Bikeside LA

Bikerowave is throwing a party this Saturday(Facebook event.)  From 1pm to 7pm shop usage is free, and the party is low key.  Starting at 7, prepare for full scale biker party.  And when the party adjourns at midnight, well, it’s summer, so you know there will more to do, just not on Bikerowave’s premises.  Caturday, [...]

For many, the onslaught of memes in the bike scene is unBEARable.  Just for them, some cat named KNITTENS created a new ride (Facebook) for those cooler Saturday’s when watergun rides are not appropriate:

Some of you are probably already aware of Bear Cavalry, an internet meme of awesome.   But, if when you saw [...]

It’s back!  After a 2 month hiatus due to lame organizing by moi et al, VCM is back (Facebook.)  Meet us this Friday at 7:30 pm at the Windward Circle in Venice.
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I wrote about the Hummer incident, and I helped to organize the response.  50 cyclists rode to LA City Council at the Van Nuys City Hall on May Day, and spoke for over an hour about their dissatisfaction with LAPD.  In the end Council formulated a motion on the spot requesting that LAPD report back [...]

Tomorrow is election day, and Council District 5 is a hot race.  Ted Rogers of BikingInLA and I will be biking the vote in support of David Vahedi (event on Facebook), candidate for CD 5.  We’ll meet at Vahedi’s campaign headquarters at 10am, and then bike around the district with Vahedi signs.
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10am @ 10714 [...]

I rode to the Mar Vista Community Council armored with the knowledge that 28 cyclists confirmed their attendance on Facebook, and I had copies with me of an eloquent plea from Ted Rogers (BikingInLA) for the Mar Vista CC to endorse the Cyclists’ Bill of Rights.  When I arrived I saw one bike.  Not five, [...]

(Shane Cox Quentin speaks to the LA City Council at Storm the Bastille)
Tomorrow the Mar Vista Community Council is considering endorsing the Cyclists’ Bill of Rights (CBR.)  Who wants to go and speak in support?  We’ll meet at Bikerowave at 6:15 and ride over to the meeting at about 6:30pm.  The Mar Vista Community Council [...]