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 […]
Weekend Roundup: Team Dream Ride & CicLAvia
Weekends are supposed to be the time to get away from your regular work week and get in awesome rides. Not so much for CiclaValley. Family obligations come first because why else would you have […]
Bike Lanes coming to North Valley on Sepulveda Blvd.
After hearing some great news of bike lanes coming to South LA, Mission Hills will soon be receiving three miles worth as Sepulveda Blvd. will be adding on. This stretch goes from Nordoff to Rinaldi […]
What is Up with Parking in the Bike Lanes in Santa Barbara County?
Yesterday, I was finishing off a painful ride in the Los Padres Forest returning to downtown Santa Barbara through a carefully studied route that had bike lanes. Or at least that’s what Google Maps was […]
Pacifico Mountain is Gravel Bike Ready
Why should you own a gravel bike? Riding closed roads not open to traffic. Dirt is fun. The opportunity to get away from it all. Being able to do rides like the one I’m about […]
CiclaValley Update: I’m back!
Hey y’all, Time’s been pretty short, but this is the summer period for me, so you’ll be seeing a bit more wordage coming your way. I’ve been a tad busy the past month and have […]
Paul Krekorian’s Halts Safety Improvements on Lankershim
Angry is the word we’re all thinking of. If you’re aware of the media cycle, Friday is the best day to release bad news because people are already in their weekend mode and may slack […]
Pondering Thoughts before Tonight’s Ghost Bike Placement
Everytime a ghost bike placement comes up, I can never properly articulate the magnitude of the tragedy. There isn’t one that’s greater than another, but it’s the one in front of you that’s the toughest […]
CiclaValley’s 2017 Amgen Tour of California Awards
(photo: Eric Bruins) Let me get right to the problem I had with this year’s Amgen Tour of California: it was too short. I’m not referring to my earlier mention that the race went from […]