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BikinginLA @bikinginla.bsky.social · 23h

ICYMI Now with extra added snark!
Blaming narcissism for helmetless ninja cyclists, and 16-year old girl killed while walking by Monrovia hit-run driver: bikinginla.com/2025/10/10/b... #bikeLA

Blaming narcissism for helmetless ninja cyclists, and 16-year old girl killed while walking by Monrovia hit-run driver - BikinginLA

A driver is stymied by helmetless "stealth" bicyclists, concluding that there is only one possible explanation. Narcissism.

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BikinginLA @bikinginla.bsky.social · 1d

Now with extra added snark! Blaming narcissism for helmetless ninja cyclists, and 16-year old girl killed while walking by Monrovia hit-run driver: bikinginla.com/2025/10/10/b... #bikeLA

Blaming narcissism for helmetless ninja cyclists, and 16-year old girl killed while walking by Monrovia hit-run driver - BikinginLA

A driver is stymied by helmetless "stealth" bicyclists, concluding that there is only one possible explanation. Narcissism.

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BikinginLA @bikinginla.bsky.social · 1d

I bet. I would have been, too. I learned a long time ago that cars are bigger than me, and they hurt.

BikinginLA @bikinginla.bsky.social · 1d

Maybe it's just me, but I'm damn tired of shedding tears because of people in cars.

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BikinginLA @bikinginla.bsky.social · 1d

Does anyone ride on Vista del Mar, aka Deadly del Mar? I'm looking for video of close calls and stupid driver tricks. Reach out to me here or email the address on my site. bikinginla.com/about/

About BikinginLA - BikinginLA

This site is not about bike racing. Or road cycling. Or transportation riding. Or fixies. Or mountain biking. Or bikeshare. Or any other niche in the big, wide, wonderful world of bikes. It’s about bi...

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BikinginLA @bikinginla.bsky.social · 1d

I understand why people flee after a crash. But I will never understand how someone could do it. So if you've ever fled after a serious crash, please email me anonymously to explain how you justified it, and feel about it now. You'll find my email here. bikinginla.com/about/

About BikinginLA - BikinginLA

This site is not about bike racing. Or road cycling. Or transportation riding. Or fixies. Or mountain biking. Or bikeshare. Or any other niche in the big, wide, wonderful world of bikes. It’s about bi...

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BikinginLA @bikinginla.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI CicLAvia returns to the Heart of LA Sunday, first-ever Resilience Ride rolls next month, and the heartbreaking cost of traffic violence hits home: bikinginla.com/2025/10/09/c... #bikeLA

CicLAvia returns to the Heart of LA, new Resilience Ride rolls next month, and the heartbreaking cost of traffic violence - BikinginLA

A reminder that the annual Heart of LA CicLAvia rolls again this Sunday. Arguably the country's largest and most popular open streets event...

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BikinginLA @bikinginla.bsky.social · 2d

CicLAvia returns to the Heart of LA Sunday, first-ever Resilience Ride rolls next month, and the heartbreaking cost of traffic violence hits home: bikinginla.com/2025/10/09/c... #bikeLA

CicLAvia returns to the Heart of LA, new Resilience Ride rolls next month, and the heartbreaking cost of traffic violence - BikinginLA

A reminder that the annual Heart of LA CicLAvia rolls again this Sunday. Arguably the country's largest and most popular open streets event...

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BikinginLA @bikinginla.bsky.social · 2d

Great thread.

Glenn with 2 Ns ♐ @glennwith2ns.bsky.social · 5d

So, my favorite place to ride finally reopened last month.

Join me on a trip to Monrovia Canyon Park. It has been closed for years due to fire and flooding damage.

It will be interesting to see how it looks.

#MonroviaCanyonPark

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BikinginLA @bikinginla.bsky.social · 2d

I'm just gutted. I just learned that a friend of ours was seriously injured, and her corgi murdered, by a hit-and-run driver on Sunday. He was the sweetest boy, and one of our corgi's best friends. At least the damn driver turned herself in. www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/h...

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BikinginLA @bikinginla.bsky.social · 3d

ICYMI A look at South LA's ongoing hit-and-run epidemic, killer of former Bell Police Chief Andreas Probst pleads guilty in Las Vegas, and Victorville supports bike-riding teen injured by alleged DUI driver: bikinginla.com/2025/10/08/a... #bikeLA

A look at South LA's hit-and-run epidemic, Andreas Probst killer plead guilty in Vegas, and Victorville supports injured teen - BikinginLA

Longtime community advocate Earl Ofari Hutchinson writes about the ongoing hit-and-run epidemic in South Los Angeles, as few cases are solved.

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BikinginLA @bikinginla.bsky.social · 3d

A look at South LA's ongoing hit-and-run epidemic, killer of former Bell Police Chief Andreas Probst pleads guilty in Las Vegas, and Victorville supports bike-riding teen injured by alleged DUI driver: bikinginla.com/2025/10/08/a... #bikeLA

A look at South LA's hit-and-run epidemic, Andreas Probst killer plead guilty in Vegas, and Victorville supports injured teen - BikinginLA

Day 281 of LA’s Vision Zero failure to end traffic deaths by 2025. ……… Call it a mental health day. I couldn’t get my head straight after writing about Sunday’s fatal bicycling crash in Lemon Grove,...

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BikinginLA @bikinginla.bsky.social · 4d

But if I don't do this, who would? It's crappy, heartbreaking work. We'd be back to the old days when bicycling deaths were just swept under the rug, and no one really knew what was going on out there. But maybe we'd all be better off. Or happier, anyway.

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BikinginLA @bikinginla.bsky.social · 4d

I started writing about SoCal bicycling deaths because someone had to do it. And I couldn't ask someone else to do something I wouldn't do myself.

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BikinginLA @bikinginla.bsky.social · 4d

Writing about all these people killed just because they rode a bicycle is really hurting my heart, more than ever before. I don't know how long I can keep doing this.

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BikinginLA @bikinginla.bsky.social · 4d

Someone riding a bicycle killed by Lemon Grove driver Sunday night, no word yet on how the crash happened: bikinginla.com/2025/10/07/s... #bikeSD

Someone riding a bicycle killed by Lemon Grove driver Sunday night, no word yet on how the crash happened - BikinginLA

For the eighth time in the last 30 days, someone has been killed riding a bicycle in Southern California. This time in Lemon Grove.

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 5d

Carole Lombard and her dog Fritz

Happy #BicycleBirthday, Carole!
October 6 (1908-1942)

Photo of a woman astride a bicycle, showing a lot of leg. A wiener dog on sitting up on the back carrier. The woman appears to be talking to the dog.

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Jeff Wachter @jeffwachter.bsky.social · 4d

There's never enough parking at Trader Joe's. @americanfietser.bsky.social #brookline

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Dr Grace Peng @gspeng.bsky.social · 4d

I drove errands this afternoon and want to share some observations about motorist & bicycle user behavior.
The Good:
The kids are mostly doing what we taught them. Riding in compact packets of 2-3 abreast. Waiting at stop signs and moving the whole packet through together instead of one at a time

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BikinginLA @bikinginla.bsky.social · 4d

The problem is our president gets his daily intelligence briefing from Fox News and Newmax, which lack it.

George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4d

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BikinginLA @bikinginla.bsky.social · 4d

ICYMI Pasadena bike advocate and LCI takes NPR bike/ped advice to task, San Bernardino sucks for biking and walking, and surreal NJ killer stalker story gets even more so: bikinginla.com/2025/10/06/l... #bikeLA

Local LCI takes NPR bike/ped advice to task, San Bernardino sucks for biking and walking, and surreal NJ story gets more so - BikinginLA

Longtime bike advocate, League Cycling Instructor and NPR listener Colin Bogart gave the public radio network a piece of his mind.

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BikinginLA @bikinginla.bsky.social · 5d

Pasadena bike advocate and LCI takes NPR bike/ped advice to task, San Bernardino sucks for biking and walking, and surreal NJ killer stalker story gets even more so: bikinginla.com/2025/10/06/l... #bikeLA

Local LCI takes NPR bike/ped advice to task, San Bernardino sucks for biking and walking, and surreal NJ story gets more so - BikinginLA

Longtime bike advocate, League Cycling Instructor and NPR listener Colin Bogart gave the public radio network a piece of his mind.

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Cool Bike Art @coolbikeart1.bsky.social · 8d

Lindsey Buckingham goes his own way, with Fleetwood Mac bandmate Stevie Nicks and pal on foot.

Happy #BicycleBirthday, Lindsey!
Born October 3, 1949

Photo of a man riding a bicycle with two women walking nearby.

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BikinginLA @bikinginla.bsky.social · 8d

ICYMI WaPo writer complains about South Bay teen "e-bike menace," Micah Pan funeral today in Chino, and story of NJ stalker who killed two teen girls on an ebike just keeps getting worse: bikinginla.com/2025/10/03/w... #bikeLA

WaPo writer complains about "e-bike menace," Micah Pan funeral today in Chino, and NJ stalker story gets worse - BikinginLA

He almost gets it. A WaPo columnist writes about the "e-bike menace" of teens on e-motos, almost distinguishing them from ped-assist ebikes.

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BikinginLA @bikinginla.bsky.social · 8d

WaPo writer complains about South Bay teen "e-bike menace," Micah Pan funeral today in Chino, and story of NJ stalker who killed two teen girls on an ebike just keeps getting worse: bikinginla.com/2025/10/03/w... #bikeLA

WaPo writer complains about "e-bike menace," Micah Pan funeral today in Chino, and NJ stalker story gets worse - BikinginLA

He almost gets it. A WaPo columnist writes about the "e-bike menace" of teens on e-motos, almost distinguishing them from ped-assist ebikes.

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