We took the Corgi on a long and pleasant walk through our new Hollywood neighborhood on Sunday, on our way to the Ride On! Bike Day at Amoeba Records.
And I was not only pleased to see that people ride their bikes to the city’s largest farmer’s market…
…but that Amoeba has their very own bike corral. Which doesn’t look a bit like the ones the city installs.
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Local
Caught on video: Ride the streets of LA with pro cyclist Phil Gaimon.
Pasadena mountain biker survives a 75-foot fall off a trail in the Angeles National Forest with only minor injuries.
Redondo Beach will host a ribbon cutting for their new and improved bike path and cycle track on June 13th.
The last link in a 21-mile bike and walking trail connecting communities in LA and San Bernardino Counties opens.
The annual Santa Monica Festival kicks off Bike Week this Saturday.
State
Women cyclists seek parity with the men; female racers will get a three-stage race as part of next week’s Amgen Tour of California, but only one hour of long-delayed TV coverage.
Orange County firefighters use a helicopter to rescue an injured mountain biker who went over his handlebars.
A San Diego cyclist was seriously injured when a wrong-way driver turned into an exit lane at a shopping mall.
San Jose plans to achieve Vision Zero by cutting the number of solo drivers on the road by half in the next 25 years.
National
A new study says putting lights on your hips, knees and ankles does the most to increase visibility.
After being told he had just 18 months to live, an Oregon man with pancreatic cancer spends three years riding through 41 states and three countries. Meanwhile, a cyclist who’s been riding for 71 years says it’s the key to aging gracefully.
Seriously? A Nebraska prosecutor concludes that drivers can’t be expected to see a three-wheeled ‘bent, even with an eight-foot flag attached. Thanks to Warren for the heads-up.
Illinois bike riders develop a free online quiz on the rights and rules governing bicyclists.
After Lansing MI officials remove a ghost bike honoring a 69-year old hit-and-run victim, local cyclists put a new one in its place.
When a DUI driver hits a man riding a bike, it may be many things, but it’s not an accident. Despite what a Kentucky TV station says.
Actor Patrick Dempsey is hosting Maine cyclists on the two day, 130 mile Dempsey Challenge.
The Boston Red Sox are offering a bike valet service all this summer at Fenway Park. Are you listening, Magic?
Roughly 32,000 bike riders take part in New York’s annual Five Boro Bike Tour. But why does the story refer to spandex-clad bicyclists when the photo shows nary a Lycra in sight?
Tampa’s bike share program has logged 40,000 miles with just eight flats and no thefts. And more importantly, no reported injuries.
International
Two Canadian cyclists plan to ride 5,000 miles from Poland to Iran to recreate the 75th anniversary of Polish exiles escaping to Iran in WWII.
A road raging Brit driver is on trial for swerving at a bike rider, throwing a water bottle at him and then threatening the rider with a knife; he claims he merely pulled over because his grandmother — who wasn’t actually in the car — had a cramp and dropped her water bottle when the door opened.
Bicycling gains popularity in Yorkshire. But how the hell does that threaten soccer and rugby, as the headline suggests?
Scotland plans to invest the equivalent of $30 million to fund 150 bicycling projects.
A new documentary by a Swedish filmmaker says it really is a battle between bikes and cars on streets around the world.
Two Indian boys kill their friend in a dispute over a rental bike.
Aussie bicyclists are demanding action to catch whoever has been sabotaging bike lanes with tacks for the last 16 months.
An Australian cyclist wants to thank the anonymous bike riding stranger who saved his life.
A Kiwi columnist says there’s no good or evil in the conflict between those in cars or on bikes; just people trying to get their “fat arses” to work. Or sometimes, riding next door to report a house fire when the phones don’t work.
Horrible news from Thailand, as a speeding driver plowed into a group of cyclists from behind, killing three riders and injuring six.
Finally…
Judging by the headline in an Alameda newspaper, an apparently sentient and driverless SUV attacked a bike rider. The New York Post reports Entourage actress Emmanuelle Chriqui rode a $799 bike out the door of a Rag and Bone boutique party in Venice, before bringing it back; there’s a story here because…?
And it turns out bicycling is the perfect form of sport and transportation for transvestites.
