Well, maybe not.
That video we linked to yesterday showing a BMX rider educating a Long Beach cop and standing up for his right to ride may not have gotten it right after all.
This comment from Steve suggests that the cop may have been right, if the video was filmed after 10 am, and the riders were going any faster than a slow walk.
Re schooling the cop…the law was a bit more complex and of course no one bother to look the law up and read it. Typical. the cop was right (unless the riders were under 3 mph..looks like it was daylight hrs from the video..after 10 am?)
§ 16.08.502. Bicycles on Rainbow Harbor Esplanade.
Latest version.Bicycle riding on the Rainbow Harbor Esplanade is prohibited in excess of three (3) miles per hour between the hours of ten o’clock (10:00) a.m. and ten o’clock (10:00) p.m., except City employees in the performance of their duties.
(ORD-08-0014 § 31, 2008)
The kid knew the law and made the cop walk away in shame 🔥 pic.twitter.com/NU4dxzvDwJ
— 🥀_ Imposter_🥀 (@Imposter_Edits) March 17, 2022
Photo by Kindel Media from Pexels.
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Nice to see the cycling community step up to help Ukraine following the invasion and massacre of civilians by Russian troops.
Pro cyclist Lachlan Morton raised over $200,000 for the Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund by riding 42 hours straight from Munich to Ukraine’s border with Poland, a distance of 661 miles.
Tennessee bikemaker Obed is auctioning an aero carbon gravel bike painted in the country’s colors to benefit UNICEF’s Protect Children in Ukraine Fund.
Former cycling great Jan Ullrich is auctioning off one of his own bikes from the 1998 Tour de France marred by the infamous Festina Affair to raise funds for A Heart for Children, to support sick kids and orphans in war-torn Ukraine.
Although personally, I wouldn’t mind seeing someone crowdfund money for a cruise missile pre-programmed for Putin’s dacha.
But maybe that’s just me.
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A DC website says maybe the viral bike rider shown below giving the so-called “People’s Convoy” truck driver’s protest a taste of their own medicine was just demonstrating safe urban bicycling skills.
“I’m sorry, I can’t hear you, it’s too loud.”pic.twitter.com/0GC5kc7XOn
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) March 20, 2022
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Why wouldn’t William Shatner ride an ebike accompanied by a robed gospel choir?
Born on this day, March 22, 1931:
William Shatner, actor, here commanding a gospel choir e-bike parade in a commercial for Pedego electric bicycles.
Happy #bicyclebirthday, William!#BOTDVideo: https://t.co/AE0fa3aucf pic.twitter.com/O59EpHkvqr
— Cool Bike Art (@CoolBikeArt1) March 22, 2022
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Today’s mountain bike break comes from just outside Puerto Vallarta on Mexico’s Pacific Coast.
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The war on cars may be a myth, but the war on bikes just keeps on going.
British broadcaster Jeremy Vine calls for a “toxic” van driver to be fired for driving up on the sidewalk to get around a stopped taxi. Never mind the recently removed bike lane that might have prevented it.
Yesterday, Kensington. 😡@Trafficwmp @SurreyRoadCops @roaddangers @Lord_nikon0131 @London_Cycling @KensingtonVan @kensington @KensingtonRoyal @kensingtonband @betterstreetskc @BetterChiswick @AracerRacer @rant_rate @ormondroyd @danbamb @jonburkeUK @RailtonLTN @LoveFor2Wheels pic.twitter.com/H8LzO2TD9G
— Jeremy Vine (@theJeremyVine) March 19, 2022
Sometimes it’s the people on two wheels behaving badly.
Apparently, Irish police don’t take too kindly to someone riding the roads with a “dangerously defective” DIY gas-powered mountain bike.
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Local
Streetsblog takes a second look at the new Taylor Yard bike bridge.
Burbank/Glendale Assemblymember Laura Friedman will join CD4 Councilmember Nithya Raman, LA Metro CEO Stephanie Wiggins and LADOT General Manager Seleta Reynolds to discuss transportation projects in the San Fernando Valley via Zoom Thursday evening.
LAist looks at the difficulties faced by the US branch of Ukrainian ebike maker Delfast, headquartered in a Whittier storefront, following Russia’s merciless invasion of the East European country.
State
Singletracks profiles the San Diego Mountain Bike Association as they advocate for trails in California’s second most-popululated county.
Hats off to the Bay Area’s Bike East Bay, which is celebrating 50 hard-earned years of advocacy.
National
Consumer Reports offers advice on getting a bike helmet your kid will actually want to wear. Although I’m partial to the ones with a faux mohawk, myself.
Washington State votes to ban new gas-powered vehicles by 2030.
The accused hit-and-run driver who killed an older married couple riding their bikes in Tucson, Arizona Saturday morning claims he blacked out and has no memory of the crash; he admits to drinking and getting stoned the night before, and was still apparently wasted at the time of the 10 am wreck.
A Kansas woman copped a plea to reduced charges for running down a man riding a bicycle, then getting out and shooting him to death. No word on whether she knew the victim.
San Antonio, Texas bicyclists say a poorly designed bike trail crossing that hides oncoming traffic from view was responsible for a bike rider’s death. The crossing calls for bicyclists to dismount and walk their bikes across the street, demonstrating that the people who designed it live in an alternate reality.
A Minnesota man faces up to ten years behind bars for killing a 73-year old priest when he drove onto the shoulder and rear-ended the man’s bicycle.
A bike shop founded by a Michigan couple works to provide bicycles to people in need, including former convicts in need of transportation after their release.
International
PinkBike looks at five new products from small European manufacturers.
A UK website considers the advantages of bicycling rather than driving, but leaves out most of them. Like actually enjoying your commute while you help save the planet, without putting oil money in Putin’s pocket.
Retired pro cyclist Dan Craven is starting a new brand of handmade steel frame bicycles in his native Namibia to help put skilled craftsmen to work in his home town of Omaruru; the brand name Onguza “comes from the Namibian word ‘okuti-onguza’, meaning ‘the great expanse of desert out there’ in the Himba and Herero languages.”
Competitive Cycling
VeloNews unveils what the top 20 male pro cyclists earn in annual salary, led by Tadej Pogačar with the equivalent of $6.59 million. Although lower paid members of the WorldTour peloton squeaks by with a relatively paltry minimum salary of $40,000. And women on the WorldTour earn considerably less, with the top pros getting less than $90,000.
Bad news from stage two of Spain’s Tour of Catalunya, where 31-year old Italian pro Sonny Colbrelli collapsed after taking second place to stage-winner Michael Matthews following an intense up-hill sprint to end the race, and was given CPR after losing consciousness; Colbrelli was competing just two weeks after a bout with bronchitis. At last report, he was hospitalized in stable condition.
Finally…
We may have to deal with angry LA drivers, but at least we don’t have to worry about getting pushed off our bikes by a cantankerous monkey. Banned from the cycling cafe due to coffee ambivalence.
And this is either a weird jungle gym or a just bizarre attempt to keep anyone from accessing the trail.
What the hell is this! pic.twitter.com/UUiP6KdASc
— Tug_van_Tuggles (@tugvantuggles@hostux.social) (@caminante_norte) March 20, 2022
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Be safe, and stay healthy. And get vaccinated, already.
Oh, and fuck Putin, too.
Have to love the jungle gym pictured. You can walk through on the left but if you have a bike you have move teh gate, pull in, move teh gate and back out. Wheel chair??? do those angle thingies swing?
Very complex for no reason based on the location.