Archive for September, 2010
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Nice Rack
Graphic Designer and all around craftsman Chris Brigham has created the perfect solution for anyone looking to stylishly stash their cycle. While designed for the sardine can-sized apartments found in bigger cities like San Francisco or New York, the simply-named …
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Bike Film Fest Weekend Recap
Over this past weekend, we had the pleasure of taking a trip up to Santa Barbara for the 10th annual Bike Film Festival. As we reported before, the annual film festival travels around the world to showcase various …
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TAG! You’re it!
LONGBEACHIZE is pedaling the streets and
dropping these tags on bikes we see out and about LB!
You, who rides your bike around town,
is the solution to a more sustainable Long Beach!
If you get tagged more than once, …
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Art After Dark
The Long Beach Museum of Art presents LBMA After Dark approximately three times a year. The events coincide with the openings of new exhibitions within the museum. Each a unique, lively nighttime art happening, complete with world-class artwork, music, live …
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Ditch Your Chain
The Future is here…
Earlier this week, a Hungarian-designed chain-less bike was introduced in Padova, Italy. The bike has been developed by a team of designers at the Schwinn Csepel Zrt. Here is a video that shows how the bike …
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The Pedal Home
As we head off to Santa Barbara for the 10th Annual Bicycle Film Festival, I wanted to highlight what our neighbors to the north are doing in regards to bike advocacy. Bici Centro, a bike co-op in Santa …
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Critical Mass
Critical Mass is a monthly bicycle ride to celebrate cycling and to assert cyclists’ right to the road.
The idea started in San Francisco in September 1992 and quickly spread to cities all over the world.The Origin of Critical …
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Stolen Cycles for Crack
While bicycle theft is not as a big of an issue in Long Beach as it is in other cities around the world, it has been increasing over the years. As biking has become more popular around Long Beach, more …
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James Perse Cruiser
Los Angeles-based designer James Perse, known amongst fashion circles as a Hollywood institution, has put his unique brand of simple sophistication on the ubiquitous beach-cruiser. A staple in sun-drenched Southern California, the beach cruiser beautifully delivers form and function …
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Sharing is Caring
The Long Beach Press Telegram reported last month about the exciting plans to have a bike-share program operating in the city by this Spring. The initial plan calls for over 500 bikes to be dispensed from solar-powered kiosks throughout downtown …
