July 4th’s 300 person Holiday Ride ended badly for the 2 cyclists taken out by a road ragin’ motorist who objected to their presence on Mandeville Canyon and cut them off, slamming on his brakes and causing one cyclist to careen through the air crashing to the road in front of the car while the […]

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Join us at the Los Angeles Bicycle Advisory Committee’s February meeting as we urge our representatives to…ah…REPRESENT! We are meeting at the Santa Monica/Vermont Red Line station at 5:30 pm and heading to the meeting via DOT’s pride and joy, Sunset Blvd.
Minutes from the December meeting will be posted shortly.
Agenda for the February meeting will […]

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Councilmember Tom LaBonge, the DWP, LADOT and the Department of Rec & Park(ing) have conspired to exclude cyclists from the Griffith Park Festival of Lights.
Little do they realize, “We ARE the Festival!”
Illuminate yourself with your brightest lights, meet at the Mulholland Fountain (Riverside & Los Feliz) @ 7:30 pm, ride at 8:00 pm.
Remember, “We ARE […]

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CVC 21202 Suspended for the Month of December?
The LADOT, the DWP, Rec & Park(ing) and Councilmember Tom LaBonge have once again overruled State Law declaring the Griffith Park Festival of Lights to be BICYCLE FREE.
Kim Hughes of the DWP explained that “the LADOT traffic consultants felt that the significant automobile traffic for the Festival of […]

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We meet at 6:00 pm @ the Bike Oven and we linger a while to admire the new digs before riding to Pasadena for the City Council Meeting.
“New location for the Bike Oven!”
3706 North Figueroa St.
Highland Park
Just 1/3 of a mile from the Heritage Square Gold Line station.
or join us at the
Pasadena City Hall
100 N. […]

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Pasadena (purportedly a bike-friendly city) is proposing a new Ordinance that allows the City to
“…prohibit persons riding bicycles upon a roadway or bike lane from riding more than two abreast…”
Section 10.60.140 of the Pasadena Municipal Code is further amended to provide an exception to this restriction if cyclists have a “valid permit or license agreement” […]

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Today about a hundred cyclists gathered at the Hollywood/Western pit stop for Bike To Work Day. A lot of these cyclists took the day off, or called in sick so they could ride down to City Hall to get their voices heard by our city leaders.
Stephen and I arrived at 4:30 am for the […]

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