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party for a good cause: FRIDAY! 4 Dec 2009 | 03:21 pm
Wanted to throw a quick heads-up announcement for anyone with a free Friday evening. Bikerowave, the bike co-op in Mar Vista staffed by some exceedingly patient people, is throwing a party Friday nigh...
two truths about the road 25 Nov 2009 | 02:55 pm
Or maybe just one truth with two kinds: To bike in Los Angeles requires dealing with cars. There are two kinds: The first are the ones who don’t see you. They might be the ones talking on a cell phon...
good things about bikes. and some less good. 16 Nov 2009 | 01:51 pm
First things first: Bikerowave = awesome. A huge thanks to all of the volunteers working Saturday afternoon and into the evening. If you (faceless readers) haven’t yet been by to check out their spac...
What today felt like 28 Oct 2009 | 12:07 pm
Big Tahoe Waves Originally uploaded by RickC Coming across Wilshire heading south on Westholme, a gust nearly pushed me into a car. The smell of bruised eucalyptus and dusty pine in the air. There w...
there are bike maps… 4 Jun 2009 | 01:00 am
… and then there are bike maps. By now, you’ve probably already looked at the maps of the City’s forthcoming Bicycle Plan. You’ve probably been following the good work over at Streetsblog (start here ...
seen from the bus 15 Apr 2009 | 03:30 pm
In another place, some brief thoughts about riding the bus today. No claims to being anything but about riding the bus this evening, but what riding a bike means touched on some of the things I was tr...
pig latin 25 Mar 2009 | 03:21 pm
Take that for what you will (“No licence on bike,” the ticket read), but I’ve been reading up a little about last Saturday’s Crank Mob, first via Westside BikeSIDE, then Streetsblog, with a couple of ...
spring cleaning 19 Mar 2009 | 04:04 pm
Kind of. My girlfriend would call this something else, but I only like calling someone something if it’s a nice name. That’s not true either. But I have 485 unread items in my Google Reader, two weeks...
a break in the clouds 9 Mar 2009 | 05:15 am
What am I talking about? We don’t have clouds in Los Angeles! I’ve had my head down in school, but I had to quote something from the article that just went up in the NYT and is probably going to rip ...
updated bike map: mar vista to koreatown 20 Feb 2009 | 03:00 am
Will made some helpful points about the first version of the bike route between Mar Vista and Koreatown: I tried Cochran recently going south all the way to Venice. Not bad, but it’s a bit crowded/na...
