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Venice Boulevard! Presented by LADOT – July 23

✌️enice Boulevard!

Join us on Sunday, July 23rd to ride, bike, skate, and experience the new protected bike lanes and safety features on Venice Boulevard. This event will feature a series of guided group bike rides and walks along Venice Boulevard, between National and Sepulveda, as well as routes through the surrounding neighborhoods, highlighting the recent transportation safety improvements.

The street will remain open to cars and we encourage participants to explore the area safely. You can also jog, run, walk, skateboard, spectate, and enjoy the afternoon along the sidewalks in your own way. This event is welcoming to people of all ages and abilities!

There will be a Hub at Venice and Bagley with music, street games and other activities. Be sure to join our email listand check back here soon so you don’t miss any event news and updates. Use this CicLAvia digital map to plan which businesses and activities to check out along the corridor during the event on July 23!

 

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Tour De France Climbing Speed: Is 7W/kg The New 6W/kg?

Climbing speeds at the Tour de France are higher than ever with Jonas Vingegaard and Tadej Pogačar putting out mind-boggling numbers on the climbs. Has 7W/kg become the new 6W/kg? Si and Conor discuss why they are so fast! We also look at other news from the world of cycling and a whole lot more!

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Eyes on the Street: Culver City’s New Higuera Street Bridge

From LA.Streetsblog.org

Culver’s Higuera Street Bridge replacement project widened the bridge including widened sidewalks, plus added a new access ramp to the Ballona Creek path below, new protected bike lanes, and a new mid-bridge belvedere

By Joe Linton

Culver City recently opened the newly reconstructed Higuera Street Bridge over Ballona Creek. The project widened the bridge, adding one new travel lane for drivers, plus widened existing sidewalks and added a new access ramp to the creek path, new protected bike lanes, and a new mid-bridge belvedere (overlook).

Construction on the new bridge began in 2021, and the completed bridge re-opened in mid-May.

According to Culver City Senior Civil Engineer Sammy Romo, the overall project cost was $11 million, which included the $8.3 million bridge replacement, the $1.36 million bike ramp (Ballona Creek Bike Path Connectivity Project at Higuera Street), and $1.4 million for combined construction management for both projects.

New bike lanes on the bridge extend past the bridge abutments to span the entire long block from Jefferson Boulevard to Eastham Drive.

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The Lost Boys: Simmons and Evenepoel, a tale of two prodigies

From Velo.com

Ever since Quinn Simmons won the 2019 world junior road championship in Yorkshire, England—taking over the under-19s rainbow jersey won by Remco Evenepoel the previous year—the American prodigy has promised more than he has produced.

It was a partial surprise when Evenepoel turned pro at age 19, but he overcame that seeming premature step-up by soon winning classics and one-week stage races and clocking up more than 30 victories in his first three pro seasons. Perhaps his example was one that Simmons hoped to repeat.

But now, midway through his fourth season in the UCI ProTour, the American has won just four times, at lesser races, and his hopes of winning a stage at this Tour de France ended on Sunday when his Lidl-Trek team decided he should not start stage 9. Simmons sustained extensive wounds to his left shoulder and hip in a heavy crash 30 kilometers into the first Pyrenean stage, stage 5.

After he finished with the gruppetto for the following three days, he said online: “Together with my doctor, coaches and team, we have made the decision not to start today. Disappointed doesn’t even begin to describe the feeling. I built my whole season around arriving here in peak form but I guess that’s how the sport goes.”

At just over 6 feet tall and just under 160 pounds, Simmons is much bigger than the average Tour rider; but his power numbers are also bigger than the average. That’s why the Trek team first became interested in his capabilities four years ago.

“I had signed the contract with Trek-Segafredo before Yorkshire, so I knew I had a future in the sport,” he said. “I knew I was the best junior that year, and Yorkshire was just the way to prove it.”

 

Image Courtesy of Hoebele, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

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Tour De France Bikes Ranked Cheapest To Most Expensive!

The Tour de France is the pinnacle of road cycling, a grueling 3-week-long stage race where the best of the best riders cover 3,404KM to finish in Paris. It’s the biggest sporting event in the world, BUT what about the bikes they race on, how much do they cost? We are going to RANK the bikes from the 2023 edition of Le Tour from cheapest to most expensive!

 

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10 Cities Embracing Bicycles in their Urban Planning

From ArchDaily.com

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What does the future of cities and transportation look like? It looks like the future will run on two wheels and a handle bar. Many explain the rise of cyclists as a shift towards a healthier and more economical lifestyle. But while that may be true, why would individuals feel inclined to ride bicycles if the roads don’t support it, or if there weren’t adequate spaces to park?

Architecture plays an important role in promoting the use of bicycles. Cities equipped with safe bicyclelanes, parking lots, and public bike facilities encourage citizens to refrain from using their cars, and opt for a much more sustainable means of transportation. Many have already began reshaping their urban infrastructure in a way that caters to bicycles, whether it is through bicycle bridges, widened cycling lanes, or permanent parking lots.

To celebrate World Bicycle Day, we are sharing 10 of the most bike-friendly cities across the world, and how they have adapted their urban spaces to fit the needs of cyclists.

Photo by Jamshed Khedri on Unsplash

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The best electric bikes in 2023 for every type of rider

From TechCrunch.com

By Rebecca Bellan

Commuter, mountain lover, delivery worker? There’s an e-bike for you.

With summer well underway and a federal e-bike incentiveback on the Congress floor, it’s time to start thinking about electric bikes — and what might be the best one for you and your lifestyle.

We’ve rounded up the best e-bikes for your specific needs, whether you’re commuting to work and need to keep your cool, toting around children, delivering pizzas or traversing mountains. How did we make our picks? Our recommendations are based on a combination of our own experience on the bikes, industry research and talking with experts and our readers about what they love to ride.

Our guide is broken up into several categories, starting with the diverse array of cargo bikes. From there we provide recommendations for commuters, seniors, folks looking to scale mountains, people living in small spaces and those who are on a budget.

Best cargo e-bikes

Electric cargo bikes are taking off as people look for ways to carry kids, gear and groceries. At the same time, the rise in e-commerce and fast delivery has led to an uptick in urban couriers delivering everything from pizzas and groceries to headphones and alcohol.

There are two main types of e-cargo bikes: front loaders and rear loaders. Each has its own strengths. Front loaders, for example, are often better if you’re carrying small children or large, bulky items. However, some people might be initially put off by the larger turning circle and the size — they are much longer and require more storage space.

Rear loaders feel more like a normal bike and allow you to stack cargo behind you. When it comes to transporting kids, rear loaders are better for older children who can be trusted to keep their seats.

We’ll break down some of the best cargo bikes we’ve found for different demographics.

Image courtesy of Trek

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Fit ANY Difficult Bike Tire With This Easy Trick!

Some bicycle tires never seem to want to fit on the wheel rim, no matter how hard you try. It can be so frustrating, but Alex is here to help with a simple solution which will enable you to fit any tricky bike tire with minimum hassle. With tire levers, some lubrication and correct technique, all that tire stress will be gone in no time!

 

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Smith bike helmets to use Aleck crash sensor technology

From BicycleRetailer.com

Smith will include Aleck crash sensor technology on bike helmets that will be released in the U.S. next year. Earlier this year, Aleck — which makes wireless helmet audio systems for outdoor sports — acquired Tocsen, a German startup that developed the sensor technology.

Aleck also sells a Tocsen crash sensor that can be attached to existing helmets.

The sensor detects serious crashes and alerts emergency contacts as well as users of the Heroes Nearby mobile app if they are within 1.8 miles of the incident.

Aleck said Smith is the first brand in North America to launch cycling helmets featuring integrated Aleck CS, which will debut in four models for spring 2024.

“We are excited to announce our partnership with Smith and the work we’re doing to bring crash-sensing technology to more cyclists,” said Stephen Catterson, founder and CEO of Aleck. “The integration of Aleck CS into premium helmets elevates head protection to include impact detection and a valuable connection to help in the event of a serious crash, especially for those riding alone on roads or trails.”

Aleck and Smith have previously collaborated on audio systems for snow helmets. This is the first Smith/Aleck project launch specific to cycling. Tocsen has previously worked with European bike helmet brands including uvex, Alpina and EKOÏ.

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New El Monte Bike Lanes Connect to Transit Station and More

From L.A.Streetsblog.org

By Chris Greenspon

Two recent bike lane stripings in El Monte’s downtown area near the Valley Mall offer the area’s working class cyclists a safer ride to the the El Monte Transit Station off Ramona Boulevard, as well as the Metrolink Station on Tyler Avenue.

The lanes were installed on roads already heavily used as alternates to the town’s hectic arteries (Valley Boulevard and Santa Anita Avenue): Tyler as the north-south route, and Ramona, as an east-west proxy for Valley. Of course, the two meet just south of the Valley Mall, providing an opportunity for transit commuters to get off Santa Anita on their way down to Ramona.

Both of these roads are highly traveled by cars too, and thankfully the striping took this into consideration, marking separate car parking beside Tyler’s mom-and-pop markets, and buffering stripes and bulbouts (both striped and cement) along various parts of the two routes.

Local El Monte mobility non-profit Active SGV’s executive director David Diaz told SBLA he’s very pleased with the lane designs. “We’re happy to see the recent progress the City of El Monte is making on implementing the 2014 approved El Monte Bike Master Plan. The Ramona Blvd and Tyler Ave (N of Ramona) project designs contribute to improved multi-modal connectivity and safety for people biking. Designs even included considerations of the door zone! Personally, I travel along Tyler and Ramona multiple times a week and have never felt safer while riding my bike in El Monte. Excited for the future complete street projects in El Monte that include Valley Blvd, Merced Ave, Parkway Drive, and Garvey Ave.”

Photo by Andrew Gook on Unsplash

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