tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-113982062009-02-21T04:54:49.855-05:00New York City has no shortage of broken bikes chained to street signs, bike racks, or any manner of semi-permanent structure. Each has its own flavor, its own character, and most definitely its own story. The stories we can only make up our own fantastic guesses. These are broken bikes that have crossed my path.Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17372558081706989317noreply@blogger.comBlogger136125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11398206.post-62612104500979972072008-10-29T23:49:00.001-05:002008-10-29T23:50:59.509-05:00<img src="http://www.so-money.net/brokenbike/bbpics/1026081256b.jpg" width="640" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11398206-6261210450097997207?l=www.so-money.net%2Fbrokenbike%2Findex.htm'/></div>Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17372558081706989317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11398206.post-66214624936091755642008-10-26T12:56:00.000-05:002008-10-29T23:49:38.421-05:00<img src="http://www.so-money.net/brokenbike/bbpics/1026081256a.jpg" width="640" /><br />AH! The new Blackberry Curve takes wonderful pictures!<br />This blackberry marks the 4th device i've used to capture images for this blog (and my other blog too). Those devices were a Palm Zire 71, Palm Treo 700p, Motorola krzr, and now a RIM Blackberry 8330 Curve. <br /><br />The Palm Zire will always be my favorite for its grainy low res images. I miss that clunky old thing.<br /><br />But the new Curve will no doubt serve me well. It even has a built-in flash for night shots down in the village.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11398206-6621462493609175564?l=www.so-money.net%2Fbrokenbike%2Findex.htm'/></div>Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17372558081706989317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11398206.post-7032572401443671522008-09-05T18:48:00.001-05:002008-09-11T09:30:28.250-05:00<img src="http://www.so-money.net/brokenbike/bbpics/0905081848a.jpg" width="640"><br />Hands down one of my new favorites. It says "STOLEN" in chalk on the sidewalk with arrows pointing to the bike and a chalk outline of a rider on a bike. Of course this is outside of a bike shop at the same location and they probably use it as an extremely effective sales technique to sell some hardcore locking mechanisms. The best part about this shot is that carnage is probably only 1-2 days old. Meaning they left a complete bike semi-chained to the pole out for just 1 night. The results are obvious.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11398206-703257240144367152?l=www.so-money.net%2Fbrokenbike%2Findex.htm'/></div>Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17372558081706989317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11398206.post-77791400952635081752008-08-31T13:10:00.000-05:002008-09-11T09:24:39.290-05:00<img src="http://www.so-money.net/brokenbike/bbpics/0831081310a.jpg" width="640"><br />The back rim in bent out of shape, though that is difficult to see from this angle.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11398206-7779140095263508175?l=www.so-money.net%2Fbrokenbike%2Findex.htm'/></div>Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17372558081706989317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11398206.post-34895379339755389332008-08-31T11:26:00.000-05:002008-09-11T09:22:36.405-05:00<img src="http://www.so-money.net/brokenbike/bbpics/0831081126a.jpg" width="640"><br />Stripped clean down in Chinatown.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11398206-3489537933975538933?l=www.so-money.net%2Fbrokenbike%2Findex.htm'/></div>Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17372558081706989317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11398206.post-90276067661415084782008-08-22T08:20:00.000-05:002008-09-11T09:21:23.088-05:00<img src="http://www.so-money.net/brokenbike/bbpics/0822080820a.jpg"><br />I think that's the right location. I took this pic from a cab and didn't record the exact location, but I'm pretty sure that's it.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11398206-9027606766141508478?l=www.so-money.net%2Fbrokenbike%2Findex.htm'/></div>Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17372558081706989317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11398206.post-8857971666740381992008-08-17T00:01:00.000-05:002008-09-11T09:02:50.682-05:00<img src="http://www.so-money.net/brokenbike/bbpics/0817080021a.jpg" width="640"><br />I didn't record this location. It's probably somewhere around the Angelica Theater in SoHo.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11398206-885797166674038199?l=www.so-money.net%2Fbrokenbike%2Findex.htm'/></div>Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17372558081706989317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11398206.post-90561159353330999802008-08-16T19:52:00.000-05:002008-09-11T08:58:18.623-05:00<img src="http://www.so-money.net/brokenbike/bbpics/0816081952a.jpg" width="640"><br />And then of course on our way out and heading to go see The Wackness.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11398206-9056115935333099980?l=www.so-money.net%2Fbrokenbike%2Findex.htm'/></div>Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17372558081706989317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11398206.post-23628302796943140962008-08-16T15:09:00.000-05:002008-09-11T08:56:58.203-05:00<img src="http://www.so-money.net/brokenbike/bbpics/0816081509a.jpg" width="640" /><br />On my way to a watering hole to catch up with my cousin Maryclaire (she's in the blue dress in the background, everyone wave). LES never fails to disappoint.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11398206-2362830279694314096?l=www.so-money.net%2Fbrokenbike%2Findex.htm'/></div>Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17372558081706989317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11398206.post-57766327476129839412008-08-16T14:52:00.001-05:002008-09-11T09:32:12.339-05:00<img src="http://www.so-money.net/brokenbike/bbpics/0816081452a.jpg" width="640" /><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11398206-5776632747612983941?l=www.so-money.net%2Fbrokenbike%2Findex.htm'/></div>Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17372558081706989317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11398206.post-82899194643237447562008-08-13T15:32:00.000-05:002008-08-14T19:47:27.160-05:00<img src="http://www.so-money.net/brokenbike/bbpics/0812081532a.jpg" width="640"><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11398206-8289919464323744756?l=www.so-money.net%2Fbrokenbike%2Findex.htm'/></div>Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17372558081706989317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11398206.post-36606441104473267442008-08-11T15:49:00.000-05:002008-08-14T19:46:08.101-05:00<img src="http://www.so-money.net/brokenbike/bbpics/0811081549a.jpg" width="640" /><br />I found this on the last leg of my quest for Pepsi in a bottle. Surprisingly after wandering all over the East Village this was the only broken bike that I found.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11398206-3660644110447326744?l=www.so-money.net%2Fbrokenbike%2Findex.htm'/></div>Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17372558081706989317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11398206.post-58717030811496095012008-08-08T11:22:00.001-05:002008-08-14T19:43:27.239-05:00<img src="http://www.so-money.net/brokenbike/bbpics/0808081122a.jpg" width="640" /><br />Nice. Just rip that back tire off. He wasn't using it anyway.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11398206-5871703081149609501?l=www.so-money.net%2Fbrokenbike%2Findex.htm'/></div>Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17372558081706989317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11398206.post-7930352353575057152008-08-06T16:09:00.001-05:002008-08-14T19:41:40.849-05:00<img src="http://www.so-money.net/brokenbike/bbpics/0806081609a.jpg" width="640"><br />AH! These ones kill me! I hate it when I don't record the location, especially for something as satisfying as a set of forks discarded next to--not IN, but beside--the trash. I must research this, find out where I was, and locate this spot again.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11398206-793035235357505715?l=www.so-money.net%2Fbrokenbike%2Findex.htm'/></div>Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17372558081706989317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11398206.post-47252581699623233512008-08-04T20:22:00.001-05:002008-08-07T10:12:00.739-05:00<img src="http://www.so-money.net/brokenbike/bbpics/0804082022a.jpg" width="640" /><br />Unfortunately this angle doesn't get the full effect of the bent rim. But the village never fails to disappoint: broken bikes abound.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11398206-4725258169962323351?l=www.so-money.net%2Fbrokenbike%2Findex.htm'/></div>Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17372558081706989317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11398206.post-28319251461367071452008-08-03T14:18:00.000-05:002008-08-14T19:39:00.747-05:00<img src="http://www.so-money.net/brokenbike/bbpics/0803081418a.jpg" width="640" /><br />I could have done a better job capturing this bent rim. Ah well, you'll just have to take my word for it.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11398206-2831925146136707145?l=www.so-money.net%2Fbrokenbike%2Findex.htm'/></div>Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17372558081706989317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11398206.post-76797895266101366752008-07-20T00:03:00.000-05:002008-07-25T12:48:32.973-05:00<img src="http://www.so-money.net/brokenbike/bbpics/0720080003a.jpg" width="640"><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11398206-7679789526610136675?l=www.so-money.net%2Fbrokenbike%2Findex.htm'/></div>Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17372558081706989317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11398206.post-16337622139431476632008-07-19T15:01:00.000-05:002008-07-24T20:20:05.271-05:00<img src="http://www.so-money.net/brokenbike/bbpics/0719081501a.jpg" width="640"><br />I wish I got a better shot on this one; it's a beauty--at least in that perverse brokenbike sense of beauty that I have.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11398206-1633762213943147663?l=www.so-money.net%2Fbrokenbike%2Findex.htm'/></div>Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17372558081706989317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11398206.post-80539163115515328822008-07-19T13:43:00.001-05:002008-07-24T20:18:34.155-05:00<img src="http://www.so-money.net/brokenbike/bbpics/0719081343a.jpg" width="640"><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11398206-8053916311551532882?l=www.so-money.net%2Fbrokenbike%2Findex.htm'/></div>Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17372558081706989317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11398206.post-58682235339453770802008-07-19T13:27:00.000-05:002008-07-24T20:16:55.857-05:00<img src="http://www.so-money.net/brokenbike/bbpics/0719081327a.jpg" width="640"><br />I had to double check the blog on this one to be sure I didn't already catch it. I have a good memory for these things and can point out a lot on the street that I already have logged, but I wasn't sure about this until I got home and checked it out. Yup, it's new for me.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11398206-5868223533945377080?l=www.so-money.net%2Fbrokenbike%2Findex.htm'/></div>Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17372558081706989317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11398206.post-76751806951851231372008-07-19T13:22:00.000-05:002008-07-24T20:13:40.030-05:00<img src="http://www.so-money.net/brokenbike/bbpics/0719081322b.jpg" width="640"><br />Seeing these wrecks with locks still on them cracks me up. Everything but the frame...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11398206-7675180695185123137?l=www.so-money.net%2Fbrokenbike%2Findex.htm'/></div>Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17372558081706989317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11398206.post-58069519492259324452008-07-19T11:59:00.001-05:002008-07-24T20:10:36.264-05:00<img src="http://www.so-money.net/brokenbike/bbpics/0719081159a.jpg" width="640" /><br />The first of a long day of walking around town. I picked up 6 broken bikes in all today. Of them all, the empty rim is the best. It's just another lonely part of the cityscape.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11398206-5806951949225932445?l=www.so-money.net%2Fbrokenbike%2Findex.htm'/></div>Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17372558081706989317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11398206.post-40410446834313751572008-07-15T17:14:00.000-05:002008-07-19T08:16:54.499-05:00<img src="http://www.so-money.net/brokenbike/bbpics/0715081714a.jpg" width="640" /><br />Found on a posh west village corner just a few blocks south of the meatpacking district<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11398206-4041044683431375157?l=www.so-money.net%2Fbrokenbike%2Findex.htm'/></div>Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17372558081706989317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11398206.post-52004086047287482282008-07-13T12:48:00.001-05:002008-07-19T08:20:51.124-05:00<img src="http://www.so-money.net/brokenbike/bbpics/0713081248a.jpg" width="640" /><br />LM & I had a whole discussion with a random passerby as to whether or not this one was "broken." She's the only one I know that can engage strangers on the sidewalk so easily. The final conclusion was indeed, broken. We had a good laugh discussing the various levels of brokenness then went on with our day.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11398206-5200408604728748228?l=www.so-money.net%2Fbrokenbike%2Findex.htm'/></div>Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17372558081706989317noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11398206.post-1811910001073804382008-07-05T11:49:00.000-05:002008-07-19T08:14:57.052-05:00<img src="http://www.so-money.net/brokenbike/bbpics/0705081149a.jpg" width="640" /><br />This one's all out of focus from a torrential downpour that day.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/11398206-181191000107380438?l=www.so-money.net%2Fbrokenbike%2Findex.htm'/></div>Richhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17372558081706989317noreply@blogger.com0