Category Archives: Bike Rack

Didn’t You Miss This Minute-By-Minute Minutia the Past Few Months?

Posted on May 11, 2013 by TJ

It was 8:14–two minutes to spare as I pulled up to the bike rack at Hawthorne. My plan: Hop on the 8:16, dismount at White Plains, collect my earnings from Waxman’s Newsstand, which has been selling my NY Commuter Glossary … Continue reading →

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Seoul Brother

Posted on January 10, 2013 by TJ

Sometimes the high point of your day happens quite early, and everything else is anti-climatic. For me, it was seeing my neighbor’s young son as I locked up my bike at the train station, then watching him perform Gangnam Style … Continue reading →

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Pumped For the Trip Home

Posted on September 13, 2012 by TJ

I walked toward my bike yesterday after exiting the 5:46 out of Gotham, tired from a longish day, eager to get home. I unlocked my cheap new Wal-Mart cycle from the rack, wheeled it toward the walkway, and heard the … Continue reading →

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Bikes Purloined at Darien Station

Posted on August 28, 2012 by TJ

Leafy, lovely Darien, Connecticut has been victim to a rash of bike thefts at the train station this summer, with as many as a half dozen nicked–including two last week Patch has the scoop.

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My Daily ‘Trek’ Comes to an End

Posted on April 27, 2012 by TJ

It was a sad week this week. Not because of the 1 hour, 4 minute ride in this morning, the Harlem Line, and perhaps others, positively crawling from Scarsdale to the South Bronx due to a disabled car ahead of … Continue reading →

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Two Tired to Ride Home

Posted on March 21, 2012 by TJ

Finally, nearly five years after the Town of Mount Pleasant was kind enough to install a bike rack at Hawthorne station because some annoying commuter/biker/blogger kept pestering them for one, the rack is regularly hitting maximum capacity. I actually had to … Continue reading →

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Flat, Lifeless and Out of Air, and My Tire Wasn’t So Hot Either

Posted on September 14, 2011 by TJ

I climbed off the 5:27, tired and, more than anything, hungry, as an afternoon appointment had upset my usual 3 p.m. something-sweet-and-caloric break. I trudged over to my bike, unlocked it, and heard a weird squishy noise coming from the front … Continue reading →

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Big Dig at Hawthorne Station

Posted on June 9, 2011 by TJ

When I finally did crawl home last night, I saw some major construction work going on around Hawthorne’s train station building; as Town Supervisor Joan Maybury told me recently, work has begun in earnest on the soon-to-be Station Cafe that’s … Continue reading →

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‘Litter’ At Hawthorne Station

Posted on May 27, 2011 by TJ

As if we cycle-to-station types didn’t have enough to contend with–Hummers trying to mow us down, spring snow, trucks slamming into our bike rack–here’s another one: It appears feral cats have taken to pooping in the gravel floor surrounding the … Continue reading →

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JerseyJim Enjoys ‘Dream’ Ride to NYC

Posted on April 14, 2011 by TJ

I caught the early train today from Jersey, which was actually the late train. As I braked and de-biked at the station this morning, there were scores of folks standing around. I had already gotten a text alert from NJ Transit, … Continue reading →

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