Los Ryderz
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Notes from the Skrapyard: Custom Bike Frames Shaped by a Drive to Serve
Their mutual love for bikes gave them a way to help youth, heal themselves, and leave a lasting imprint on the streets.
October 7, 2019
Los Ryderz Celebrate Six Years of Community-Building in Watts
It's tough love, to be sure. But the love couldn't be more genuine, and the members of the club have always known it.
May 10, 2018
“I Can’t Go Everywhere that I Thought I Could Go”: When Black and Brown Cyclists Need Safety from More than Traffic
"I knew where I was," muses Slimm, the 25-year-old road captain from the Los Ryderz Bike Club regarding his fateful decision to roll past 65th on Broadway - the heart of East Coast Crips territory, "but I was just riding by..."
May 1, 2018
Ride4Love Rides Again: More than 200 Cyclists Roll for Unity, Love in Watts
"This is such a great turnout!" was something I must have heard come out of my own mouth somewhere between 20 and 30 times during the East Side Riders' Ride4Love last weekend.
February 19, 2016
Los Ryderz BC Suffers Setback with Theft of Tools; Still Plans to Ride Saturday for Cancer Awareness
As he often does, Javier "JP" Partida, president and founder of Los Ryderz bike club in Watts, took some of his club members for a bike ride on Saturday. When they returned from Torrance that afternoon, they locked up the bikes and called it a day. When he came back Sunday morning to work on the bikes and finish welding the Crank Award trophies to thank local community members for their service in and around South L.A., he found that someone had broken into their storage area and looted the place.
September 29, 2015
South L.A. Voices Speak on Link Between the Arts, Recreation, Food, and Social Justice
"Fun in the sun!" Watts resident William Fabian wrote under the prompt "My South L.A. is..." created by organizers of the Visions and Voices panel, "Food, Recreation, and the Arts as Social Justice and Civic Engagement," at USC last night. The panel was the second in a three-part effort by USC to engage some of the advocates doing work in the South L.A. area while taking stock of its role in the civic and community life of the area as it undergoes expansion.
February 27, 2015
“I’m a Cycle-Path”: Los Ryderz’ Founder Joins other South L.A. Superheroes at Visions and Voices Panel Thursday
“If it weren’t for J.P. …”
February 24, 2015
The Ride4Love Sets Powerful Example of Unity through Diversity in Watts
"Lemme guess," I said to East Side Rider Dale Williams as he approached the Ride4Love's ride captains with a printout of the route, "you worked all night last night."
February 17, 2015
Reclaiming Public Space for Marginalized Communities: Bikes Don’t Fix Everything, But They Can Help
The recent tragic events in Ferguson, Missouri, and here at home in South L.A. have served to underscore just how hostile the public space can be to people of color, particularly those of lesser means.
August 19, 2014
Fun and Food in Boyle Heights and South L.A. this Weekend
If you like to get out and about on the weekends, there are some really great events you might want to plug into.
August 14, 2014