Bikeside LA

Need I say more?  Yes, I do.  Critical Mass on the Westside has been amazing this summer.  Check out these pics and these pics from the SMCM and Firewerckx rides on July 4th, or these pics from Venice Critical Mass.  You should go.
SMCM on Facebook

I was talking with Mike Feinstein (former mayor of Santa Monica) on Tuesday about a bike related project.  We finished our plans and then we got off the phone and went about our business.  Shortly afterward I miss a call from Mike, and when I listen to the voicemail I find out that he came [...]

Venice Critical Mass was wild.  We had around 80 riders at the beginning.  We finished it a 7-11 parking lot at Sepulveda and Sawtelle, at which point we declared that we were on a new ride – a ride that was something else.  So from now on, the post VCM ride it the Something Else [...]

When I lived nearer the concrete canal, I ran there late at night.  Training for a marathon meant running 80 miles each week along the uniform banks of Ballona Creek, and sometimes this became monotonous.
Some chill nights a magical event occurred.  Flying and gliding silently on the flicking knotted wood legs of the long distance [...]

Thanks to CRANK MOB (photos) and life, I missed out on the Bicycle Film Festival this weekend.  What I was most disappointed by was missing the artistic cycling demonstrations by Ines Brunn.  Basically, artistic cycling (Wikipedia) is like fixed gear tricks on drugs.  Go watch this video to see what I mean – I guarantee [...]

The only ride organizing LOLcat, KNITTENS, sends along this flier for Venice Critical Mass:

by KNITTENS

Two weeks ago myself, and seven other cyclists visited the Santa Monica City Council (Flickr set) to speak in favor of improving cycling conditions. Specifically we spoke in support of the recommendations contained within the draft Land Use and Circulation Element (LUCE.) As I’ve written before, the LUCE will influence transportation policy, and [...]

Jon Anderson of Midnight Ridazz just released this amazing CRANK MOB video. Many videos have come out of C-MOB, but this one stands head and shoulders above the rest. That’s no offense to the other video producers, it’s just that Jon is in video production. Clearly the CRAKN GODs filled him with [...]

The Bicycle Film Festival is in LA through Sunday. Last year this event was off the chain (some photos of that) – the best event all year. The festival opened tonight, so already all your bike friends have probably been watching awesome flicks. Get your two wheels over to the Vine Theater [...]

Have you heard of the International Ride Hall of Fame? No? Well, they’re a completely fictional entity which I invented because the ROB0101110TZ ride (Sara Bond’s Flickr set) was such a success. We rode all over LA, and had an awesome time. What’s more, it was a totally unique experience.