My apologies. I’m not feeling well tonight, so no new post for Monday.
Hopefully, we’ll be back tomorrow.
Bike rider killed by hit-and-run driver in Riverside Saturday; 16th SoCal bicyclist killed in hit-and-run this year
Once again, someone riding a bicycle in Southern California has run down by a heartless coward, and left to die in the street.
This time in Riverside.
According to My News LA, the victim was struck while riding on Streeter Ave just north of Lantana Street around 7:55 pm Saturday.
The bike rider, who has not been publicly identified, died at the scene.
Unfortunately, that’s all we know right now. There’s no word on how the crash happened, or any description of the suspect vehicle or the person responsible.
Anyone with information is urged to call the Riverside Police Department at 951/826-8720, or email RMcHugh@RiversideCA.gov.
This is at least the 44th bicycling fatality in Southern California this year, and the sixth that I’m aware of in Riverside County; however, it appears the first one in the county since early May.
Sixteen of those SoCal deaths have been hit-and-runs.
My deepest sympathy and prayers for the victim and their loved ones.
Category: Injuries and Fatalities / Tags: bicycling fatality, hit-and-run, Riverside, Riverside County
Broxton ped plaza soft opening this weekend, and promise of carfree LA Olympic plan short on time and money
Just 66 days left until Los Angeles fails to meet its Vision Zero pledge to eliminate traffic deaths by 2025.
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The bouncing baby pedestrian plaza on Westwood’s previously nearly useless Broxton Ave is having a soft opening this weekend, apparently ahead of the official opening at some undetermined date in the future.
Rendering from Westwood Village website.
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Evidently, the Los Angeles Times doesn’t buy the city’s promise of a carfree 2028 Olympic any more than the rest of us, politely noting it’s running short of time and money.
Which is putting it mildly.
Local officials have a litany of projects they want to complete ahead of 2028, including adding charging infrastructure and improving Metro stations close to venues, but so far attempts to secure federal funds have been hit-and-miss.
The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s $3.3-billion list of projects needed to make the Games run smoothly is 5.2% funded. If the money doesn’t come through soon, transit planners predict some critical projects may be scuttled — making it tougher for visitors and commuters to get around town.
Los Angeles has just four years to build the bus lanes, bike lanes and sidewalks necessary to move the hundreds of thousands of tourists likely to arrive for the Games.
And doesn’t even have a final list of the venues where it will take place. Let alone a plan for how to get it done, or the funding to do it.
Which just adds to the city’s long and ever growing list of transportation promises made and not kept.
Or have you forgotten all about Vision Zero and Garcetti’s Transportation Green New Deal? Not to mention the 2010 bike plan, and every failed bike plan that proceeded it.
This city is great at making transportation promises.
But keeping them, not so much.
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Santa Monica bicyclists will now enjoy concrete protection from motor vehicles and the people driving them on 26th Street.
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It looks like Culver City’s shortsighted and auto-centric decision to rip out the MOVE Culver City protected bike lanes could cost it nearly half a million bucks.
Oops.
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A new short film explores how Taiwan’s Liv Cycling came to be the world’s leading women’s bicycling brand.
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It’s now 310 days since the California ebike incentive program’s latest failure to launch, which was promised no later than fall 2023. And a full 40 months since it was approved by the legislature and signed into law — and counting.
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The war on cars may be a myth, but the war on bikes just keeps on going.
A Seal Beach cop had to inform a “well intentioned” letter writer that California bike riders aren’t required to licensed and/or registered, which would take a significant change in state law. And requiring big black license numbers to be painted on little kids bike helmets would be just a tad problematic, for a number of reasons.
No bias here. A Tucson, Arizona woman was killed in a hit-and-run as she rode her bike at 3:30 am, yet the cops somehow decided it was her fault for making an unsafe turn, even though they haven’t talked to the driver because they don’t even know who the hell killed her. Then again, what else would they expect on a road named Speedway?
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Local
Seriously? The Beverly Press reports in detail on last week’s Fountain Ave protest demanding a halt to the plans for a lane reduction and protected bike lanes on the West Hollywood street. But somehow apparently failed to notice the larger demonstration held at the same time supporting them.
State
Calbike considers the state of protected bikeways, ten years after the Protected Bikeway Act of 2014 was passed by the legislature.
A San Francisco woman was collateral damage when she was struck by a driver being chased by the cops while riding her bicycle; the driver abandoned the car after hitting her and fled as a passenger in another vehicle, while a third driver drove off in the abandoned car, and was arrested after crashing into a building. I’d say this is yet another example of an innocent person being injured as a direct result of a police chase, but I’m still trying to figure out what the hell happened.
A Streetsblog guest post considers how the San Francisco mayoral candidates stand on safe streets. Hopefully on the curb.
National
Bicycling unveils their Gear of the Year for 2024, offering over 100 of the best bicycling components, clothing, devices and tools. Read it on AOL this time if the magazine blocks you.
A new Chicago report shows the city’s investment in traffic calming and bike/ped safety measures has resulted in a 27% drop in traffic deaths since 2021.
After police recovered a bicycle stolen from a Walmart in upstate New York, the store fixed it up and donated it to a local high school student instead of selling it.
Philadelphia has finally gotten around to making it illegal to stop in bike lanes, which had been allowed for up to 20 minutes. And somehow, the decision is bizarrely considered controversial.
A Miami man has been sentenced to life for the “cold-blooded murder” of a 48-year old man on the city’s Rickenbacker Causeway, shooting the victim to death after knocking him off his bike with a motorcycle, as he rode in a peloton with his cycling club.
International
A longtime British Columbia bike rider patiently explains why a bicyclist could be in the way of your car, from cars parked in the bike lane to roads designed to be shared, speed differential be damned.
They finally get it. The Toronto Star changed a headline that initially read “Residents, cyclists clash at Etobicoke bike lanes meeting” to reflect the fact that people who ride bicycles are residents of the city, too.
A British appeals court is allowing a lawsuit challenging cuts to bike funding in England to move forward, saying the case, which could establish sustained, longterm funding for bicycling in the country, has a real chance of success.
Disgruntled motorists are calling a new Cambridge, England roundabout an obscene, chaotic and distracting “birthday cake” marked by 36 traffic lights, colored panels and bike lanes, but bike riders say it’s finally safe to ride.
It takes a major lowlife to steal bikes from a UK children’s bicycling club.
The British government has launched a new campaign urging consumers to “Buy Safe, Be Safe” when it comes to purchasing an ebike, saying if a deal seems too good to be true, it probably is.
The city of Fukuyama, Japan is urging the country to recognize a scenic 20-mile bike route through Hiroshima Prefecture as a new National Cycle Route, adding to the six currently running through the country.
Competitive Cycling
Both road cycling and mountain biking have been kicked out of the 2026 Commonwealth Games, held every four years between British Commonwealth countries, as a cost-cutting measure; fortunately, track cycling events will still be held since that’s presumably cheaper.
Finally…
Well, who hasn’t been hogtied to a quad bike by an angry farmer while trying to retrieve your ebike? Or attempted to make the jump from snooker champ to Ironman competitor?
And yes, it is possible to live carfree in San Diego for a whole year.
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Be safe, and stay healthy. And get vaccinated, already.
Oh, and fuck Putin
Category: Morning Links / Tags: 2028 Olympics, bicycling, Broxton, carfree streets, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Times, pedestrian plaza, Westwood
LA considers easing bollard applications to protect buildings — oh, and us, too; and bike-riding boy bitten by OC coyote
Just 67 days left until Los Angeles fails to meet its Vision Zero pledge to eliminate traffic deaths by 2025.
Photo from the World Bollard Association Twitter/X account.
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About damn time.
The Los Angeles City Council took the first of many steps that will be needed to fulfill the promise of a carfree 2028 Olympics, advancing a proposal to fast-track applications for bollards to protect us from motor vehicles.
Or maybe not.
According to My News LA,
“Vehicle ramming attacks, where a perpetrator deliberately rams a vehicle into pedestrians or buildings, have been increasing around the world in recent years,” the motion reads. “With the city hosting major international events in the next few years … the city should look at ways to safeguard residents and visitors from these types of attacks.”
So, the plan is actually to protect buildings and pedestrians from vehicular terrorists, rather than the more pedestrian form of terrorism we face from the people in the big, deadly machines on a daily basis.
But wait, there’s more.
In addition to safety at events like the 2028 Olympic Games, bollards could also enhance protection for bike lanes across the city.
At least we’re an afterthought, anyway.
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As if loose dogs aren’t a big enough danger to people on bicycles, a ten-year old kid was bitten by a coyote while riding his bike in Irvine Tuesday morning.
Fortunately, the boy wasn’t seriously injured.
But there’s always a danger of rabies or other canine diseases with a bite like that from a wild animal, so let’s hope he’s okay.
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A Calbike guest post from the executive director of dblTilde CORE, Inc discusses the results of the 50+ Cycling survey they conducted in partnership with the Mineta Transportation Institute.
Not surprisingly, it pretty much shows what you might expect.
Mobility habits naturally evolve with age. These habits can be described as a bell curve that follows childhood to adulthood to the third stage of life, going from dependent mobility to independent mobility and back. Many older adults eventually stop driving due to physical or cognitive changes. In fact, AARP data indicates that while 80% of people over 65 are still driving, this number drops sharply to 35% by age 80.
The 50+ Cycling Survey shows that cycling remains an attractive option for those looking to stay active and independently mobile. For many older adults, cycling can be a key mode of transportation for independent mobility, so they don’t have to rely on others or public transportation.
You can take this year’s survey here.
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Sounds like you won’t want to miss this week’s Bike Talk.
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And you definitely won’t want to miss North OC Bikes monthly family friendly bike ride tomorrow night.
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It’s now 309 days since the California ebike incentive program’s latest failure to launch, which was promised no later than fall 2023. And a full 40 months since it was approved by the legislature and signed into law — and counting.
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The war on cars may be a myth, but the war on bikes just keeps on going.
Hundreds of Toronto bike riders turned out to protest proposed legislation that would give the conservative provincial government veto power over all new bike lanes, allowing their installation “only where it makes sense.”
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Local
The Los Angeles Times recommends riding a bicycle to Dodger Stadium and locking up at one of the stadiums numerous bike racks for tomorrow’s first game of the World Series, as part of their five ways to avoid parking and traffic headaches — as long as you’re willing to ride up some hills.
Streets For All calls on the National Cemetery Administration to reopen Constitution Ave through Westwood’s Los Angeles National Cemetery, which has been closed since the 9/11 attacks — apparently out of the well-founded fear of walking or bicycling terrorists attacking the thousands of dead service people buried there. You have until next Monday to get your comments in.
This is who we share the road with. After a homeless man was killed by an alleged drunk driver near the Santa Monica Pier last week, the Santa Monica Daily Press says it reflects the growing trend of traffic violence in the LA Area.
State
Coronado is moving forward with their own ebike regulations, including barring kids under 12 from riding them.
A Carpenteria letter writer says organizers of the “the Ride Santa Barbara bike race” — note the key word “ride,” not race — left an “insane” amount of colored stickers and spray-painted arrows on the street near his house, wondering why that’s not vandalism. Um, maybe because they had a permit, and it should eventually go away with weather and wear.
National
A Ukrainian couple went from a happy life in Kyiv to living with their kids and running a bike shop in Boulder, Colorado after the Russians invaded.
No surprise here, either. A new study from Cambridge, Massachusetts shows bicycling use soars after the installation of a physically separated bike lane.
Police in New York are on the lookout for burglary suspects who killed a woman riding a bicycle while fleeing from cops who tried to pull them over; the three suspects fled on foot after slamming into the woman, who was described as an avid cyclist. Yet one more example of the dangers of police chases to innocent people.
New York officials finalized plans for a $2 million ebike trade-in program to get dangerous lithium-ion ebike batteries off the streets.
Nice program from Louisiana’s Iberia Parish, where officials are calling for bicycle donations for victims of domestic violence, in a city with no public transportation options.
International
Momentum highlights seven “stunning” national bike trails, ranging from Europe to Asia and the Middle East, with a stop in the US for the Great American Rail-Trail.
Researchers from the University of Toronto are using machine learning to optimize the placement of bike lanes, discovering that optimizing for equity results in a more spread out map, with less concentration in the downtown area.
Scottish bicyclists are calling for improvements to a narrow, “unsafe, unacceptable” shared-use path — which is nothing more than a striped highway shoulder — over fears strong winds could blow riders into high speed traffic.
Finally…
That feeling when your brand new pro bike ends up 50 feet down a cliff. And always wear a hoodie emblazoned with “Crooks” when you steal an ebike, so cops have an easier time identifying you afterward.
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Be safe, and stay healthy. And get vaccinated, already.
Oh, and fuck Putin
Category: Morning Links / Tags: bicycling, bollards, coyote, dog attacks, Los Angeles, Los Angeles City Council, Los Angeles National Cemetery, terrorism, vehicular assault
Discussing bicycle-based recycling, and Caltrans addresses equity while CTC rushes to avoid new Complete Streets law
Just 68 days left until Los Angeles fails to meet its Vision Zero pledge to eliminate traffic deaths by 2025.
Photo courtesy of the US Environmental Protection Agency.
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Let’s start with news of a November EPA webinar to discuss a Mexican bicycle-based recycling program.
Something we could easily do here.
EPA webinar: Recyclables Collection Using Source-Reduced Vehicles
On November 13th at 9 am PT, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is offering a free webinar on recyclables collection in México, using bicycles. The webinar will feature an overview of ‘source-reduced’ vehicles, followed by presentations from Hermosillo-based Biciclando and México City-based Bike Recycling MX. Register here.
Thanks to André Villaseñor for the heads-up.
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California’s two transportation agencies seem to be taking different approaches to the state’s new Complete Streets law.
Streetsblog accuses the California Transportation Commission of trying to rush through new highway funding guidelines before a new state law goes into effect, so they can avoid having to adhere to it.
On the other hand, Caltrans has created a new equity tool in an effort to avoid the highway building mistakes of the past, which bulldozed low income neighborhoods and ignored the needs of anyone not inside a motor vehicle.
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A writer for Slate looks at CicLAvia and sees a vision of what Los Angeles could be, suggesting the city follow the Parisian model of building carfree facilities for the 2028 Olympics, then converting them to daily use afterwards.
Which would require a lot more foresight than we’ve seen from city leaders so far.
But still.
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It’s now 308 days since the California ebike incentive program’s latest failure to launch, which was promised no later than fall 2023. And a full 40 months since it was approved by the legislature and signed into law — and counting.
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The war on cars may be a myth, but the war on bikes just keeps on going.
No bias here. An English police department is criticized for stoking culture war by staging the poorly named Operation LYCRA targeting scofflaw bike riders.
In the wake of a Parisian bike rider allegedly murdered by a road-raging driver, Cycling Weekly writes that cars can be weapons, as any bike rider can tell you. Or as I learned the hard way courtesy of my own road-rager, cars are bigger than me, and they hurt.
But sometimes, it’s the people on two wheels behaving badly.
Singaporeans are incensed after a couple spandex-clad bicyclists are caught on video having a conversation while riding in a bus lane, as a bus follows slowly behind them.
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Local
Metro is providing free bus, train and Metro Bike rides on Election Day, making it even easier to bike the vote.
Streetsblog’s Joe Linton looks at the debate over a lane reduction and bike lanes on Fountain Ave that’s currently roiling the contest for city council.
State
Calbike is holding a fall sale on their bicycling merch.
A Huntington Beach teenager was cited after recklessly riding an illegal ebike through the town while disregarding all traffic laws. And once again, a news outlet confuses an electric motorcycle with an electric bicycle.
A 64-year old man was seriously injured after losing control of his ebike in San Diego’s Balboa Park, with injuries ranging from a fractured pelvis, facial bones, clavicle and ribs to a brain bleed; fortunately, none were considered life-threatening.
He gets it. A Petaluma father says bike lanes increase freedom for everyone, whether it’s to school or the supermarket.
Sad news from Napa Valley, where a 45-year old man was killed striking a curb on his bike after drinking, and hitting his head on utility box.
National
A Seattle writer says ebikes aren’t cheating and nothing to be jealous about, because they’re the future of bicycling.
Dallas city leaders are inviting bicyclists to their annual ride to City Hall with today. Which serves as yet another reminder that bike-riding Los Angeles Mayor Bass has done absolutely nothing to reach out to the bicycling community since taking office.
A Chicago council committee advanced a bill that would cut the default maximum speed limit from 30 mph to 25 MPH. Which isn’t exactly “20 is plenty,” but it’s a start.
This is who we share the road with. A speeding New York driver caused a chain reaction crash that injured 17 people, and left a couple crumpled SUVs on a historic bike path; fortunately, none of the injuries were serious. But tell me again about that bike rider you saw run a stop sign.
DC’s Friendly Heights is about to get a pair of friendly protected bike lanes.
International
Momentum writes in praise of riding slow and leaving the spandex at home.
While the premier of Ontario wants to limit bike lanes to side streets, the CBC looks at studies from around the world to conclude that bike lanes actually ease congestion and reduce emissions. And are good businesses. And don’t get me started on the difference between the British Commonwealth and US meanings of “table” something.
The charity responsible for operating London’s Royal Parks is requesting legislation allowing the prosecution of bicyclists who exceed the park’s 20 mph speed limit.
A British bicyclist wonders whether it’s time to stop reporting traffic crimes to the police, since they just ignore it, anyway.
Momentum takes a look inside the massive Parisian bike parking garage at the even more massive Gare du Nord rail station, as the city is rapidly becoming a dream city for bicyclists.
Road.cc says the myth about Chinese carbon wheels being weaker than other wheels is exactly that.
Competitive Cycling
Why bother buying UCI-approved frames for your cycling team, when you can just slap some UCI inspection stickers on a bunch of Chinese knockoffs? You can read it on Yahoo if Bicycling blocks you.
No surprise here, as multi-disciplinarian Mathieu van der Poel was named the Dutch cyclist of the year Monday night, while Marianne Vos won for an exceptional tenth time.
Cyclinguptodate considers whether American cycling has ever recovered from Lance. Nope.
Finally…
Why ride the roads when you can pedal the rails? When you’re carrying a glass pipe with meth on your bike, put a damn light on it — and when that’s only meth “residue,” get yourself a good lawyer.
And you might get your next driving ticket from an ebike-riding cop.
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Be safe, and stay healthy. And get vaccinated, already.
Oh, and fuck Putin
Category: Morning Links / Tags: bicycle recycling, bicycling, California Transportation Commission, Caltrans, Complete Streets, EPA, equity, Los Angeles, Mexico City
Tinkering at edges of PCH safety, fighting WeHo bike lanes that could benefit all, and more on Parisian road rage murder
Just 70 days left until Los Angeles fails to meet its Vision Zero pledge to eliminate traffic deaths by 2025.
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It’s now been a full year since a driver killed four members of a Pepperdine sorority while allegedly speeding at over 100 mph in a 45 mph zone, at the appropriately named Dead Man’s Curve in Malibu.
It took the deaths of Niamh Rolston, Peyton Stewart, Asha Weir and Deslyn Williams to call attention to the dangers bike riders have been aware of for years. Or at least since Scott Bleifer and Stanislav Ionov were killed by a food truck driver almost 20 years ago.
And probably a lot longer, and far too many since. Including people on foot, and on bicycles.
In the year since, Malibu residents have gone from too frequently opposing safety improvement on the killer highway, to actually demanding them.
It’s about damn time.
The city and state have made a number of improvements over the past year, from increasing traffic enforcement to getting state approval for a limited number of speed cams.
Not to mention adjusting traffic lanes, widening shoulders and introducing a public safety campaign.
None of it seems to have made a significant difference, at least not yet. Despite everything, there has been just one less crash on the highway this year than this time last year, with most speed related.
And it probably won’t. At least unless and until the highway is re-imagined from the current pass-through speedway, to the beachfront roadway and Malibu Main Street it always should have been.
Tinkering at the edges didn’t prevent the deaths of those four students, and more tinkering probably won’t prevent the next tragedy.
Or the ones after that.
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No bias here.
According to WeHo Online, over half of people responding to West Hollywood’s 2024 Strategic Plan Baseline Survey are concerned or very concerned about traffic congestion, while 43% thought lack of safe bike lanes was “not too serious” a problem.
Even though safe and convenient bike lanes could help reduce congestion by providing an alternative to driving.
But that apparently never occurred to them.
Meanwhile, West Hollywood residents conducted dueling rallies for and against the lane reduction and protected bike lanes proposed for Fountain Avenue.
The West Hollywood Bicycle Coalition hosted the Rally for Safer Streets and Vigil for Victims of Traffic Violence calling for improvements to the deadly street, which has seen 93 traffic crashes in just the last five years.
At the same time, a smaller group sponsored by the WeHo Chamber of Commerce called for keeping the street just as dangerous as it is now so they won’t have to slow down, and can keep their parking spaces.
Maybe they should read this Momentum piece, which offers eight ways bike lanes benefit communities.
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Bicyclists gathered by the hundreds in Paris and around France to demand an end to road rage, after a driver intentionally ran down a 27-year old man as he rode his bicycle on a physically separated bike lane last week.
The driver faces charges of culpable homicide, which is a significant step down from the original murder charge, and appears to be comparable to our involuntary homicide.
Unfortunately, others responded by vandalizing dozens of SUVs in an overnight revenge attack, puncturing the tires of 65 oversized vehicles.
Le Monde calls the crash a “tragic illustration of the difficulties of coexisting in a society marked by increasing individualism and incivility.”
Or it could just be that motor vehicles just bring out the worst in people who are safely ensconced in a mobile weapon of mass destruction.
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Hats off to Specialized, which will offer free basic repairs on Saturday in an effort to get one million bikes back on the road.
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One of the most common arguments against installing bike lanes is that they could inconvenience handicapped people, who need to get around, too.
Never mind that bicycles can make effective mobility devices for people who might otherwise struggle to get around.
But don’t take my word for it.
Our German correspondent, Ralph Durham, took a break from Octoberfest to forward photos of a bike he regularly encounters, which has been specially customized to accommodate a man who needs crutches to get around.
Photos by Ralph Durham
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Megan Lynch forwards a reminder that we got to lay a little rubber on San Diego’s I-805 before all those drivers ruined it for us.
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It’s now 306 days since the California ebike incentive program’s latest failure to launch, which was promised no later than fall 2023. And a full 40 months since it was approved by the legislature and signed into law — and counting.
Meanwhile, Thousand Oaks will introduce its own ebike incentive program for income-qualified residents in January. Which will probably be long before we ever see the statewide program launch, if it ever does. Thanks again to Megan Lynch for the heads-up.
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The war on cars may be a myth, but the war on bikes just keeps on going.
Toronto’s mayor says she does not support an anti-bike plan from the Ontario premier and transport minister to put the province in charge of when and where bike lanes are built; Toronto letter writers say the transport minister’s anti-bike lane arguments are easily refuted, then proceed to do it. Of course, “not supporting” is not the same as actively opposing it.
Ireland’s Social Democrats are accused of engaging in anti bike-lane “culture war nonsense.” Which is a pretty good way to describe most anti-bike lane campaigns.
But sometimes, it’s the people on two wheels behaving badly.
Police in Des Plaines, Illinois released photos of an apparent road-raging bike rider who repeatedly stabbed a driver.
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Local
No news is good news, right?
State
Laguna Beach is gearing up for the first ever Laguna Bicycle Festival this coming weekend.
National
Proving once again that there are still good people in the world, a TikToker calling himself the Neighborhood Bike Repair Dude keeps snacks and drinks on hand for hungry kids, responding “that’s the point” when someone said the kids would keep coming if he kept feeding them.
If you know Justin Timberlake, these Portland kids want him to join their weekly bike bus.
Now you, too, can bike all 33 miles around the rim of Oregon’s Crater Lake.
Not surprisingly, New York bicyclists aren’t happy about being unable to crash the New York Marathon route before the race starts. Just like Los Angeles bike riders used to be able to do, but can’t anymore.
Only in New Orleans can you bike the vote to a second line beat.
International
Tragic news from the UK, where two best friends, both fathers, were killed when one fell off his ebike after a daylong pub crawl, and the other stepped into the roadway to stop traffic; both men were struck by the driver of a Mini Cooper, who was exonerated by police after claiming he didn’t have time to stop on the dark roadway.
Britain’s transport minister says he”d feel safe letting his young kids ride bikes on the streets of London. No word, however, on whether he actually does let them.
I want to be like her when I grow up. An 82-year old Dutch woman isn’t just still riding — she’s still riding the same bike she’s had since she was 13.
Japan is cracking down on scofflaw bicyclists; anyone who rides under the influence or uses a cellphone while riding will be subject to heavy fines or possible jail time. Thanks once again to Megan Lynch.
Australian experts are calling for more innovative steps to make city’s cleaner and improve public health, like offering financial incentives to stop driving and take transit or bike to work.
Competitive Cycling
Heartbreaking news from the UK, where six-time Olympic cycling champ Sir Chris Hoy announced he has stage four prostate cancer, which has spread to form tumors in his shoulder, pelvis, hip, spine and ribs; his doctors say he has just two to four years to live. Meanwhile, his wife suffers from multiple sclerosis, an incurable, degenerative autoimmune disease.
Finally…
That feeling when bike lanes are, indeed, brat. You can’t judge a book by its cover, but apparently you can judge a potential date by their bike.
And more proof you can carry just aboutanything on a bicycle.
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Be safe, and stay healthy. And get vaccinated, already.
Oh, and fuck Putin
Category: Morning Links / Tags: bicycling, bike lanes, Fountain Ave, lane reductions, Los Angeles, Malibu, Pacific Coast Highway, Paris, PCH, road rage, traffic violence, vehicula, West Hollywood