A pedicab, bakfiets, Yuba Mundo, an Elmo bike, and a man named Chicken Leather rode down the middle of North Figueroa Street in Highland Park this past Sunday, December 4, 2011. These bike riders were participants in the 67th NELA Holiday Parade on behalf of the Bike Oven, a local bike repair collective.
I was on the bakfiets, and took a couple of photos.
Oh, the humanity! Horse pucky in the streets as Chicken Leather asks, “Why?!”
MissTawainWorld.org was riding in an old Pontiac? Your island is home to most of the world’s high end bike manufacturers! Ladies, next year, get on some Taiwanese bikes and ride with us.
Right before the parade the cops asked us to pose for a photo.
She was looking for her rancho.
People kept asking each other, “Es el Doo Dah parade?” This group of noise makers with a name two paragraphs long played crazy hacked together kiddie toy instruments.
People are trying to shut his company down so we can pay $8 to mail an envelope through UPS or Fedex. He still manages a smile and wave.
Our pedicab operator rocks on.
The ride home was downhill and we still had a six pack of “egg nog” to finish off! We salute you 67th NELA Holiday Parade.