Sunday at Orange 20!! (or a town near you)

hernian:

Halloween races are always fun. Go race! I’m sure there’s one happening near you.

TO HELL AND BACK- Nashville Halloween Alley Cat

hernian:

New Bike Day!! Thanks Mike!

Hern got a new Bike

Well, Garcetti’s office is still stonewallng us on the Hel-Mel bike corral, but at least I managed to get some bike parking put in at what may at first seem a somewhat unlikely spot–the corner of Culver and Vista del Mar in Playa del Rey, a little scatter of stores and eateries wedged between the Ballona Wetlands and the beach.

And it also happens to be just yards from the Braude bike path that runs from Malibu to Palos Verdes, and less than half a mile from the Ballona Creek bike path. So while it’s just a few restaurants, bars, and coffeeshops, markets and motels, and assorted small offices, it gets lots and lots of bike traffic. Yet it doesn’t even have parking meters lock a bike to. (And we all do that, illegal though it be in LA.)

So first I suggested to LADOT, then I reminded, then I reminded again, and finally I nagged. I got a little insistent when I saw that the stenciled paint marks indicating the locations of the future racks had faded away almost entirely, at which point I just nagged by phone instead of email.

And day before yesterday I pedaled by and saw the nice, shiny bike racks–six of them, serving Tanner’s Coffee, the wonderful Bistro du Soleil, Cantalini’s “Salerno Beach” restaurant, Gordon’s Market, and the little strip mall housing Café Milan, Mo’s, and a few other establishments of diverse character. (There’s also the Harbor Room and the Shack, both old-school local hangs within walking distance of a handy rack.)

Since LADOT interviews merchants before installing bike racks in front o ftheir doors, and some merchants do refuse, all these establishments now count as bike-friendly businesses, if only passively. They didn’t say no, and these unenlightened days that counts for something.

Here’s a little photo-montage of the new racks–a testament to the power of nagging!

Fairdale Skate panniers are in stock! And Dane couldn’t be any happier. 

Christian Burr used to work with us here at Orange 20. Now he lives in Chile where he’s from originally. He sent us a video of him shredding the Andes. 

tcbcourier:

We carry it all, big and small.