Moscow – Shifter

Cold and car-centric Moscow is starting to open up to bikes

by Tom BabinCities February 20, 2018February 21, 2018Comments are Disabled

It was the Russian dude in full furs riding a replica penny-farthing (kopeck-farthing?) that did it for me. When I saw this guy roll by the famous St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow’s Red Square yelling shout-outs to hundreds of fellow cyclists around him, I knew this wasn’t the city I once thought it was. That …

The wonderful (and inspiring) bike lovers of the Moscow Winter Bike Parade

by Tom BabinBikes February 11, 2018Comments are Disabled

If you ever doubted the global appeal of the bicycle in winter, today’s third annual Moscow Winter Bike Parade ought to disabuse you of the notion. More than 3,000 Muscovites braved the snow and cold to ride together in the shadow of the Kremlin. For cyclists in this megapolis that is just beginning to look …