melrose trading post

vintage playboy in the basket ;)

friday fun times: checkered fenders?

wow, this bike sure was fun to see. i am surprised i haven't seen it around town until now. thought it was worth sharing.



i'll be in LA this weekend to celebrate day of the dead/dia de los muertos. have a great weekend!

this is not just a bike ride...

"this is not just a bike ride, this is how we change our community" indeed. even though riding bikes through latino and black communitys is "something we don't do."

looks like that's no longer true. thankfully. eastside riders bike club and los ryderz sound like they are doing great work!

View more videos at: http://nbclosangeles.com.

UPDATE: sorry mobile viewers, it seems that this isn't available for viewing on mobile.

these groups ride together to pass out organic groceries in south la and telling residents where they can find local community gardens for more fresh food. sounds like this started in watts 5 years ago, where they also advocated for safe bike lanes.

as one of the organizers says, "think about where your food comes from. it's an opportunity to vote every time you put something in your mouth." WORD!

bike and food soldiers riding their way through south LA to fight obesity. i love this! keep it up!

h/t to the mamatexican.

¡Oye!

Found via the Headspinningly Ostentatious Typographic & Applied Art Review [HOTAAR].

Pre­cau­ción Bici­cleta artwork is by Aaron Kuehn
"Span­ish speak­ers in Los Ange­les ride bikes more than other groups..." 
The print is a downloadable PDF and you can read more here:
CAUTION: Your Fam­ily Also Rides a Bicy­cle

Arthursday: tunnels

/link+art credit: work by Tatsuro Kiuchi via it's nice that.

Tunnels would be a big prominent birthmark if Critical was a human body. With the exception of the Geary and Park Presidio ones, tunnels are a frequent and quintessential experience whilst participating in a San Francisco critical mass ride.

Tomorrow is the 20th anniversary and here is more info, links and good stuff including purchasing/download of BEAUTIFUL poster done by rad local artists: SF Critical Mass

I've expanded the usual short+sweet Arthursday a bit, including a few San Francisco tunnel shots as well as one from Los Angeles by our 4th amiga in Los Angeles: Caryl (first photo below) +the rest them are from the 3 of us here in SF :)

Los Angeles by -Caryl

polo fields in golden gate park by meligrosa

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Ade+calitexican+i: tunnel trolls 3+ years ago:

Tunnel Vision by Adrienne Johnson SF

-- and this from that:

three tunnel trolls by meligrosa

calitexican's previous yellow mixte! aw.

stockton tunnel by meligrosa

critical boys 2009 by meligrosa

golden gate park, late 2009 by meligrosa

Badass bullet belt by calitexican

At dusk. SF critical mass. September 2009. - Stockton tunnel by calitexican


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Tunnels are like blogs, they connect people from one side of their screen onto the other – with people in a different place with a similar perspectives -- xxom

black and white saturday

happy thursday all!

my nephew ... :)

black and white saturday

black and white saturday

happy weekend all! :)

black and white saturday

this happened.

rode with my nephew yesterday and saw this. it made our day! plus, we got free ice cream.
i feel like i need to share this with you guys!
happy sunday! :) :) :)

black and white saturday

one reindeer, two reindeer, three reindeer...


:) :) :) :)

ciclavia 3.0

happy sunday!

this!

uphill? no problem!

3rd ciclavia tomorrow!

hand love!

see you there LA peeps!

figuring it out together. biking in LA with babies.

guess who has a new haircut? and a big smile. why is that smile so big?



cause someone is now on the back of the bike.



this story is as much mateo's as it is his mom's. she's been trying to figure out how to ride a bike in LA, with not as many friends that are as into bikes like some of her friends back in SF, her hometown.



so, being the smart and tough cookie that she is, she just dived into it headfirst and now has the bike and the trailer that works for her to go with it.



look at that smile. i asked his mom how he liked it. these are her words: he liked it, and was laughing! he was also a little confused, like WTF is this contraption?

heh. indeed. looks like there's room in there for two. bike party time! EL LAY kiddo style. yah, he might have a sticker. or three. time to add music to that bike. elmo sound system anyone?