MOM Rida "Active" picks up another fare during the Downtown LA Art Walk on Thursday, July 8, 2010
Flying Pigeon LA rode through the Downtown LA Art Walk last night in high style with a pair of bakfiets and a pedicab.
Active (a member of the MOM Ridaz) hustled the pedicab from North East LA all the way into Downtown. With the group yelling out “Pedicab rides!” he was able to pick up a few fares, and dropped some people off next to their cars.
I stopped by a food truck bonanza on Spring Street and grabbed some sliders from the Flying Pig Truck as well as some Spanish food to-go from a truck dispensing tapas.
Did we stop in at any galleries? Nah. It was more fun to ride around looking at the crowd of under-30′s dressed in their “going out” clothes. I think we’ll be back next month with more cargo bikes to cruise the neighborhood (and stop in at some galleries on “art night”).
Holland just beat Brazil 2-1 in the World Cup quarter finals!
Woo hoo!
The man responsible for both Dutch goals, Wesley Sneijder, is from Utrecht – which is why I’ve selected the short film above to demonstrate what else they excel at in this ancient city.
Some younger riders ready to go at the 2010 Pershing Square Discovery Ride.
This past Sunday, June 27, 2010 I got up early and rode my bakfiets from Lincoln Heights down to Pershing Square in Downtown Los Angeles for the the 2nd Annual Pershing Square Discovery Ride organized by the Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation.
I got there just as the bulk of ride participants were arriving and getting ready to mount their bikes. There was a yoga warm up and a bit of time to mill around before the send off.
A testament to Dutch bicycle design: the 2010 Batavus Old Dutch step-through at Flying Pigeon LA
Dutch bicycles are the best at day-to-day transportation, their ridership is the highest in the developed world, their roads are some of the safest on the planet.
How did the Dutch end up developing such a bike-friendly transportation system? Can Los Angeles do something similar? Read More »
A crowd of cyclists and supporters outside Flying Pigeon LA for Streetsblog's NELA fundraiser on June 18, 2010.
Streetsblog LA’s NELA Fundraiser this past June 18, 2010 was a fun one. We were all able to raise a couple of hundred dollars to keep the best livable streets news source in Southern California running.
Though we sometimes mock the noble beach cruiser, we cannot ignore it's symbolic power. Behold!
On Sunday, June 27, 2010 the City Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks, Pershing Square will hold it’s second annual free Pershing Square Discovery Bike Ride. Flying Pigeon LA bike shop will be there to show off some of our bikes and to lend a hand with a wrench if need be. Read More »
Here at Flying Pigeon LA, we’re firm believers in using food, fun, and bike rides to push our pro-bike transportation agenda. We get daily inspiration from Streetsblog LA, a must-read for those interested in re-making Los Angeles’ car-choked streets into more livable streets.
To help keep the livable streets new coverage and advocacy going, we’re co-hosting a fundraiser ride and after party this coming Friday, June 18, 2010. Read More »
Some real dutch bikes parked outside a June 10, 2010 screening of Riding Bikes with the Dutch at the Art Theater in Long Beach, CA.
On a brilliant Southern California evening I loaded up a truck with a bunch of fresh-from-Holland Batavus Old Dutch bikes along with a Nihola Family Cargo tricycle and drove down to the Art Theater in Long Beach for a screening of the film “Riding Bikes with the Dutch“. Read More »
USC's Health Sciences Campus newspaper, The Weekly, captured Dr. Erin Quinn riding to work on a Batavus Breukelen for Bike To Work Day on May 20, 2010.
We were very happy to see our neighbors dressed up and riding to work on Bike To Work Day at USC’s Health Sciences Campus this past Thursday, May 20, 2010. These two ladies obviously took the prize for style that day, and one of them is riding a Batavus Breukelen she got from our shop!
The story was published on the back page of The Weekly, Volume 26, Number 19, May 28, 2010. Read More »
