Bikeside LA

It’s always good to know what you’re up against.  This article in the LA Times Comments Blog, was an eye opener.  It summarizes comments on an article on the Backbone Bikeway Network.  The best?  Julie writes: I am begging you – NO!!!!!! let bicyclists ride on paseos and around neighborhoods. Bikes are NOT viable methods [...]

Yesterday approximately 6o cyclists protested police harassment (photos on Flickr & Ridazz) of Santa Monica Critical Mass.  In response to the 14 citations of Santa Monica Critical Mass (SMCM) riders last Friday we, the Crimanimalz, blocked 4 crosswalks for a cumulative period of 40 minutes.  By walking back and forth across crosswalks continuously the Crimanimalz [...]

The second Freeway Traffic Jam Ride took place last Friday, and the Crimanimalz used the wiki as the reference for people interested in the history of the ride. The ride hit the front page of Digg, LAist, Boink Boink, Wired, local TV stations etc etc . . . and consequently the Freeway Traffic Jam article [...]

I’m standing on the outside edge of sweeping arc of pavement. An unintelligible whooping cyclist whizzs by. As the gust of her passing hits my face, I discern a clamor of hoots and yells behind me. Swinging round I see a loose herd of cyclists and skaters bearing down. Lumbering forward they appear svelte in [...]