Bikeside LA

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 [...]

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 therefore bike [...]

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 CRANKY spirit [...]

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 at 6321 Hollywood [...]

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.

Dan Gutierrez & Brian DeSousa rode Mandeville Canyon on Saturday and recorded it to demonstrate proper lane positioning. The video confirms what many suspected – the two cyclists assaulted and injured were correct in taking the lane during their descent:

I just ran a bunch of red lights. First, I ran the light at Olympic & 4th St, directly in front of the Santa Monica Police Department. Then I ran a light crossing Lincoln Blvd, in the middle of the on and off ramp traffic for the 10 Freeway. Then one more a few streets [...]

Damien Newton (LA Streetsblog), myself, and 19 other activists hope you will join us in asking the Metro Transit Authority (MTA) for more funds for cycling and pedestrian projects. The MTA is seeking a 1/2 ¢ sales tax increase to generate funds for LA County transportation projects. This generate funds to complete massive projects such [...]