Bikeside LA

[Update: I originally got this story wrong and wrote that Lynch was a cyclist.  He was running across the street when this happened.  As a runner, I know it's very dangerous out there for runners just as it is for cyclists.  I learned the defensive riding skills that keep me alive riding in LA first [...]

On Friday October 15, people of all ages showed up to pay their respects to Daniel Marin and take part in his memorial ride. Danny and his friends used to ride out to LACM and far away rides all over the city and they wanted to start a local ride called Funky Fridays. This story [...]

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 [...]

Alex “TallCans” (aka Joker) organized a huge bike polo (Wikipedia, LA Bike Polo) tourney in the Valley in late December.  It drew top players from all over the country.  Anyway, I’m a million years behind on my photos, and here are my best ones (Flickr set) from that event.  You can also check out a [...]