http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 10:49:12 -0700 Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:05:49 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m9d17-Mapping-your-ride-to-anywhere?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner    The obvious problem that arises when someone wants to commute by bike in Los Angeles is the fact that not every street has bike lanes. Aside from that headache, the major thoroughfare that residents use to get around (the freeways) is n... Commuting Tips Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:05:49 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m9d17-Mapping-your-ride-to-anywhere?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m9d10-Some-beginner-tips-for-commuting?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner Copyright NM Independent  Now that summer is over its time for most people to return to school or the regular work routine again. While other cities see summer as the best time to commute by bicycle, I think the moderate autumn in Los Angeles ... Commuting Tips Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:12:35 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m9d10-Some-beginner-tips-for-commuting?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m8d26-Bicycle-film-festival-in-los-angeles?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner   The Bicycle Film Festival returns to Los Angeles this week. For those who haven't been initiated, the film festival travels from city to city promoting biking, cycling and movies. Almost every year it comes to LA around late August. While some... Only in LA Transportation Local Rides Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:42:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m8d26-Bicycle-film-festival-in-los-angeles?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m8d26-Mt-wilson-toll-road-to-reopen?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner Map from the LA Times.Just a small heads up for anybody who used to ride in this area of San Gabriel. After almost five years the road leading up to Mt. Wilson has finally been cleared and is close to being reopened to the public. It's not the most c... Wed, 26 Aug 2009 21:59:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m8d26-Mt-wilson-toll-road-to-reopen?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m8d22-Tour-da-arts-in-santa-monica?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner Ride posterThis is extremely last minute notice, but I only found out about this art ride from this mornings LA Weekly. In an effort to get more people to ride bikes and enjoy the arts in Santa Monica the museum has set up a pretty fun looking art r... Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:31:20 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m8d22-Tour-da-arts-in-santa-monica?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m8d18-Mc-spandx-rides-on?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner   I find this video hilarious, and apparently so does Lance Armstrong who posted it on his facebook account. Since I have a single speed and a racing bike, he's making fun of me twice. I don't mind though, I mean that skinny guy can really rap. ... Tue, 18 Aug 2009 17:59:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m8d18-Mc-spandx-rides-on?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m8d16-Socal-distance-rides-coming-up?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner Nice uphill climb into clouds: Photo by Everest Challenge  Some rides are for fun, some are just because you have lost your mind. There's one of each coming up soon in SoCal. Both of these rides seem like they have something for anyone who like... Local Rides Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:31:46 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m8d16-Socal-distance-rides-coming-up?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m8d8-Local-ride-1-northeast-ride-wrose-bowl?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner Screenshot of the mapI decided to start making maps of local rides and posting them as articles. My first one is a ride that I've done on numerous occasions. Not to show off, but it's fairly challenging if you're not a semi-serious cyclist. Either w... Local Rides Sat, 08 Aug 2009 16:53:32 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m8d8-Local-ride-1-northeast-ride-wrose-bowl?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m7d30-Ride-a-flying-pigeon-to-dim-sum?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner Sweet Pigeon, courtesy of ubrayj02.  If you’ve seen photos of the streets of China, then you know that there are usually more bicycles than cars on the road. More than just for fun, they use the bicycle to sustain there overcrowding and ... Only in LA Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:48:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m7d30-Ride-a-flying-pigeon-to-dim-sum?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m7d23-Long-beach-launches-bike-sharrows?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner Photo by Oceanview9083 Short on new info to write about this week, I stumbled upon this article about the new bike lane in Long Beach. I thought it was a pretty neat idea, until I found out that it's only .6 miles long. I guess you can feel really s... Transportation Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:01:07 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m7d23-Long-beach-launches-bike-sharrows?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m7d16-Bicycle-Transportation-101-Where-can-i-get-my-bike-fixed-for-free-in-los-angeles?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner Eager bike student: Photo from bicyclekitchen.comSo in these incredibly taxing times you might have considered riding your bike more as opposed to driving your gas guzzling car. Of course some people haven't ridden their bikes in a while and they hav... Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:11:04 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m7d16-Bicycle-Transportation-101-Where-can-i-get-my-bike-fixed-for-free-in-los-angeles?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m7d10-Rose-bowl-musings?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner Rose Bowl Cyclists: Photo Dorothy Wong  I love the Rose Bowl. I’ve been riding around it for years with friends, family, once with my apartment manager and more often then not, alone. Of course I’m not the only one, it seems to be t... Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:19:44 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m7d10-Rose-bowl-musings?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m7d2-Cyclist-stereotypes?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner Pretty close, except I don't have an polka dot tires.Even though Los Angeles is far from a stereotypical bike town, it still is pretty consistent with its stereotypes. The colorful lycra cyclists all gather at the Rose Bowl, Fixie riders are all ove... Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:50:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m7d2-Cyclist-stereotypes?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m6d22-The-stupidest-bike-lane-in-los-angeles?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner Awesome lane. If you want to do figure 8's. www.shipmentoffail.com   The good people at Slate created a video challenge not too long ago that was aimed at finding the stupidest bike lanes they could. The editor made a video that gave the best e... Only in LA Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:38:06 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m6d22-The-stupidest-bike-lane-in-los-angeles?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m6d15-Lakers-parade-ride-on-bicycles?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner Google Maps, Courtesy of www.MidnightRidazz.comUnless you’ve been in a coma the last two days (in which case I’m deeply sorry) you know that the Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA championship. With the city deeply in the red some people spec... Only in LA Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:28:05 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m6d15-Lakers-parade-ride-on-bicycles?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m6d8-Downtown-artwalk-this-thursday?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner Art admirers in a gallery.  Photo by Ed Fuentes, someonewalksinla  The second Thursday of every month is the day I put on my nicest set of bike clothes (which is essentially a shirt and shorts that have been washed) and ride to downtown. W... Mon, 08 Jun 2009 22:26:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m6d8-Downtown-artwalk-this-thursday?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m6d4-Riding-the-freeway-with-the-crimanimalz?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner Crimanimalz Logo So this video isn’t all that recent, but it is by far one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen involving bikes. Going off the idea that you can ride a bike anywhere, with great success, an underground bike group in LA ca... Only in LA Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:26:54 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m6d4-Riding-the-freeway-with-the-crimanimalz?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m5d29-Cruising-southbay-in-style?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner Pirates + Bikes= Awesome  www.southbaycruisers.com, Site photo If any of you have been on a critical mass ride, you know that it’s not just a normal ride but also more like a carnival experience on bikes. People dress up (or down) and... Fri, 29 May 2009 16:33:48 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m5d29-Cruising-southbay-in-style?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m5d26-A-double-feature-of-bike-movies?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner Event flyerAs far as bike movies go I usually tend to think of Breaking Away as being one of the more serious movies. Well, not really, I mean it did have Dennis Quaid in it. Okay most bike movies are a mix of bizarre and/or really serious topics in... Tue, 26 May 2009 14:15:37 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m5d26-A-double-feature-of-bike-movies?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m5d20-Cyclists-fight-off-city-hall-for-now?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner Imagine the possibilities: LADOT Bike symbol  With the gas prices threatening to rob us blind, more people have started to ride their bikes. This is pretty obvious in my end of town as well as everywhere else I look; from Eagle Rock hipsters t... Transportation Wed, 20 May 2009 13:24:59 -0700 http://www.examiner.com/x-11119-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner~y2009m5d20-Cyclists-fight-off-city-hall-for-now?cid=exrss-LA-Bicycle-Transportation-Examiner