Category Biking
Cycling to the Emmys
If you encountered a group ride at the beginning of the evening rush hour traffic where everyone was dressed in fancy duds, you were not going crazy. What you saw is Mad Men writer Tom Smuts rolling into the Emmys on his bike with 14 of his friends. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Smuts teamed […]
My Experience at the Clitoral Mass Ride – 8/16/2014
Last Saturday, August 16th, I participated in the 3rd Annual Los Angeles Clitoral Mass Ride. Organized by the Ovarian Psycos bicycle group, the ride was open to all who identified as “womyn, queer, femme, trans, gender non-conforming and two-spirited individuals from different walks of life.” My ladybits and feminist ideologies qualified me for the ride, […]
Saturday August 16: Clitoral Mass
This Saturday cycling group Ovarian Psycos will be hosting their 3rd annual Clitoral Mass ride. The ride is open to all women and womyn-identifying individuals. Meet-up is at 1:00 at Grand Park with a 1:30 departure. I’ll be there! Check out the event’s Facebook page here. Let’s get riding, gals!
BUSted! Storytelling Event – 7/26/2014
One of my favorite events is coming up–BUSted! Scott Schultz, storytelling wizard and friend of Hoff the Beaten Path, produces and hosts the evening filled with tales of getting around LA without a car. While most of the storytellers focus on bus and metro stories, this month is featuring a one from the Los Angeles […]
The Los Angeles Explorers Club: Bicycle Journeys into LA’s Forgotten Times – This Sunday in DTLA
There are few things in this world that give me joy so great as bike ride to the hidden corners of the city. And beer. Beer gives me great joy too. This Sunday, the Los Angeles Explorers Club has partnered with New Belgium Brewery and bike advocacy nonprofit C.I.C.L.E. for their inaugural bike ride through […]
Ovarian Psycos Present: Bike-In Movie Night – 6/25/2014
Looking for something fun to do tomorrow in the long, summer night? Come screen two short documentaries on ghost bikes presented by the bicycle brigade Ovarian Psycos. What is a ghost bike? They are white-painted bicycles that are places as a memorial near the site of where a cycles was killed by a car. They […]
World Naked Bike Ride Los Angeles 2014
If you’re going to be milling around DTLA or Echo Park this Saturday, don’t be shocked if you see hundreds of naked cyclists rolling by. June 14th will be the annual World Naked Bike Ride Los Angeles. According to WNBR LA’s website, the ride is a protest against “indecent exposure to cars and the pollution […]
Bike Week LA 2014
Los Angeles has more to offer this week than record high temperatures and Santa Ana winds. May 12 – 18 is Bike Week LA 2014! All week long, Metro is sponsoring events all around town to show the community how feasible it is to commute by bike. The week kicked off Monday with an event […]
The Dos and Don’ts of Bike Locking
A few years ago, I suggested to a friend she should use more than a cable lock for her department store bicycle. It didn’t take long before a thief with bolt cutters made off with her bike. She couldn’t believe someone would go through that much effort to steal something. The truth is, it is […]
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