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Erotic Parking in Japan
Most of us who get around on bikes everyday are accustomed to improvising parking solutions: a fence, a parking meter, a bridge, or even a tree will do in a pinch. It doesn’t make us happy to struggle...
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Buy a House Get a Free Bike
You would have to be hiding under a rock to not notice the increased number of bikes on the streets in major cities across the US (and round the world). From bike share programs to the creation of...
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We’re Hiring. Help Build Walkable (and Bikeable) Cities
If you want to know why I started PUBLIC, and why we feel constantly excited and accomplished about getting more people on bikes, watch this TED video. Jeff Speck articulates the reasons why the...
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Single-Speeds in Rome and at Home
I wrote a piece earlier this year that focused on Italian Women biking in Italy, and the biggest difference between Italy and the US might be that you see a lot more women riding on the streets than...
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A $10 Clever (and Poignant) Gift for Anyone
Tired of the same kitschy gift-wrap for the holidays? Here is an alternative and a clever and poignant gift for anyone who appreciates bikes, cities, design, humor, wit, and graphic brilliance. It’s...
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2014 Wish: More Public Space for People
I had the good fortune to spend time in Rome this year. Rome is a remarkable city for a number of reasons. One reason is the extraordinary public spaces that are peppered throughout the city, and...
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Lord Norman Foster Elevates Cycling in London
The recent proposal of a 130+ mile bicycle highway network around London got many of us buzzing. Elevated bike highways are an exciting concept with a long history: in a previous PUBLIC OPINION piece...
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Martin Luther King, Jr., Civil Rights, and Public Space
On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, we wish to acknowledge the achievements of Dr. King and the Civil Rights Movement in a genuine, non-commercial manner. We believe that the spirit behind our mission –...
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Iconoclastic Crosswalks in Montreal
“I was provoked by a desire to jolt the driver from his impassive and linear gaze and give the more slow-moving pedestrian pause for reflection.” —Roadsworth These urban images are the work of...
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Think The Unthinkable: Cities Without Cars
It is not a stretch to conceive of a time — a few decades from now — when people look back on the 20th century and the onslaught of cars into our cities, and ask “what were they thinking?” After all,...
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Better City Spaces. Why Should it take an Earthquake?
Across the world, people are waking up to the reality that cities designed for people are far better places to live than cities designed for cars. A recent article by Alissa Walker, “6 Freeway...
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PUBLIC Interview With Ellen Bennett of Hedley & Bennett
Some of our customers are as passionate and detailed oriented about their products as we are about our bicycles. Ellen Bennett, founder of Hedley & Bennett, a chef’s apron manufacturer, is one of...
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Our Sweet New Spot in Hayes Valley
Talk to any local San Franciscan and the Hayes Valley neighborhood of today is nothing like it was 20 years ago. As we’ve written about before, the demolition of the Central Freeway that once ran...
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Riding The Roads Less Ridden
Images from top to bottom: A tiny, hidden alley in North Beach; Pops of color in the Bayview; A golden sunset in Sutro Heights; and fly fishing in Golden Gate Park. You know him through the bikes he...
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Halfway Is Not Enough
Images courtesy of Rob Forbes, The Botster and Ipv Delft PUBLIC is headquartered on both sides of the San Francisco Bay, with a new flagship store and design studio in Hayes Valley, SF, and a...
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Limited Edition Colors 2014 – A Tasty Bunch.
We’ve always been hot on edible and lickable color here at PUBLIC. So we’re really excited to announce the arrival of our new limited edition colors – a crop of colors so tasty that we’ve given nearly...
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Best New Bike Apps for City Biking
In honor of iPhone Day, we put together a list of some of our favorite iPhone bike apps and Android apps for people who bike in the city. The newest generations of smartphones are some of the best...
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The PUBLIC Backstory with American Cyclery
We’re really lucky to have great bike shop dealers around the country carrying our bikes and introducing new people to the PUBLIC. We’ve got bike shop dealers in Chicago, Fresno, Seattle, Portland,...
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WeiWei Good
Every now and then a person or an event comes along that makes us appreciate just how profound and provocative the combination of art and public space can be. Usually it’s an artist that shapes that...
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Impeccable. Indestructible. Individual. Freitag.
When it comes to chic, bulletproof gear that goes with cycling, there are a few brands that rise to the top. In saddles its Brooks. In apparel it’s Rapha. In bags it’s Freitag. Freitag is a Swiss...
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