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Jon on May 22nd, 2011

Happy Bike to Work Day, Los Angeles! Couldn't ask for better weather. #

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Jon on January 25th, 2011

Saw this on Fixpert’s blog. Thanks for the laugh.

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Jon on January 16th, 2011

This made me do a double and then triple take this morning. Interesting, and unexpected. If I were in the market for a car, Kia would now have my attention.

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Jon on December 19th, 2010

How to talk about cycling to a conservative. http://bit.ly/g2k2QW #

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Jon on December 12th, 2010

Sunday Hollywood Farmers Market to close because it blocks a parking garage? Ugh. Cars: 1. Community: 0. http://bit.ly/ijPXiL # New blog post: 5th Annual Midnight Ridazz All-City … http://www.bicycledistrict.com…..-toy-ride/ #

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Jon on December 7th, 2010

30 Century Man from Antony Crook on Vimeo. No, not really, but a pretty good ringer for the comic protagonist. This looks like it’s a promotional video for the clothing boutique Oi Polloi and their ‘zine The Rig Out. Nice clothes, but too rich for my blood. However, the video does make me want to [...]

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Jon on December 1st, 2010

Great video here on the push for helmet use and the culture of fear. I’ve said before that I like helmets just fine, but I am thoroughly against mandating helmet use. Sure, helmets are great and can possibly provide a degree of head protection in the event of a crash, but I don’t think anyone [...]

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Jon on November 25th, 2010

As I mentioned in my last post, I did my first cyclocross race on the first Saturday in November. I had still wanted to do an S24O that weekend, so after my race, my wife and I headed back home for a quick lunch before setting off again. Our ultimate destination was the Musch trail [...]

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Jon on October 17th, 2010

L.A. Times reports CicLAvia a huge success. Estimated 100,000 turn out. http://lat.ms/9fzbhW #

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Jon on October 10th, 2010

Great post by Kent Peterson on bike safety and facing fear. http://kentsbike.blogspot.com/2010/10/lifell-kill-ya.html #

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