Bikeside LA

Stephen Box has written the best piece to date about the tragedy that occurred this weekend:  while riding the LA Wheelmen Grand Tour, a father and his son were struck by a car.  The father was killed, and his son is in critical condition:
As Saturday turned into Sunday, Rod and Christian had approximately 190 miles [...]

You.  You who refused to talk to me,
Dropped.
You who paced me, who turned it into a competition,
Dropped.
You who drafted me without permission, without knowing me, because you couldn’t make the pace yourself,
Dropped.
You, you with the featurless tubular calves, the six feet four of no substance,
Dropped.
You who shot out and made the light which I missed,
Dropped.
You, [...]

Wednesday, June 24th, 2009 – Today, I watched a low level LAPD officer throw two bars and one star under a bus.  Specifically, Officer Cho’s prejudiced police work at the scene of the Hummer Hit N Run left Captain Allen (two bars) and freshly minted Commander Mike Williams (one star) flapping in the breeze in [...]

(photo by Justin Jakobson)
Last Tuesday was the one year anniversary of Taco Tuesdays.  EVERY week for one year Taco Tuesdays has met and left from CRANK MOB PARK at 8pm, and every week XL, the ride leader, has put together an awesome ride and spokecard.
That’s an extraordinary effort, and that effort has earned a huge [...]

Bikeroparty 2.0 was a blast, and just to make you all jealous, here’s a Flickr set of photos to prove it:

Two weeks ago I wrote about how the League of American Bicyclists gave an undeserved bronze award to Santa Monica for bike friendliness.  In doing so, they inoculated an already insulated City gov’t against criticism, making the job of local bike crusaders more difficult.
I propose a simple solution: withdraw the award.  If you agree, sign [...]

ROBOTZ is back, as ROB0131313TZ (Facebook event.)  If you’re a hoomanz, you’re unlucky, because only robotz can bike with robotz.  This time it’s 25 miles-ish, finishing at 2am somewhere in West LA.  We meet at CRANK MOB PARK, 9201 Venice Blvd, at 7pm, and leave promptly at 8pm, this Saturday.  It’s a mild hustle, so [...]

Or Bicycling and Hiphop.
Either way, I figured I’d put some of my thoughts in writing on the topic of mixing two of the things I love most in life. They both give me unlimited amounts of freedom and have over time become intertwined with everything I do in life. These two hobbies (for lack [...]

Fellow westside riders, we have exciting news.  This email was passed around this morning, LAPD Pacific Division scooped up a bike thief in the Venice area, there’s a good chance that many bikes stolen from Santa Monica ended up in this guy’s garage.
If you think yours may be one of them, use the contact info [...]

(Santa Claus is ticketed on Santa Monica Critical Mass by Santa Monica Police Department.  The ticket was later dismissed.  Photo by Gary Se7en.)

Last week the League of American Bicyclists, the oldest bicycle advocacy organization in the United States, gave Santa Monica a Bronze award for being a bicycle friendly community.  Despite the fact that Santa [...]