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Peter Flax

Peter Flax

The Road to Enlightenment is Unpaved

I suppose it’s technically true that I was participating in a bike race. But as I stood in line to fire a potato gun — ostensibly to win a…

Sep 13, 2022

The Road to Enlightenment is Unpaved

Sep 13, 2022

Peter Flax

CYCLISTS ARE ENTITLED

This is a feebleminded pronouncement that I hear and read all the time. It’s typically deployed by folks who are complaining about bike…

Feb 10, 2022

CYCLISTS ARE ENTITLED

Feb 10, 2022

Peter Flax

Why Sharrows are Bullshit

A brief explainer of the world’s most useless road markings

Nov 6, 2021

Why Sharrows are Bullshit

Nov 6, 2021

Peter Flax

A Conversation with a Writer Who Thinks Bike Advocates are Dishonest

On Labor Day afternoon, I had an online interview with a man named Geoff Page. Last week, Page wrote a story in a digital publication based…

Sep 6, 2021

A Conversation with a Writer Who Thinks Bike Advocates are Dishonest

Sep 6, 2021

Peter Flax

Deconstructing a Particularly Awful Story about Dead Cyclists

For better or for worse, I think I read more media accounts about bike riders getting killed than anyone in America. Thanks to the magic of…

Sep 4, 2021

Deconstructing a Particularly Awful Story about Dead Cyclists

Sep 4, 2021

Peter Flax

E-bike Hysteria

A well intentioned but possibly fruitless attempt to speak up for teen riders getting slammed on NextDoor.

Jul 17, 2021

E-bike Hysteria

Jul 17, 2021

Peter Flax

This Tour de France is an Entertaining Disaster

s\I have woken up early every morning for nine straight days to watch the Tour de France, so since today is a rest day, I woke up early to…

Sep 7, 2020

This Tour de France is an Entertaining Disaster

Sep 7, 2020

Peter Flax

Journalists: Here’s how to produce less horrible stories about pedestrians and cyclists getting…

The numbers are simply staggering: More than 7,000 American pedestrians and bike riders are killed in a typical year (according to data…

Jul 9, 2020

Journalists: Here’s how to produce less horrible stories about pedestrians and cyclists getting…

Jul 9, 2020

Peter Flax

A SUNDAY CONVERSATION WITH JOHN FORESTER

If you ride a bike or care about the design of modern cities—or just hate bike lanes—you should care about the life’s work of John…

Sep 29, 2019

A SUNDAY CONVERSATION WITH JOHN FORESTER

Sep 29, 2019

Peter Flax

Peter Flax

Peter Flax is committed to cycling, longform, and a diet rich in gluten. He’s been writing and editing stories for 25-plus years.

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