Bikeside LA

July 4th is 1000% bikes this year with an awesome Santa Monica Critical Mass/Firewerckx Ride mash up, and a race to the beach put on by Los Angeles Brakeless earlier in the day. Other events this month – the increasingly amazing CRANK MOB, Storm the Bastille on Bastille Day, Venice Critical Mass, some important Santa [...]

The Bicycle Film Festival comes to LA July 17th through the 21st.  Last year the film festival was a blast, and the afterparty in the Bicycle District was awesome.  I’m sure organizers will make this year even better.  They need volunteers to help them though.  If you’re willing to help then email Ashira Siegel at [...]

My friend Stephen Box has organized a meeting of political big shots to present to the Woodland Hills neighborhood council.  Seriously – these political alpha dogs are accustomed to being the top dog in most rooms and they’ll all be nervously eying one another on Saturday.  It’s a coup of epic proportions, and deserves an [...]

I wrote Monday about an important Santa Monica City Council meeting on Tuesday where the council discussed the Land Use and Circulation Element draft (LUCE). When the LUCE is approved it will act as the guiding force for transportation planning in Santa Monica for decades, so it’s important that cyclists make their voice heard. This [...]

Is it okay for a law enforcement officer to drive an SUV aggressively towards a group of cyclists who have broken absolutely no laws, at night, with his headlights lights off? Well, this specific Beverly Hills Police Department officer seems to think it was a good idea, heck, maybe it even taught us a “lesson”. [...]

A first time rider might be mystified by Venice Critical Mass. We probably spent more time stopped than riding, and we played a lot of soccer, sometimes with dogs.

I will be attending an important meeting of the Santa Monica City Council today, Tuesday, at 6:45 pm.  If you are concerned about bicycle planning in Santa Monica please show up and speak in support of cycling.  If you’re unable to make it this Tuesday, there is another similar meeting next Tuesday.

Why do I have to travel around this great city of ours in fear? Why do I not deserve equal treatment and protection under the same laws that govern non-cyclists? Why is public transportation such a joke in Los Angeles? Why does a Beverly Hills police officer think it’s a good idea to turn off [...]