Must Learn: Open a car door with your OPPOSITE hand to not DOOR a bicyclist! (aka the Dutch Reach)
Bicycling
Success with getting my bicycle on the bus in LA even when the bike rack is full
Here’s a follow up to my previous article about how ‘Public Transport + Cycling = Great… Unless The Bike Rack is Full!’
Bicycles Take Over OMB
Here’s a pictorial tour of Old Muscle Beach trapped by bicycles locked up to nearly every apparatus.
Wanna hear something hilarious? Drivers are more likely to honk at me if I don’t look like I’m hustling my brains out.
Here’s a hilarious observation I’ve noticed that provides insight into the way drivers react to cyclists riding on the streets.
Special scenario for taking the lane: riding around a blind curve next to parked cars [Video]
This video is an addendum to my article about learning how to ride your bicycle safely on the streets.
The Magic of Ortlieb Back Rollers [Video]
When you ride your bike, don’t you wish you could carry stuff without a pesky backpack putting weight on your shoulders and making your back sweaty? This is what’s up.
Cycling Diaries: Listening to Music while Cycling
Don’t be an iPod zombie! Learn to listen to music while still being aware of your surroundings.
Hey Asshole! Yea You, The One Driving The Car!
If you were standing around and a car behind you blasts the horn without warning, would you be startled? Yep! Would you shit your pants? Maybe!
CicLAvia made LA feel like a nice community, a community that helped me fix a flat
LA has its shitheads, just like any other big city but then again, it has its fair share of very nice people. I couldn’t have fixed my flat if it wasn’t for all these people coming together.
How to make a presta valve adapter in a few seconds
Mind blowingly simple. And this will be a life saver. What’s a presta valve? The valve on the right is a Schrader valve. The Schrader valve is the same valve that’s used on car tires. So a bicycle tube with the Schrader valve can be pumped up at your local gas station if no hand […]