Don’t Forget!

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In the heat

Big sheets of cardboard from leftover bike boxes waved up and down behind the small audience. Marlo and Sean and Kristoff and Stephanie took turns with the fans that perfectly matched the HUB’s DIY thriftiness. Our stage was a large piece of plywood, elevated by the buckets we use to water our growing garden. The [...]

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Logophobia

…The fear of words, and the title for our first event. On the night of TUESDAY JULY 6TH, Hudson Urban Bicycles will be transformed into a West Village salon, hosting the first of its bi-monthly open mic nights. The theme of the evening is fears and phobias. Poetry reading, storytelling, (acoustic) music making, and sharing [...]

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… And we’re back!

The Hub Log launched eight months ago when George Bliss and the HUB team got together and decided to host a bicycle fashion show. The blog was meant to chronicle our efforts to create the show, and the philosophy behind it– that bicycling is a viable and fashionable mode of transport for every New York [...]

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See it for yourself

Thanks to emmagrady for uploading these onto YouTube! Kaveri Danush Melissa and Oliver Nick Bender Jesse Finale

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BIKE STYLE: how it happened

October 24 was a day of deluge.  The rain would let up every fifteen minutes or so, only to rush back in stronger downpour.  My first trek into the wetness was to print out letters to our neighbors from George, telling them that we had the appropriate permits for the show and promising that we’d [...]

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Designers with a cause

As soon as we decided to have a bicycle fashion show, we knew that we’d need the wise guidance of the East Village’s Kate Goldwater.  She’s been a part of NYU’s annual Swap-o-Rama-Rama earth week clothing swap since it first started.  She organizes the Swap’s fasion show and promotes her earth-friendly recycled clothing designs.  In [...]

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Light it on fire

Writer Mike Spence on our show: “I’m sure the majority people who ride bikes are not pompous jerks, but I’ve heard the phrase “It’s not a mode of transportation, it’s a lifestyle,” enough to worry that giving cyclists their own clothing line is asking for trouble…” Click here to check out his post about our [...]

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Some photos from tonight’s fitting

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Shawn Drayton wanted to have clothes that he could bike in during his dialy commute from Brooklyn to Manhattan.  He wanted something that was practical for biking, but also for walking around in.  And so Osloh was born. Shawn works as a designer of children clothes while promoting Oshloh on the side.  The line, which [...]

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