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Wolfpack Hustle
Charlie Gandy arranged a meeting with RoadBlock, the founder of WolfPack Hustle (a player from underground cycling community). Below is something of commentary about the meeting and the underground...
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Amplified Awareness
Fix gear riding may simply be a cultural fad but it has influenced the awareness of cycling, vis-à-vis the urban experience, in a bigger way than anything here(to)fore. It has awakened a force of...
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ProWalk/ProBike:ProPlace(2012).{Long Beach}
The ProWalk/ProBike:ProPlace Convention (2012) [by Project for Public Spaces] was held in Long Beach, CA this year [Monday Sept 10 through Thurs Sept 13] and, for me, the highlights were the...
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Z’uP! DIY Bicycle Corral
The city of Long Beach officially supports Bike Corrals [parking spaces previously reserved for cars, functionally shifted for bicycles: a parking space for one car = 10 bicycles]. Acapulco Inn (AI)...
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The Revolution Will Not be Motorized
Sign the Petition. Death and Injuries to Cyclists on Pacific Coast Highway between Seal Beach and Corona del Mar are on the rise and there’s no apparent pause by those cities to take action {as though...
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CicLAVia No. 5 (October 2012)
cIcLAvIA no.5 According to the LA Times over 100,000 people went to the streets for CicLAvIA no. 5. The reported estimate for the April event (no. 4) was similar but no. 5 felt more dense. While the...
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The Fabric of Enthusiasm
All his life this kid has been exposed to cycling as a thread in the fabric of one’s existence and now his personal involvement is taking on an independent life and he’s jack’n out the culture on his...
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Men of Leisure: Essentials
MOLEs [Men of Leisure] arrange their personal schedules by whim; like spontaneous combustion. When a MOLE is out and about town it’s essential to carry a shoulder bag complemented with a front rack of...
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Jingle Bell Ride 2012
It’s SECOND annual Jingle Bell Ride. On Friday, 12-21-2011, we’ll ride up the L.A. River trail from the mighty Tortuga’s Long Beach Cyclery in Bixby Knolls (Long Beach Blvd & Bixby) to 3rd and...
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New Shop in Long Beach
New shop (about 5 months) in Long Beach: 970 E Broadway. The owner, Trey Russell, told me he has donated 17 bikes to Danny Gamboa’s Ghost Bike program since August 2012; that’s 17 deaths. Danny...
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