Saturday, June 27, 2015 at 7 p.m. we are bringing the sound bike party back to #bikeLA with the Nobody Can Hear You Scream in Space Ride (NCHYSIS Ride or #NCHYSIS). Bike with us to some cool places to dance like animals on a unique bicycle-audio-electromagnetic experience. We will go some places where you never […]
This inventory video, shot on June 10, 2015, features a shop helper making strange noises and one of our regular customers knocking on the door in need of some assistance. I thought I’d chosen the perfect time to film! Anyway: XDS Nadine city bikes, Linus Mixte in Medium, Gazelle Toer Populair 51cm, Beater Bike Roadster, […]
Yes! Yes! Yes! CicLAvia is coming to Pasadena! We are hosting a feeder ride from NELA to CicLAvia Pasadena from the Flying Pigeon bike shop on Sunday, May 31, 2015. Ride departs at 9 a.m. Meet at our shop (located at 3404 N. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA 90065) and join a large group of […]
I called Gil Cedillo’s field office in Highland Park last week to find out more about the paving of over an acre of the interior of Lincoln Park for a new, unneeded, $833,425 parking lot for patrons and staff at Plaza de la Raza. I heard back from one of his deputies. His office promises […]
The Living Museum and Flying Pigeon bike shop are celebrating MOTA day by co-sponsoring ‘Museum Riders’. The ride meets at the Flying Pigeon LA bike shop (located at 3404 N. Figueroa St, Los Angeles, CA 90065) on Sunday, May, 17, 2015. at 12:30 p.m. We roll out at 1 p.m. Suggested donation is $20 to […]
There is not a parking problem at Plaza de la Raza. There is an attitude problem. The people working at and patronizing this institution feel that their selfish desire to drive right up to the door of their building trumps every single other user groups needs in Lincoln Park. No punk rock skaters, nor softball […]
Join the Spoke(n) Art Ride this Saturday, May9, 2015 for an art gallery tour of North East Los Angeles. This month we’re starting the ride with an art show in the Cypress Park Art Tunnel running underneath Figueroa in front of our shop. Meet at the Flying Pigeon LA bike shop (located at 3404 N. […]
Reckless impunity? Blithe ignorance? Malevolent entitlement? What should we call the latest wrinkle in the losing battle against car drivers illegally driving into, and through, Lincoln Park to park next to Plaze de la Raza? Gilbert Cedillo, aka “Roakill Gil”, friend to motordom, enemy of parks, enemy to children, safe streets, clean air, and enemy […]
In countless public hearings about bike projects across the country people stand up and testify that “it is impossible to ride a bike when you have kids and a family.” I’ve been living an “impossible” dream the past few years, I guess. Let’s go one step further. Riding your kid up a mountain to a […]
It can be hard to live in a big American city, or any car-dominated place, and maintain a healthy understanding of your identity, the natural world, and your status when you’re walking, riding the bus, or a bike everywhere you go. It is easy to describe yourself and your life from the perspective of those […]