Tour de Co-Ops
Save the day for Tour de Co-ops, a bike ride to visit all of the local co-ops (including LACBC’s own Bici Libre) and raise funds for them. See Facebook event.
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Pondering Boyle Heights During This Weekend’s Tour de Co-Ops
By Erick Huerta |
Bringing together seven different bicycle collectives, the Tour de Co-Ops was a half-day ride that celebrated the “do it yourself” (DIY) spirit of the Los Angeles cycling community. Split up into two separate routes, the ride acted as a fundraiser for the participating volunteer-operated co-operatives. In 2005, Los Angeles didn’t have any store-front bicycle co-ops. The […]
Today’s Headlines
By Joe Linton |
Bluemaggedon? The Blue Blues? Blue Meanies? (Tell Us Your Catchy Handle in Comments Below!) Metro Blue Line: 40-Minute Delays This Friday March 28 (The Source) LA Safe Routes Plan Before Transportation Committee Tomorrow (SRTSNP) Only Way to Sweeten a Freeway? Honey Truck Overturns on the 605 (LAT) Battle of the Bike Paths: Ballona vs. L.A. […]
City of Lights and a Dignified Bicycle
By Damien Newton |
If I had to pick one thing that makes Los Angeles’ bicycle scene different than scenes in other cities, there are three things that come to mind: the amazing D.I.Y. Culture embodied by the co-ops, Midnight Ridazz and the City of Lights Programs. It’s not that other cities’ bike communities don’t have their own co-ops, […]
And So It Gets Put on Hold… Co-op at Watts Cyclery Postponed Until After Owner’s Tour of Duty
By Sahra Sulaiman |
“Stalin tells me you have helped him cut costs,” I said to the brother of Stalin Medina, owner of the Watts Cyclery. He has been helping manage the shop for the past several months because Medina has been tied up with Army trainings in preparation for a tour in Afghanistan that begins in July. “Nah,” […]
Today’s Headlines
By Joe Linton |
Metro Adds Another $100 Million To the 405 Widening Project (L.A. Weekly) KCRW Hears Two Sides Of the Recently Approved L.A. New Mobility Plan 2035 America’s Most Dangerous Intersections, Including L.A. Sites (Quartz) Union Station Master Plan Bike-Ped Improvements Funded By Calif ATP (KPCC) El Monte Metrolink Station Could Be Moved Adjacent To El Monte […]
And So It Begins: The Watts Cyclery Takes the First Steps Toward Opening a Bike Co-op
By Sahra Sulaiman |
“Stah-LEEN,” he enunciated for me, reaching up and tapping the cardboard cutout of a soccer shirt hanging over the cash register. His back to me, he ambled intensely around the workspace looking for a bike part. “Keep talking,” he said with an urgent wave of his hand. “I’m listening.” I was still staring at the […]