note, I’ve interviewed Doug on my show, The Jazz Session. You can listen to the show, if you’d like.

Tonight we had a very cold and wet cruiser ride with extremely low attendance, and it was a real blast. Jason’s posted a summary of the evening, and here are some photos to go along with it.

Jason Crane interviews the man known only as Bike Snob NYC. Since launching his blog in June 2007, BSNYC has become hugely popular for his biting wit, fearless parody and willingness to look at thousands of ugly bikes to find the best few to eviscerate. In this interview, he tackles the tough questions, including:

• What’s up with top tube pads?
• Where have all the Aerospokes gone?
• Is Fixed Gear Gallery evil?
• How do you find a bike that looks like Molly Ringwald?
• Does appearing in Bicycling mean BSNYC has sold out? (Hint: No.)

(The theme song for The RocBike Review is “The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side” by The Magnetic Fields. Visit them at The House Of Tomorrow.)

From The Bike-O-Sphere

• Holy rollin’
• How to keep your wheels from getting stolen
• the all-rounder
• I want my youth back, and my Raleigh Burner
• Economic Indicators
• Guest Photo: Paris
• Bike We Like – Arrow of Japan
• Saddle Up with Brooks
• Quiz
• Phases of a Relationship
• A Ride For The Centuries
• halloween morning
• Now This
• Wisconsin has Bicycle Funding Anemia
• Lipstick on a Pig
• Warming up to the gym
• Sounds of silence
• BIKE SNOB NYC: Bicycle Marketing: The Inconvenience Truth
• More bike furniture!
• How to build a cartbike
• More bikes in design magazines
• BIKE SNOB NYC: Worst of NYC Craigslist: More Sickly-Sweet, Gooey Bike Love
• City Hall Square
• Bull in a China Shop – The Fall of Chinese Bike Culture
• Your next bike should be built by hand
• Don’t feel like Satan, but I am to them.
• product review: acorn bags
• DIY Rainlegs

In The News

• Bloomberg Calls for Tax on Carbon Emissions
• Lance, Ashley: Bicycle built for two?
• Bicycle advocates, city try to summit cycle-unfriendly obstacles
• Six-year bicycle honeymoon ends
• Rwanda: To Ride a Bike in Kigali, You’ve Got to Be Suicidal
• ‘Doomsday’ brings some ideas for 2-wheeled workarounds
• Paris Rental Bike Scheme Goes Global
• Bike Lighting Stirs up Dutch Government
• For once, practice outrode theory

Ted and Caitlin put together this wonderful zine for the Critical Masquerade. Here it is in full digital monochrome for your reading pleasure. Enjoy!