Update: The Resolution Ride has been cancelled for this weekend:
The Resolution Ride has been postponed due to inclement weather! But don’t worry, you’ll still get a chance to continue your resolutions on our rescheduled date of February 12th! Same time, same place – and with the added bonus of happening alongside our annual Expo! This means more chances to win, more fun, more resolutions, and even more reason to come out and ride with us.If you can’t attend the rescheduled date and would like a refund, please contact Gonzalo Garcia (gogarcia@aidslifecycle.org) to do so. Keep those resolutions going in the new year and come ride with us February 12th!
I’m a sucker for a good cause.
This Saturday, AIDS/LifeCycle is hosting their 4th Annual Resolution Ride in Griffith Park to raise funds the HIV/AIDS treatment programs of the Los Angeles LGBT Center.
With rides of 15 and 35 miles, the very reasonable $30 pre-registration fee — $35 for day-of registration — is even more reasonable when you consider it includes lunch and music.
If the name sounds familiar, AIDS/LifeCycle hosts the hugely popular 600-mile San Francisco to Los Angeles ride each year, benefitting the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the L.A. Gay and Lesbian Center.
Here’s what they have to say about the day’s events.
WHAT: 4th Annual Resolution Ride
Join AIDS/LifeCycle for a fun bike ride to keep your New Year’s fitness resolutions going! Roll into the new year with two fully-supported bike rides (15-mile or 35-mile) and festival in beautiful Griffith Park. This annual event is for riders of all skill and fitness levels. The day includes a bike skills and safety clinic for new riders, a fitness festival with local businesses, nutritious food, and great music! Participants will have a chance to win a new bike from Just Ride LA.
Register at resolutionride.org.
The 4th Annual Resolution Ride is produced by AIDS/LifeCycle and benefits the HIV/AIDS treatment programs of the Los Angeles LGBT Center.
WHEN: Saturday, January 7, 7:30 a.m. – 3 p.m.
WHERE: Griffith Park – Crystal Springs Picnic Area, 4730 Crystal Springs Dr.
COST: $30 Registration Fee until January 6. (Registration fee increases to $35 on-site on January 7.)
Lunch is included.
Each rider is required to bring a bicycle, identification, and a Consumer Produced Safety Commission-approved helmet.
A limited number of loaner bikes will be available on a first-come, first-served basis courtesy of Just Ride LA. To reserve a bike, email chris.v@justridela.com.
For more information, visit resolutionride.org.
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Congratulations to CiclaValley’s Zachary Rynew on his nomination for Streetsblog’s 2016 Journalist/Writer of the Year; as of this writing, he’s leading with over half the vote.
You’ll also see familiar faces among the candidates for Advocate of the Year, including Bike the Vote LA’s Michael MacDonald and CicLAvia’s Romel Pascual, and Advocacy Group of the Year, where Bike SGV leads Investing in Place with LACBC.
Voting ends at noon tomorrow.
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Thirty-one-year old Belgian pro Gianni Meersman is forced to retire after discovering he has a heart condition, blocking his transfer to a new team.
Newly retired Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins attempts to follow in the tracks of Britain’s Eddie the Eagle by competing in ski jumping TV show.
American Olympic cyclist Missy Erickson talks about being sexually abused by someone close to her when she was 17.
I want to be like him when I grow up. France’s Robert Marchand will attempt to break the world senior hour record he set five years ago when he was just a wee lad of 100 years old.
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Local
The LACBC’s Colin Bogart is raising funds to go on this year’s Climate Ride, asking 200 people to donate $20.17 apiece.
Boyonabike looks back at year’s developments in car-free transportation in the San Gabriel Valley.
Time is running out to tell Metro where to put their bikeshare stations in Pasadena and Venice. Although we desperately need to come with a good nickname for them.
Ride smart in Hawthorne today, where police are conducting a bike and pedestrian safety operation, focusing on violations by drivers, cyclists and people on foot that can lead to crashes.
Chris Brown is one of us, even if he’s just riding past his fleet of luxury sports cars at his Tarzana home.
Caught on Video: Long Beach expats and famed bike travelers the Path Less Pedaled return to SoCal for a ride to the Tree of Life in the Verdugo Mountains.
State
A writer for San Francisco Streetsblog gets a horn-blaring punishment pass from an Uber and Lyft driver while riding in San Diego, for the crime of riding a bicycle — legally — on the street.
A suspected drunk driver faces charges after crashing into a Concord bike rider on New Years Eve.
Sad news from Elk Grove, where a bike rider was killed when he was rear-ended by one driver, then struck by another; and yes, he was riding with lights and a helmet.
National
Men’s Journal offers their annual bike buyers guide, with bikes ranging from $950 to $10,000.
That’s one way to get a ride home on New Year’s Eve. Oregon state police drop a bike rider off at his home after citing him for bicycling under the influence.
A Washington drunk driver will spend more than three years behind bars for killing a lightless, intoxicated bike rider.
China’s massive LeEco electronics conglomerate unveils two new smart bikes at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas; both have a built-in four-inch screen with an Android operating system.
Wichita KS will spend $1.6 million to expand three bike paths this year.
Missouri police shoot and kill an armed bike rider who they suspect of being mentally ill.
A popular Indianapolis charity ride loses its booty.
A New York TV station looks at the perennial complaints about NYPD officers jeopardizing the safety of bicyclists by parking in the city’s bike lanes. So naturally, they focus on the people who think cyclists should just get over it.
Even though Savannah GA leads the state in bike commuting, the city has just two bike lanes to serve over 150,000 residents.
International
Montreal residents are fighting a bike path behind their back yards as a symbol of densification and the direction the city is headed.
A London politician calls on the city to put plain clothes bike cops on the street to watch for bad drivers who put cyclists at risk.
Caught on video too: A Brit driver’s phone magically drops his phone from his hand when he realizes his texting is being filmed by a cyclist.
Northern Ireland’s police service says bike theft is the new car theft.
A German collector is selling his entire collection of 75 steel road bikes and frames on eBay for $35,000.
An Aussie rider describes what he saw on a 2,800 mile ride along the South Australian coast.
Another app-based Chinese bikeshare company hits the streets, putting 70,000 bicycles to work in just one month; unlike the dock-based American bikeshares, the Chinese systems use GPS to locate a nearby bike, allowing bikes to be picked up and left anywhere.
Finally…
We may have to deal with LA drivers, but at least we don’t have to worry about e-rickshaws. You can see a lot of things on a bike — like an alligator engaging in a death match with a Burmese Python.
And just stick it in your ear, already.
