Eco-Biking? Repair your broken shifters, don’t replace

Well, this is super nerdy, and obscure, and probably totally unnecessary, but a friend of a friend just posted a tear-down and re-build document about his STI shifters that failed and he fixed himself: http://stiteardown.0sites.net/ For those of us who have lots of time and little money, fix sh-t up!!!

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Google Maps now has bicycling directions

Thanks, as usual, to BoingBoing for the great news that Google has FINALLY implemented Cycling Directions. While it is far from perfect, it is clearly a major step in the right direction. Check out this example route from the LAEV neighborhood to UCLA. I would never actually take this route, but it is still FAR [...]

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LA Bike Messengers better than the cops at finding stolen bikes

The LATimes today has yet another great post/article about LA Bike messengers (LATimes calls them couriers, but we know better )chasing down a bike thief, knocking him off the stolen bike, and returning the bike to its owner. Anyone here know who they were?

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another cautionary tale

so the series on bike theft continues.  here is a recent story from friend/neighbor/co-conspirator Jimmy: So, from what I hear, this is what happens Now when you steal bikes or bike stuff from messengers or any cyclist in downtown.Word on the street is a couple of high school bike thieves were caught by a messenger [...]

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Some Good Bicycle News – From Northridge

(My apologies to any L.A. Eco-Village blog readers that don’t yet find themselves way into bicycles. It’s definitely a huge part of our culture here at LAEV. This article is more about an eco-villager bicycling and engaging in bike activism in L.A., than it is about eco-village itself. More eco-village specific articles coming soon!) I [...]

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Some Bicycle Good News – from Korea!

After the theft, I got my #2 bike into good working order after a trip to Orange 20 bike shop. I had a good time riding it yesterday in both Long Beach and Pasadena… so I wanted to shift the focus here at the LAEV blog from bike loss/theft to something more bike-positive. Former eco-village [...]

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A Cautionary Tale of My Stolen Bicycle

“The best education is always expensive” – William Gerhardt (my grandfather) I emerged late last night – actually early this morning – from an internet cafe on Wilshire Boulevard near Normandie Avenue to see this cut bicycle lock lying in the street: I had hoped to see this: There were some signs that I’d ignored. [...]

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Jeff Mapes Book-Signing on Saturday May 30th 2pm

Here’s a guest blog by Jeff Mapes, author of Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists Are Changing American Cities.  Mapes will be speaking at the Los Angeles Eco-Village (117 Bimini Place, Los Angeles CA 90004) on Saturday May 30th at 2pm.  The free talk is hosted by Los Angeles Eco-Village and the CRSP Institute for Urban Eco-Villages.  Did I mention that [...]

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Upcoming Events: Chris Carlsson, Greywater Guerillas

This Friday, February 6, 2009 at 7:30 pm at Los Angeles Eco-Village presents a talk by Chris Carlson, speaking on topics from his new book Nowtopia:  How Pirate Programmers, Outlaw Bicyclists, and Vacant-Lot Gardeners are Inventing the Future Today.  The requested donation is $5 at the door.  Plenty of bike parking.  LA Eco-Village is located at 117 Bimini Place, LA 90004.   Reservations recommended [...]

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go wheels

so last night i went to watch a movie with Joe and Yuki at the vista and when we came out, slightly disappointed by the movie i must say, we had three wheels stolen.  it was like a gradient of good to bad locking practices.  Joe had a U-lock locking the frame and one wheel [...]

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