Monthly Archives: August 2009

Slate Mag. Happy About Dutch Bikes

Slate Magazine just published an article, “I Want To Ride My ($1,400, Dutch-Style) Bicycle” by Seth Stevenson, running through a bunch of the bikes sold through Fourth Floor Distribution, North America’s source for quality European-made city bikes. We hooked up with the folks at Fourth Floor, and carry a room full of Batavus bicycles – from […]

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Flying Pigeon Fixies!

We’ve made a few racer style Flying Pigeon bikes in the past few months here at Flying Pigeon Los Angeles and can appreciate some good old bicycle styling even when seen from far away on the internet. Ines Brunn brings us this page about “China, Asia, Climbing, and Fixed Gear Bikes” and has some awesome […]

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September Get Sum Dim Sum – King Hua in Alhambra Sep. 20

Flying Pigeon LA’s September Get sum dim sum ride is scheduled for September 20th at 10am. meet at the FPLA shop in Highland Park and join us for some great dim sum and a relaxed ride along the Arroyo Seco river path.

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BikeHaus Architecture Rides in Los Angeles

Bike Haus organizes rides in Los Angeles to visit mid-Century modern homes and sights. While not always free they try to get the most bang for their buck by riding to and from the homes throughout Los Angeles that inspire, invigorate the soul and open our minds to the awesomeness of living in Los Angeles.

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Mijn God! Dutch Bike Sale!

Here at Flying Pigeon LA, the Southern California home of the world’s most popular bicycle, we have quickly turned into the go-to spot for beautiful and functional city bikes from around the world. Right now, we’ve got a show room floor packed with some sparkling examples of the finest city bikes produced in the world. […]

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Flying Pigeon (China) in the News

As the largest retailer of Flying Pigeons in the US of A we always keep an eye out on our friends in Tianjin. So as we checked out the latest news of their plans to export to the fine folks in South Korea we scratched our heads at the numbers.

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Get Sum Dim Sum* Ride for August 2009

Flying Pigeon Los Angeles rides to San Antonio Winery this coming Sunday, August the 16th for our monthly Get Sum Dim Sum ride. This month we celebrate an institution in Los Angeles as we visit and enjoy the fine wines and food from the oldest winery in Los Angeles.

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Double Rail Saddle Clamps Anyone?

Well, inevitable has happened – we’ve run out of replacement Double Rail Saddle Clamps at Flying Pigeon LA! Argh! The stock seat post clamps that came with our bikes we not that great – they had a pretty high rate of failure. Last autumn the hunt was on, and we scoured bicycle parts wholesale houses […]

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