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Another Beach Run
2008-02-24 06:01:00
 So why live in Los Angeles if you're not going to ride to the beach? So I did--again--this makes probably five hundred times, I'm sure--and.... Posted on 02/23/08 at 02:01 PM
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High Speed Rail and the Modern City
2008-02-20 08:55:00
 Let me refer you to an excellent interview with Andy Kunz in TreeHugger, talking about the present state of High Speed Rail and ntegrated rail.... Posted on 02/19/08 at 06:56 AM
More About: City , Modern

Lance Promotes Bike Commuting
2008-02-20 08:55:00
 In what may be a first in the cycling world, a former racer--seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, of all folks--has opened a bike.... Posted on 02/19/08 at 04:50 PM
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London to Boost Cycling
2008-02-15 21:29:00
 Excellent article in the Guardian last week, which we quote: London is likely to become one of the most cycle-friendly places in the world, with.... Posted on 02/15/08 at 07:29 PM
More About: Cycling , Boost

Int'l Bicycle Fund's Annual Student Bike Essay Contest
2008-02-11 16:39:00
 The International Bicycle Fund , which promotes bicycling worldwide, has announced its Annual Student Bicycle Essay Contest . Although essays should be in English, students.... Posted on 02/11/08 at 02:38 PM
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Not Quite What I Expected
2008-02-08 03:43:00
 Yesterday, the cell phone rang, and it was a police officer calling to take a report on my very modest hit-and-run sideswiping of January 23.... Posted on 02/08/08 at 01:42 AM

Sheldon Brown, 1944--2008
2008-02-05 00:14:00
 Sheldon Brown , know as "Captain Bike," resident maven of Harris Cyclery , died yesterday, apparently of a heart attack, following a struggle of several years.... Posted on 02/04/08 at 10:14 PM
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Fixies & Faces
2008-02-03 23:02:00
 On February2 nd , 2008, the Rogue Status gallery in Venice, on the wild western edge of the city, held an exhibition of fixed-gear bicycles.... Posted on 02/03/08 at 09:01 PM
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Rail, Bikes, and Portland
2008-02-01 21:56:00
 As many of you might know, I had been planning to ride Amtrak to Portland for the North American Handbuilt Bicycle Show . Unfortunately, Amtrak.... Posted on 02/01/08 at 07:55 PM
More About: Bikes , Rail

Flapping....
2008-01-31 16:29:00
 Well, with the monsoons we've been having here in LA this week, I've been learning the true value of mudflaps. My kit of fenders, rain.... Posted on 01/28/08 at 06:48 PM

Elliott Bay Bicycles to Carry Our Knickers
2008-01-31 16:29:00
 Bicycle Fixation has just picked up another dealer, this time the highly-respected Elliott Bay Bicycles in Seattle. Seattle has been a very good market for.... Posted on 01/30/08 at 02:33 AM
More About: Knickers , Carry

Thomas Hardy T-Shirt
2008-01-31 16:29:00
 Thomas Hardy has long been one of my favorite authors (and Jude the Obscure one of my favorite books) for decades now. So I was.... Posted on 01/31/08 at 02:28 PM
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My Turn
2008-01-23 17:08:00
 My turn to get hit by a car, that is, though I was only sideswiped from behind by a moron in a dark green Toyota.... Posted on 01/23/08 at 03:08 PM
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The Old Is New Again....
2008-01-21 00:57:00
 In one of the forums I infest on the internet, a discussion developed between the folks who feel that one ought to buy new bikes.... Posted on 01/20/08 at 10:56 PM

A New Cap Campaign...or Is That Campaign Cap?
2008-01-14 05:18:00
 After the most ridiculous concatenation of contretemps we've encountered since dipping into design of biking clothes, we've finally released our limited-quantity little fun hat, the.... Posted on 01/14/08 at 03:17 AM
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Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe II
2008-01-12 23:50:00
 Unfortunately, I had only a very low quality cellphone camera with me to day, but I did not want to pass up a chance to.... Posted on 01/12/08 at 09:48 PM
More About: Life , Universe , Intelligent , Signs , The Universe

Real Cycling Cities
2008-01-12 01:17:00
 The following quote from an article in Britain's City Cycling magazine was as joyful to me as it was flabbergasting: In many respects Assen is.... Posted on 01/11/08 at 11:17 PM
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Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
2008-01-10 19:18:00
 Saw two charmingly nondescript bikes parked in front of stores while I was out walking from chore to local chore yesterday. Since evidence of people.... Posted on 01/10/08 at 05:17 PM
More About: Life , Universe , Intelligent , Signs , The Universe

New Retail Dealer in Los Angeles
2008-01-09 23:34:00
 Those of you on the west side of LA might like to check out our newest dealer, Los Angeles Brakeless Bicycles , over near Motor.... Posted on 01/09/08 at 09:34 PM
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Logo Patches Available
2008-01-09 17:48:00
 We have a limited number of Bicycle Fixation logo patches available in our web store now. These are our wheel & lotus symbol, with no.... Posted on 01/09/08 at 03:45 PM
More About: Patches , Logo

Rainy Day and Stylin' Fixistas
2008-01-07 02:14:00
 Feeling a little weary after a week of bad sleep, I took the trains over the pasadena to go on Chuck Schmidt's Rose Bowl Vintage.... Posted on 01/07/08 at 12:13 AM

Bakfietsen to the Future!
2008-01-04 22:54:00
 Friend and fellow Los Angeles bicycle advocate, and all-around good guy, Josef Bray-Ali, finding himself in the crosshairs of a fast-approaching fatherhood, took a step.... Posted on 01/04/08 at 08:53 PM
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Adams on Mobility
2008-01-01 03:15:00
 Superb piece on hypermobility, democracy, daily life, and our future together by geographer John Adams of London's University College. A snippet here: A constraint on.... Posted on 01/01/08 at 01:15 AM
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Horny Bastards
2007-12-29 21:46:00
 Car horns, that is...and why do they really honk at us as we tootle down the road, our bicycle and us less than half a.... Posted on 12/29/07 at 07:45 PM
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Bicycle Fixation Knickers and the Solar Gondola
2007-12-23 22:10:00
 Reno Tondelli of Venice Beach runs a solar-assisted trishaw service in the Santa Monica area and recently entered a video explaining the genesis of his.... Posted on 12/21/07 at 02:38 PM
More About: Solar , Knickers , Bicycle

English Weather
2007-12-19 03:45:00
 I had my first real rain ride of the season today--though I'd ridden in the a couple of times rain a few weeks ago, it.... Posted on 12/19/07 at 01:43 AM
More About: Weather , English

Dutch Cruisers Invade Los Angeles!
2007-12-17 01:12:00
 And it's a good thing, too. Yesterday I saw numerous Dutch -style city bikes, mostly by Electra , being tooled around by a variety of folks.... Posted on 12/16/07 at 11:12 PM
More About: Los Angeles , Invade , Angeles

Art Racks of Los Angeles
2007-12-09 16:45:00
 We've just published a little photo-essay on the Artful Bicycle Racks of Los Angeles , part of our collective attempt to wrest the city out of.... Posted on 12/09/07 at 02:45 PM

The Greening of Pittsburgh
2007-12-09 16:45:00
 POP City , an independent Pittsburgh news source, recently spotlighted four Steeltown residents who are showing that the post-industrial transformation doesn't have to involve outsourcing.... Posted on 12/07/07 at 01:44 PM
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Knicker Socks Are Here!
2007-12-03 18:36:00
 We've finally gotten in our long-awaited Knicker Socks ! We had searched and we had searched, and we couldn't find satisfactory socks to wear with.... Posted on 12/03/07 at 04:35 PM

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