Besides riding our bikes to work, doing reviews, covering events, and writing for local newsletters (scroll down to read Jack’s article), we also like to participate in different events. This year, we are co-sponsoring the “LB Bike to Work day” and we will also be a part of the Urban Commuter Expo in Pasadena, [...]

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Well, I’ve been riding my Bilenky every day since I got it and have put on at least 300 miles on it. Enough, I think to write a review of its performance on the short term.

Two quotes run through my head when I ride the bike. First, “Nothing Gold Can Stay” by Robert [...]

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Check out this bike from BucketBike.com. I’m looking for something like this to take my kids to school since they will be going to the same school next year. Bucket Bikes will be at the Urban Commuter expo in Pasadena, we will make sure that we swing by and get more info on their line [...]

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Our buddy Vince Calvillo was at the City of Angels ride in the exhibitor area and he told me that I could take any bike to test, so I came home with a KHS Flite 100.

I picked this fixed geared bike because it is very unassuming; no flashy wheels, no weird handlebars and it comes [...]

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David Bates sent us this disturbing email last Sunday, thankfully he is OK and lived to tell us about it:
I had a rather dramatic Friday night and thought it would be of interest to the bikecommuters.com readers. Editors feel free to whittle down whatever you feel necessary. My name is David Bates and I comment [...]

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This weekend our daughter’s school hosted their annual pancake breakfast. What’s cool is that for the past few years that we’ve been going to this event, my wife, kids and I would normally ride our bikes there. But what’s sad is that there are way too many parents that drive their kids to school every [...]

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We have the worst hosting service in the world. We’ve been going up and down for the longest time and we’re finally moving to a new and hopefully more reliable hosting service. But in the mean time watch one of my favorite videos…

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Well right now I can only wish to see as many bikes on the streets as the above picture but I was pleasantly surprised at the increase of commuters I saw out on the streets today. I am not a big fan of the gas price increases but I have to say that I am [...]

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Our friend Gerard Boisse of Jax Bicycles told me about a fundraiser ride that they are organizing for Saturday - May 17, 2008 to benefit Project 999.

Here’s some info about the ride:

Each year a group of bicycle riders representing Police Agencies through out Orange County join together to commemorate the lives of those [...]

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It sure is nice to see more and more companies catering to the commuter women. Some time back Zoic sent me a little ensemble from their Streetside collection to test out on the roads. I had to wait for it to warm up a bit around here, but sunny days are back and so are [...]

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