From Oakland to New York

By Dara Kerr | May 29, 2009 |

I was in New York City the past few days and its bike culture reminded me a lot of Oaklands’. Tons of people ride around on bikes–from BMXers to road racers to daily commuters–and all seem proud of it. A friend let me borrow his bike to get around; I must have riden across the…

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Oakland’s bike paths

By Dara Kerr | April 16, 2009 |

I was curious what the City of Oakland is doing to create more bike paths and found this information on the City of Oakland Public Works Agency Web site. They have a bunch of information about signs, trails and paths. They say that from 1999 to 2007 they installed more than 87 miles of bike…

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Beauteous bike art

By Dara Kerr | March 27, 2009 |

My friend Chris McNally is an illustrator who lives in San Francisco and loves riding, racing, fixing and collecting bikes. (It’s almost bordering on obsession.) Lately, he has been making these screen prints of vintage bicycles and bicycle parts. They are big, around 15″ x 20″, and really beautiful. You can check out more prints…

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Lock ‘em up

By Dara Kerr | March 17, 2009 |

As a follow-up on my “missing pieces” post with photos of bikes with stolen parts, I’m dedicating this post to poorly locked bikes. I can’t believe how many bikes I’ve seen that aren’t locked up well. The biggest offenders are people who lock just the wheel. The Missing Link Bicycle Co-op reports on their website…

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Manifesto: Not your everyday bike shop

By Dara Kerr | March 9, 2009 |

The bike store Manifesto has a Flickr photo account, “Our customers rock,” which is full of photos of people posing with their bicycles. People smiling standing next to their bikes, slowly riding by, triumphantly raising the bike over their heads — all photos of Manifesto’s customers with their new bikes. Each photo is captioned with…

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Missing pieces

By Dara Kerr | March 5, 2009

It’s no fun getting parts stolen off your bike, and striped-down bikes can be seen all over the East Bay. The quality or age of the bike doesn’t matter, it’s always still a little sad when you see a missing wheel, seat or frame-R.I.P.

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Art show at Manifesto Bicycles

By Dara Kerr | February 21, 2009

Tonight, from 6pm to 9pm, four shops around 40th Street and Broadway are hosting art shows and receptions, calling it the “40th Street Corridor Art Quest.” Manifesto Bicycles along with Rowan Morrison Gallery, Premium Tattoo and Vintage, and Issues will be displaying local artwork in their shops. People can get “treasure maps” (the stores will…

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Keeping it Wheel

By Dara Kerr | February 11, 2009 |

  Welcome! This is Oakland North’s local bike blog, dedicated to all the cyclists, bike shops, bike culture, bike events and general love for cycling in Oakland. I’ll be out and about searching for and writing about all things bike related. One of my goals is to take photos of notable/hilarious/beautiful bikes locked up around…

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Cyclists on sidewalk face tickets, complaints

By Cynthia Gorney | October 16, 2008 |

by SAMSON REINY Lined with coffeehouses and bookstores, bakeries and flower shops, College Avenue is one of North Oakland’s busiest streets. Sidewalks are frequently jammed as couples stroll idly side by side, dogs mosey around testing the length of their owners’ leashes, and friends sip café lattes while chatting on the outside tables. Large trees,…

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