But we are riding more and more. Here's a ride coming up that looks cool - family friendly and a way to see some sights between Pasadena and downtown that we miss out there on the freeway. (I'm taking their word that there are sights to see there beyond cryptic gang tags and the fallen day-trader or two...)
Join us if you can! http://bike.arroyoseco.org/
And this kind of thing reminds me (loosely) of the great events they have in NYC called "Summer Streets", where they shut down Park Avenue and connecting streets from the Brooklyn Bridge to Central Park on 3 days in August. No auto traffic, just open to bikes, rollerblades, Jazzys, whatever. It looks like an amazing event, and an idea we should definitely steal here in LA.
In terms of bike-friendly local government we're getting our asses kicked by the Big Apple...
My dream? Create an event where we shut down a route from downtown LA to the beach on some summer Sunday - a mad dash of conflicting demographics all with their eyes on the prize: to be first in line at Hot Dog Stick!
I'm going to work on this. I think I can I think I can I think I can...
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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Urban cycling
This blog is for me to write about our experiences integrating bikes into our family life here in Los Angeles - Santa Monica to be exact. We commute, pull the kids to school, shop, all the things we normally do, but have found the bike to a far nicer way to do them. We've begun to resent the hassle of parking the car more and more, and the bike completely eliminates that. And as the blog title suggests, we've even been getting out on a some dates on the bikes, too. I love the looks when we pull up to the valet. We love it.
As a busy family, getting exercise while doing all the things we have to do really works for us. We're just not going-to-the-gym, exercise-for-exercise's-sake types. We do some long distance road biking when there's time, but taking care of business with the kids, running errands and getting to work guarantees about 8 miles a day, usually pulling about 100lbs. And free parking...
So that's what this is about, now on to our current task, trying to find a replacement for our sad old, worn out bike trailer for the kids...
As a busy family, getting exercise while doing all the things we have to do really works for us. We're just not going-to-the-gym, exercise-for-exercise's-sake types. We do some long distance road biking when there's time, but taking care of business with the kids, running errands and getting to work guarantees about 8 miles a day, usually pulling about 100lbs. And free parking...
So that's what this is about, now on to our current task, trying to find a replacement for our sad old, worn out bike trailer for the kids...
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