Orange 20 Bikes

The BFF is Coming! The BFF is Coming!

mrflexer — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:44:16 +0000

The 10th Annual Bicycle Film Festival in Los Angeles is this week! Things get started this Wednesday with the Joyride Art Show at the Morono Kiang Gallery 218 W. 3rd St. Film screenings begin this Friday and continue through Sunday. There is also a BFF Street Party hosted by our friends at LA Brakeless at the Paragon Parking Lot until 7:00 232 South Main Street this Sunday the 5th of Sept.

There is a huge buzz about the premiere of To Live And Ride In LA and the first showing is sold out but tickets for the 11:00 show are still available. Matt Hoffman will be at the Friday screening of his featured documentry The Birth Of Big Air. This is big big news for me and if you don’t know about the significance that this individual has had on the religion of BMX then you have a once in a lifetime opportunity to find out for yourself this Friday.

Present proof of purchase to any of the BFF events at the counter at Orange 20 and get 5$ off any purchase through Sunday!

Gimme Three

Richard Risemberg — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:50 +0000

Looks like LACBC’s “Give Me Three” poster is already showing up around town, as you can see in this photo from Streetsblog LA:

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It’s part of a campaign to get California to pass a law mandating that motorists give at least three feet of clearance when passing a cyclist or other “vulnerable users” on the state’s roads.

We’ve all been buzzed by careless or malicious drivers, so a sentence or two in our favor in the CVC might result in a different kind of sentence for the selfish twerps who think (quite wrongly, as you know) that they “own the road.”

Even Mayor Tony V. is behind it!

However, V-Dog has also come out in favor of a mandatory helmet law, so temper your enthusiasm, or at least send him an email about it, yah!

Wednesday on the Westside

Richard Risemberg — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:33:24 +0000

Have fun, do good: Streetsblog LA, which narrowly avoided closing for lack of funds, is back without losing stride…but still lacks funds. So they’re throwing a fundraising party, sponsored in part by New Belgium Brewing of Fat Tire Ale fame, over on the Westside:

This is run mostly by Damien Newton, who does a hell of a lot of good work for the LA cycling community, and also helps keep us networked with bike folk in other cities, so show up, have fun, help out!

Details

We will be closing at 7PM today!

Mr. Kelley — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 02:23:54 +0000

For Sunset Junction!

BAD BRAINS!

Bikeside Speaks Is Back

Richard Risemberg — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 01:39:51 +0000

The Westside’s Bikeside is presenting another rabble-rousing meetup this saturday, August 21st, with features followed by the Disposable Film Fest.

Bikeside Speaks on August 21st

Afterparty at the Hotel Erwin in Venice. See the Bikeside blog for details. The lineup includes CD4 candidate and local bike advocate Stephen Box, Gary Kavanaugh, Cool Ass Mike, and more.

Tomorrow in DTLA!

Mr. Kelley — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:50:07 +0000

$3 Fat Tire on Draft if you ride to CASA!! Wed. 7:00-8:00pm Charity Guest Bartenders- $5 Cocktails all tips go to BIKE MS…Good Intentions, Great Time and there is no such thing as a Bad $5 DRINK!

4th Street Lovefest

Richard Risemberg — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:44:04 +0000

My Bike’s Wheel in the Main Pothole at 4th & Hudson

Saturday, yours truly led the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition’s Ride for 4^th Street, a gentle jaunt from Pan Pacific Park on the west to Shatto Park on the east, designed to expose both the problems and possibilites of the 4^th Street Bicycle Boulevard to local cyclists and affected residents and business folk alike.

Despite my fears that a mostly online publicity effort might not bear much fruit, we had an excellent turnout, with what looked to be around 60 riders showing up. (There was also a walk that started at 4^th and Normandie for those who were interested but leary of riding, or who did not own a bike.)

Riders ranged in age from around 5 years old to quite elderly, with plenty of women and a couple of entire families. Folks showed up with road bikes, fixies, hybrids, cruisers, tandems, and at least one recumbent. There was also one tiny little bike fitted with training wheels (whose perky pilot insisted on riding the whole route, though her mother offered to lock up her bike and carry her the rest of the way in the kid seat).

Lots of bike culture folks showed up, including Mr. Rollers, Ross Hirsch, LADOT bike blogger Chris Kidd, and most of the LACBC staff, and we led the glittering cohort slowly along 4^th Street, pointing out its delights as well as its dangers as we went along.

At Shatto park, we listened to speeches from LACBC staff, council member Tom LaBonge, and various members of the communities served by 4^th Street, while noshing on free goodies–and of course had our pictures taken by various and sundry.

Everyone seemed exhilarated by the idea of making the project work, really work, for both cyclists and its residents, with what would really be a modest investment by the city.

If you weren’t able to be there, check out the project here; we’re sure you’ll be just as happy with it yourself.

Opening Soon…We Hope!

Mr. Kelley — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:18:07 +0000

Angeles Crest Highway closures cause confusion and frustration!

I know we’re frustrated with the closures…Mt. Wilson was always a go to ride on Wednesday for us.

Well, Do Something About It

Richard Risemberg — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:18:57 +0000

Metro does a lot more than run buses and trains; it handles a lot of bicycle planning and infrastructure in the city and county. And they want you to help them do it. So come to this meeting on July 28th, as noted in the graphic below–the Metro Bicycle Roundtable–and do something for bicycling in LA!

And you’ll notice that, unlike most other agencies, they give you directions for finding bike parking when you arrive! Nice!

Fifth Annual Fixed Gear Symposium

Richard Risemberg — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:19:04 +0000

It may be in Michigan, but it’s always good: the Fixed Gear Gallery’s fifth annual Fixed Gear Symposium. Races, hillclimbs, rides, polo, contests, and more…read all about it here. August 24-29 2010, in Traverse City, Michigan.