The Brooklyn Paper has a neat story about neighbor Eben Weiss, and his new book "Bike Snob":
Turns out, the “Bike Snob” is anything but.
For more than two years, the Snob, the alter-ego of Kensington resident Eben Weiss, hid behind a blogger’s anonymity, making biting observations of the bike scene while also poking fun at its sometimes-elitist and always-insular culture.
Now, with a new attitude — oh, and a book that he’s trying to sell — Weiss has a mission: to “systematically and mercilessly realign the world of cycling” and bring it into the mainstream.
To achieve this goal, Weiss’s book, “Bike Snob,” offers two sections that will be of great interest to any rider familiar with Brooklyn’s mean streets: a survival guide for coping with careless drivers, as well as a run-down of all types of bike riders, from hipsters on fixies to meatheads on tricked-out racing bikes.