Despite the Griffith Park Wayist blog rarely failing to take opportunities to present its inflexible opinion of all mountain cyclists as reckless and criminal, I’ve managed as an advocate of responsible and considerate mountain biking not to take it personally or let that discolor my overall enjoyment and respect for the important work it does …
Lest we continue to forget, contrary to popular belief (click for the bigger pictures): 1) A Class II Bike Lane is NOT the designated location to stand your cans on trash day no matter how it might seem to ignorant people to be the perfect perfect place to do so. 2) A Class I Bike …
Instead of the usual double loop around the Silver Lake reservoir, I detoured down to the LA River to ride the new extension of its bikeway, coming back toward Silver Lake using the “super secret” ped/bike path that parallels the southbound lanes of the 110 Freeway. Then I came up and over Elysian Park past …
Watch the following report — and you should watch it — and ask yourself if such an amazing extent and scope of events and coverage occurring after a cyclist vs. reckless driver collision would ever happen in Los Angeles. The answer is painfully clear. Hat tip to Streetsblog LA and Streetfilms.
Here’s a Google Earth Bird’s Eye of the 30 miles:
In a post to his Busblog, Tony Pierce shares some Twitter love he got from The Donnas and it prompts him to wonder if they know how much he loves them, or if anyone knows how much he loves them. Right below that he shares the following wonderful bike-related video, a Swedish import that if …
I was reminded the day before yesterday that biking isn’t just good for you, it can be good for others, too. Fast-backward with me to March 2009 when I saw a traffic accident occur at 3rd and Commonwealth (read my post all about it, here) and stopped to be of assistance and come forward as …