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hernian:

THIS WEDNESDAY!!! BE THERE OR BE SQUARE!

This is probably the worst flyer I’ve ever made for a race, but it’s still better than nothing at all.

$20, bike, lock, big bag and a map.
The food will be donated to feed people in need during the long cruel So Cal winter.
Race meets at Orange 20 bikes on Wednesday 23rd, starts at 7pm SHARP.There will be 2 manifest. if you can’t make it to Orange 20, you can do the 2nd half at LAB. The winner will have to do both manifest.but there will be a winner for every category.

Categories will be

Time/Speed: racer to cross the finish line 1st after completing both manifest.
Load: Heaviest cargo wins.
Items: Most items wins.
1/2 race: racer to cross the finish line 1st after completing every checkpoint.
Best over all Men: Best time with a good amount of items and a pretty heavy load wins.
Best over All Women: Best time with a good amount of items and a pretty heavy load wins.

Awards and food drop off TBA.
If you can’t race but still wanna help out you can sponsor a racer with $20 so they can race. And if you can’t race because you can’t afford it, someone will help you out.
No excuses!

Sponsored by: Orange 20 bikes, LAB, MASH SF, Engine N. 11, Predator Cycling, Road Runner Bags, Cadence, Trafik.

Orange 20 will be closing today at 6 to support and take part in the 11th annual CRANKSGIVING. Come by support, race, and just have tons of fun for a good cause! 

And not the kind your wheel spins on, either….

In a seemingly sudden development, the number of bike hubs in the LA area more than tripled recently with the opening of facilities providing long- and short-term bike parking, rentals, and sometimes showers appearing in Santa Monica and Burbank.

Yesterday saw the official grand opening of Santa Monica’s Bike Center, whose two locations will serve commuters, shoppers, and recreational riders who need to stop in the sity’s downtown commercial district. It will be operated by a private partnership that includes longtime local bike advocate Ron Durgin and businessman Richard Bloom, who owns the “Perry’s on the Beach” bikepath eateries.

Opening day at Santa Monica’s new Bike Center. (Photo by Mark Elliot/Better Bike Beverly Hills)

Meanwhile, a week ago Burbank opened a less-ambitious Bike Stop at its Metrolink station. This will be an unattended facility, but will require cyclists to sign up before receiving access codes; it will provide secure bike parking plus a modest repair station for emergency fix-it-ups.

These join Long Beach’s venerable Bikestation, which now has branches in Claremont, Covina, and several other California towns outside of the county, as well as Washington DC. Bikestation LBC recently hosted its own reopening party to celebrate a new, larger building. You’ll find it at the Transit Mall, right by a Blue Line stop.

Looks like the dream of safe downtown bike parking for everyday commuters and “last-mile” integration with regional transit is slowly coming true even in the most car-afflicted cities in the US–those in our own Los Angeles County!
 

Rashmeister: Cranksgiving 11!