Next week is Bike Week Pasadena. Don't miss it!

(L.A. Cyclista Alex Thompson will go to Bike Week Pasadena and you should too.)

Bike Week Pasadena is May 12 through the 17th. Between me and you, this is the event series to go to. The final event, the Urban Bicycle Commuter Expo, was awesome last year. I helped staff a booth, but in truth, I was useless because I was strolling around checking everything out. There were amazing freak bikes, antique bikes that looked freaky, a custom frame builder displaying a bike with wooden rims, and a variety of activist organizations.

This year's Urban Bike Commuter Expo is Saturday, May 17, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the One Colorado Courtyard in Pasadena. In my three-and-a-half years participating in underground bike culture in L.A., I've been to five events that knocked my socks off. Two of those were organized by CICLE, and one was last year's Bike Expo. The 40-mile round trip was well worth it. This year, CICLE organizers again have secured the One Colorado shopping district for the expo, so Saturday shoppers will be exposed to a broad array of cycling organizations and vendors.

CICLE still has some room for small cycling vendors, and this year has negotiated to allow limited sales during the event. So if you're an artisan or vendor who produces cycling-related items, be sure to contact CICLE at info@cicle.org.

Here's a fancy old school bike at last year's event:

Hopefully my photography has improved since then!

See you there.

Comments

[Hays]

Isn't Seattle the Emerald City? I don't get the title.

[Roger, Gone Green]

The week is also the official statewide Bike Commute Week, with Bike to Work Day especially on the 15th . . . Pasadena City Staff have participated for years, and in partnership with CICLE has recently taken the bike week gloriously public. So even if you don't leave or work in Pasadena, you can organize a Bike to Work Day event for your own work site on the 15th, or any other day you choose . . .

R. Gray
Member, City of Pasadena
Environmental Advisory Commission