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Archive for July 2011

Franklin’s Cut — the missing link between the South Street Bridge and JFK Boulevard

OF BIKE LANES, BACK ROUTES AND BYWAYS Our Tool School Instructor, Aaron Ritz, has an incredible day job—working for the city of Philadelphia to encourage green transport as  Active Transportation Coordinator.   You may have had the pleasure of cycling along the new bike lanes on 10th and 13th Streets in Center City—a project Aaron’s been part of. … Continue reading »

What’s the opposite of “The Cloud” ?

After considerable thought, we have set aside a tiny corner of the Trophy Bike University City (the northeast corner, to be exact) for an unusual collection of items that are not usually found in bicycle shops. There we display Filofaxes. The Filofax organizer series, invented in Philadelphia (as Lefax) during the 1920s, then polished and … Continue reading »

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