There are so many directions a bike advocate can take in his or her journey. This image from Bikejuju, titled “Tehran Bike Mechanic” inspired me and led my thoughts in a new direction today; I wanted to share.
Pedal Movement’s H.U.B. – Grand Opening Sat, Apr 3rd
just as the title of this post states, Saturday April 3rd sees the Grand Opening good times for Pedal Movement’s The H.U.B.—the new and fantastic bicycle cooperative in this fair city of ours.
what will be, will be: Â Trick Competition, Gold Sprints, Food Stuffs, musical DJs, Raffles from the event’s sponsors*, & LIVE Music from Ghosts of NIHM, Water Laso, Tiger Tank Euphoria, and Chase Long Beach!
when will this be that you’ll be able to take part in the happenings?  starting at noon and continuing through 10 in the nighttime, Saturday April 3rd.
location:Â 1741 Long Beach Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90813. (That’s just south of PCH, and close to the Metro Blue Line PCH station.)
* Sponsors include city grounds, vans, jax bicycles, syndicate barber shop, trader joe’s, and others
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Bicycle Co-op in Long Beach—The H.U.B.—Feb 8
Great news! Â Our friends with Pedal Movement are starting up a bicycle cooperative called the H.U.B. Congratulations Graham Baden!
The first Pedal Movement meeting at the H.U.B. will be Monday, February 8 at 7:00 pm. Click EVENTS at the top of the longbeachcyclists.com page for details, for a map, and for contact information.
The H.U.B. bicycle cooperative is being created from scratch with volunteer labor—you are invited to pitch in!—in a lot and building across the street from the Pacific Coast Highway station of the Metro Blue Line.
At the February 8th meeting, Graham invites all to participate in the planning and roll-up-your-sleeves work of making it happen. The agenda includes volunteer hours, clean-up procedures, leadership, project direction, and 2010 planning.
BikeTalk, on radio station KPFK-FM, December 29th
BikeTalk can be heard any time by scrolling through the KPFK Pacifica Radio Audio Archives of recent, previously-aired programs and clicking BikeTalk.
Tune in Tuesday evening, December 29, 11pm, for the first live broadcast of BikeTalk on KPFK, 90.7 FM. Bike culture, politics, technology, sport and friendliness. BikeTalk has been a weekly internet show for several months already, and Tuesday evening will be its first on-air broadcast.
BikeTalk celebrates bike rides, bicycle collectives, activists, artists, commuters, enthusiasts, professional cyclists, inventors and repairers, and, of course, the bicycle itself as an alternative human-powered mode of transportation. Hosted by Nick Richert and guests, including Jim C of Orange 20 Bikes, Steve Bowers, and Jim Bledsoe and Eric Potter of Bicycle Kitchen.
The first live broadcast is Tuesday evening, December 29, 11pm. You can hear BikeTalk live every Saturday, 10am-Noon, at www.killradio.org. And you can download all nineteen previously recorded shows at www.kpfk.org. Click Programs at the top of the page, then click Audio Archives, and scroll for BikeTalk. Or click List of Programs, All Programs in the left margin to find the BikeTalk general description and contact information. Click on Program Highlights this week to see the announcement and details about the December 29th broadcast.
Sweep the Bike Lane
Could somebody please sweep the bike lane on PCH between 2nd and Loynes?
There has been a lot of broken glass for a long time.
Thanks.
Know of some more bike lane maintenance that needs to be done?
Send us an email!
lbcyclists@gmail.com
LB Cyclists go to CSULB, February 2009
Thank you to everyone who came out yesterday, it was a great success for our first run! For those of you who don’t know what I’m talking about…a small group of LB Cyclists and CSULB Cyclists hosted a free bike inspection day at CSULB. Along with the inspections, we included a 20% off coupon to Jones Bicycles! We handed out great bike related items, maps and literature. We had many discussions related to bicycle advocacy, routes, rules and regulations, bicycle touring, and much more. We WILL be holding this event next month; please check the events calendar next week for the date and location!
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Commuter Resource – Bikestation
On the windows of Bikestation you’ll read “Secure Bike Parking”, “Repairs – Rentals – Retail”, and of course the hours. But there is a lot more going on inside the glass than just your typical beach community bike shop. The Long Beach Bikestation is a resource for bike commuters in more ways than just fixing your flat tire and handing out maps.
Bikestation Long Beach also operates as a Co-Op, allowing anyone to come in, throw their bike up on the repair stand, and use any of the tools.
Don’t know how to work on your bike? Bikestation boasts two certified mechanics, a certified wheel-builder, a League of American Bicyclists Certified Instructor, and over 50 years of collective bicycle mechanic experience.
So what does this mean for you? It means that all you’ve gotta do is ask for some help and the staff will jump right up and help you adjust your derailleur, install a new headset, build a wheel or even show you how to patch a tube – all for FREE.
The selection of parts isn’t tremendous like your typical shop, but they will be more than happy to order anything you might need.
Spend a little time in the shop and you’ll learn how to fix just about anything that could go wrong on your commute.
Now you have one less reason not to ride your bike everywhere.
Bikestation
221 E. First St.
Long Beach, CA 90802
Mon-Fri, 7am-6pm
Sat-Sun, 9am-5pm
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