My bike (Gary’s) parked outside Swingers Diner with one of the new bike racks. Credit Gary Kavanagh
Gary Kavanagh, well known in the cycling world here in So Cal, wrote a great piece about protecting your bike from being stolen. Santa Monica has been installing new bike racks and Gary has some tips.
 
It was only a couple months ago that I was lamenting the lack of bike racks at many locations around town, particularly parts of Santa Monica outside the downtown region.
I am happy to report that this is quickly being …

Rules to follow!
If you follow and are a regular reader of Shortcuts you know I post  a lot about bicycles and the difficulties  cyclists  have negotiating a safe ride. A colleague of mine here at KCRW, thank you Steve, turned me onto a great piece written by Gary Kavanagh. After reading it,  I would be doing you a huge disservice by not sharing and encouraging you to read his commentary.
I never have spoken with Mr. Kavanagh in person, but between following his tweets and blog, I feel like I know …

Ted Rogers is quite a guy. I have had the good fortune to get to know him through tweets and his remarkable blog, BikinginLA. If you are a bicycle enthusiast you most likely already read his blog. If not, it is your lucky day.  I am turning you on to the coolest and incredibly informative “must read”  for the cyclist.
I trust you with my life. No, really.   

Look, I don’t want to get maudlin here.
But I trust you.
It’s not like I know you. Or that we’re ever likely to meet. …

CicLavia was a huge success. The weather was absolutely perfect and the people, well let me put it this way…I have never seen a happier (estimated) 100,000 people in my life. I could write on and on about it but I think hearing from the cyclists, volunteers, dodge ball players, walkers and more will convey the experience in a way I never could. I’ve compiled a handful of tweets, comments and videos from Twitter and various websites. A much better way to transmit that miraculous day in Los Angeles on Sunday …

Next week watch for Bike It! Day in Santa Monica (Thanks to rain Bike It! Day is postponed to Oct, 13)

I got a call at the station last week from a mom (and KCRW subscriber, thank you so much!) about a really cool event taking place this Wednesday. Bike It! Day. Ultimately I spoke to Jenna Perelman, the daughter, a junior at Santa Monica High School and Co- President of Samohi Solar Alliance. I was so impressed with the passion and commitment that she and the others have for our planet. To …

How to Load your Bicycle onto a Metro Bus Bike Rack and then some!
Metro has a website to assist people that want to use their bike to commute to work. It has tips and tricks for bringing your bike on a train or parking your bike at a Metro station.
They have a  bike pocket guide (one in English and another in Spanish) that they encourage you to read that includes bike rules and laws. Mostly basic stuff, but take a look – there are a couple of things that were …

1) Did you get a DUI?
2) Do you pick up your date on that?
3) Big Lance Armstrong fan?
4) But you own a car, right?
5) Must suck when it rains, huh?
6) Do you know my friend? He does Critical Mass.
7) Aren’t you terrified in traffic?
Does it take you a long time to get to work?
9) Do you ride with all those hipsters at night?
10) Do you know my friend? He does that triathlon stuff.
11) Do you think Lance will win the Tour de France?
12) Are you a big environmentalist
13) …

How goes the fight for the right for the road? The battle continues, but some locations in LA make it perfectly clear with Sharrows!

Bicycle Sharrows Expected to be on L.A. Streets by Summer
Plans to pilot bicycle sharrows on Los Angeles streets are beginning to solidify, a city bicycle official said today.
LAist one of my favorite blogs scores again with putting out the kind of  information I want to know. Thanks Zach!
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