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Metro Bike Share Community Ride: Little Tokyo to the Arts District

Join Metro Bike Share for a short ride through historic Little Tokyo to the Arts District. Beginning at the 2nd & Hill Metro Bike Share Station, we will roll through Little Tokyo, stopping to admire the sights, and loop through the Arts District.

Important information:

  • Safety first! Although not required, we recommend you bring a bike helmet along and wear it properly. Please ride courteously and be aware of your surroundings. Use your best judgment. Don’t have a helmet? We can provide one for free.
  • Never leave your Metro Bike unattended. Always be sure to dock your Metro Bike and listen for three beeps.
  • You must be 16+ to use a Metro Bike. Under 18? Your parent/guardian will need to fill out your waiver.
  • All attendees will be required to complete and sign a paper waiver upon arrival.
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10 Jobs That Often Require the Use of Bicycles

From MoneyInc.com

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Someone very pithy once said that doing what you love means that you will never have to work another day in your life. That is an overstatement. However, there are publications such as HuffPost that say that there are real benefits to doing so. If you enjoy bicycling, it makes sense for you to look for a job that requires it on a regular basis. Fortunately, there are more options in this regard than most interested individuals would expect.

1. Advertise While Bicycling

Chances are good that you have heard of people putting advertisements on their cars, so it isn’t a huge jump to people putting advertisements on themselves while they ride around on bikes. The idea sees interest for a couple of main reasons. First, someone who rides around on a bicycle while wearing a mini-billboard will be seen by more people than a stationary sign, which means an increased generation of sales leads. Second, such sights are eye-catching because they are so novel. Something that is extremely important when most people have become so jaded towards conventional advertising. On top of this, advertising while bicycling is even eco-friendly.

2. Help People Move While Bicycling

Generally speaking, when you think of moving, you think of people loading the contents of a home onto a truck. However, a full-fledged truck can be overkill for people who aren’t bringing a lot of things with them for whatever reason. As a result, there are moving companies that offer movers on bicycles for short-distance moves within the same city. These people can make surprisingly good time, particularly if they are operating in congested urban areas.

3. Show Tourists the Sights While Bicycling

If you are fond of your local area, you should consider becoming a bike tour guide. In some ways, it is the same as being a standard tour guide. For instance, you will be expected to show tourists shops, restaurants, and other sites of interest. In other ways, it can be very different. After all, everyone will be riding a bicycle. Due to that, you won’t be going into detail about every single attraction on the way. Instead, you are more meant to give your clients a general sense of your local area.

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Rail-to-Rail Bike/Walk Path Breaks Ground on Slauson; Officials Speak to Its Significance for Corridor

From LA.Streetsblog.org

By Sahra Sulaiman

Last Wednesday’s groundbreaking for the 5.5-mile Rail-to-Rail walk/bike path that will run between Metro rail stations at Crenshaw and Long Beach Blvd. along the blighted Slauson rail right-of-way (ROW) was long overdue.

Construction on the path, which will feature shade trees, drought-tolerant landscaping, lighting, improvements at bus stops, and improved crossings at intersections (seen above), was originally expected to have begun in 2018.

But as many of the area’s representatives noted during their celebratory remarks, they had been waiting for something to happen along the corridor for much longer than that.

It was nearly thirty years ago, while serving as Executive Director of the California Black Women’s Health Project (CBWHP), that current County Supervisor and Metro Boardmember Holly Mitchell said she had first been approached by residents about the possibility of a rails-to-trails project for the corridor.

The women that came into her office were concerned about how Black women’s disproportionate experience with obesity and asthma was being compounded by the lack of access to gyms or outdoor spaces where they could exercise.

“I will never forget the residents of that housing development [at 49th and] Central Avenue [where CBWHP was located] who told me quite frankly, ‘You want me to walk. But it is less safe for me to walk the streets in my neighborhood than to sit at home waiting for a heart attack to happen,’” Mitchell recalled.

The fact that that state of affairs remains a “harsh reality for far too many Angelenos” meant this project was “a dream deferred for far too long,” she said

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Best Amazon Prime Day Deals for Mountain Biking: Garmin, Thule, Camelbak, Giro and More [Updated]

From Singletracks.com

 

Amazon Prime Day Deals July 12-13

We’re combing through all the Amazon Prime Day deals to find the best ones for mountain bikers. Amazon Prime Day runs July 12-13 and a few early deals are live, like up to 35% off Muc-Off products and up to $200 off Suunto watches and more outdoor deals. This is a good time to stock up on bike stuff, and take advantage of rare deals on gear that’s actually in stock. We’ll be adding more Prime Day deals right here over the next few days, so be sure to check back often and if you know of any we missed, please let us know in the comments.

Note: Prices may vary, are subject to availability, and are valid for Amazon Prime members only. Keep scrolling for current competing promotions from other online retailers.

Garmin GPS watches more than 30% off

Garmin GPS smartwatches like the Fenix, Enduro, and Forerunner are all on sale with discounts ranging from 33% off to 50%+! Track your rides, get fit, and avoid getting lost with one of these feature-rich devices. Buy now.

Giro Manifest Spherical MIPS helmet

 

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New Trek Madone | Mads Pedersen’s Tour De France Bike

There’s a new Trek Madone on show at this year’s Tour de France! First spotted at the Critérium du Dauphiné, the bike is striking, with a futuristic aero seatpost, flared handlebars, and, in Mads Pedersen’s case, massive SRAM chainrings. Si took a close-up look at the Trek-Segafredo superstar’s new Tour de France steed!

 

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Opinion: Griffith Park is a bit safer for cyclists and pedestrians. That’s worth celebrating

From LATimes.com

BY PAUL THORNTON

Good morning. I’m Paul Thornton, and it is Saturday, July 9, 2022. Let’s look back at the week in Opinion.

I hope you’re wearing sunscreen, because there are a few rays of sunshine poking through all the doom and gloom of late. (And dark it most certainly still is — we’ll get to that later.) After weeks of bad and worse news from the U.S. Supreme Court, and indications that more trouble is on the way, there is an uplifting development right here at home, a tale of a public servants responsive to the people’s needs: The city of Los Angeles is making Griffith Park safer for cyclists, runners, walkers and anyone else not encased in thousands of pounds of moving metal and glass by closing a road segment to cars.

Vehicle road closures in a local park might strike some as the kind of hyper-local “area man bites dog” story that shouldn’t lead off one of the gloomiest weekly reads around (sorry, but the real-time decline of democracy will do that to an opinion journalism newsletter). But as a cyclist, hiker and lapsed runner whose preferred method of exploration is bipedalism, I cannot be happier about a local news item than this. For all of its adulation as one of this country’s largest urban parks, Griffith Park remains largely inaccessible to anyone who’d rather not golf, drive or bike on dangerous roads or hike over mountains. Its primary entry points include traffic-choked roads and, yes, an interstate freeway offramp.

Make no mistake: Griffith Park is still that. Of course, this being L.A., the closure of a segment of Griffith Park Drive to cars isn’t some forward-looking transportation overhaul, and it may not even be permanent. Rather, it’s a temporary change that comes on the heels of something that should never have happened: the death of a well-known cyclist on Crystal Springs Drive, which remains open to cars and dominated by speeding commuter traffic. And we’ve seen what happens when windshield-biased residents complain about a much more meaningful, permanent slowing of traffic, such as when the city reversed course on the Vista del Mar “road diet” near LAX.

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CicLAvia–Meet the Hollywoods – August 21

CicLAvia–Meet the Hollywoods

On Sunday, August 21, we’re opening up streets in Hollywood and West Hollywood so you can jog, ride, bike, skate, run, walk, skateboard, spectate, and enjoy the route however you want. Our routes are welcoming to people of all ages and abilities! This CicLAvia is presented by Metro.

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How To Climb Like A Pro Cyclist At The Tour De France

Climbing is one of the top things us cyclists would rather we were better at, and seeing the pros make it look so easy at the Tour de France got us thinking about our top tips we can all do to make climbing that little bit easier for us mere mortals. Hank and Manon are in Saalbach to give you their climbing advice!

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Weekend warriors vs mid-week riders: study finds both are equally effective

From CyclingWeekly.com

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Whether you’re a weekend warrior or you prefer to split things up more across the week, similar health benefits are gained either way, a recent study suggests

A new study has found that leaving all your riding until the weekend can be equally effective for staying fit and healthy as fitting in three or more sessions during the week.

US researchers have been tracking 350,978 adults over 10 years to determine whether the weekly recommended amount of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) has the same benefits for mortality risk when activity sessions are spread throughout the week compared to when they are concentrated in fewer days.

The findings of the study, published in the JAMA Internal Medicine journal, suggest that adults who perform 150 minutes or more of moderate to vigorous physical activity (or 75 minutes of vigorous activity) per week may experience similar health benefits, regardless of whether the sessions are spread throughout the week or concentrated into a weekend.

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CicLAvia Is Back. Ditch Your Car And Enjoy South LA On Open Streets

From LAist.com

We know a place where no cars go: South Los Angeles next weekend for the first CicLAvia event of 2022.

On Sunday, July 10, the free open streets event will close off three miles of Western Avenue to car traffic, allowing people to ride bikes, skateboards and other “people-powered vehicles” to explore South L.A. neighborhoods. The event starts at 9 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m.

The route runs north-south from Exposition Boulevard to Florence Avenue. Three hubs will be set up along the route, with a variety of booths and activities.

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