How long does it take to clean your bike?
Part of what kept me away from cyclocross and gravel riding was the very reason for why you would want to in the first place: Dirt. Off road riding is fun, but its dirty. Cry […]
Draft is coming back to Pure Cycles this Thursday
The two words you need to know is fun and free. Draft is one of the best cycling meetups in LA and it’s back for the 4th time. Normally, if people offered me food and […]
VIDEO: Descending Old Topanga Canyon
I live for climbing on a bike, but doing that opposite thing has some merits too. Descending can be fun, but just because you have a downward slope means you’ll have the time of your […]
What is Safe Biking Around a Rattlesnake?
Last week biking around Griffith Park, I came across a situation which surprisingly hasn’t happened too often. Descending down the gravely minded Vista del Valle, I was caught off guard seeing a snake lie across […]
The Cycling World’s Reaction to Peter Sagan’s Disqualification
The Tour de France is never perfect, but this year’s race organizers made that a certainty. Two time reigning World Champion and five time defender of le Tour’s Green Jersey Peter Sagan was disqualified yesterday […]
North Hollywood Metro Station’s West Portal not a Good Value
When the west portal of the North Hollywood Metro Station finally opened almost a year ago, my feelings ranged. Anger, indifference and mild jolts of excitement filled my alphabet soup bowl of emotions. Personally, the opening […]
Ranking the 2017 Tour de France Jerseys
We are the goon squad and we’re coming to town. Beep Beep. These lyrics come to mind whenever the word “fashion” comes to mind. It doesn’t happen much, but when the Tour de France rolls […]
Kauai: A Type of Paradise
What is Paradise? In most of my columns, I would respond to an opening question like this with a Webster’s definition, but what’s the point? If you could find an absolute paradise, that would be […]
Angeles Crest Highway: Newcomb’s Ranch to Wrightwood
The Angeles Crest Highway is a special place to share. If you’ve read some of my ride reports the past few months, you’ll notice a few of them have featured my friend Bernd. We both […]
More Griffith Park Circulation & Traffic Improvement on their way.
I can’t tell you if we’ve actually hit summer or not, but Griffith Park’s springtime Implementation of its Circulation and Traffic Plan has been a success so far. There’s been a few hiccups which have […]