BikeSummer 2005

BikeSummer 2005 is in Los Angeles, California, and hopefully you were part of it! Over 150 bicycle culture related events happened between June 3 and July 4, the majority of which were organized by imaginative individuals. We celebrated and promoted the bicycle as an efficient, fun, sociable, healthy, environmentally friendly way to get around Los Angeles. We explored neighborhoods and places beyond. We connected with new people and communities. We made a more bicycle-friendly Los Angeles.

There's a new permanent post-BikeSummer calendar for Los Angeles!!! Check it out, and add some rides or events of your own!

What's BikeSummer? Check out the BikeSummer FAQ and the first and second BikeSummer 2005 Newsletters. Check out this new LA Times article and this CityBeat article about BikeSummer in Los Angeles. Check out the calendar. Join the email list and check out the message board if you want more info, have questions, or want to help with other peoples' events.

Latest News (update 07 - 25- 05):

(i) Post-BikeSummer 2005: a new bike calendar for Los Angeles!

Thanks to everyone who participated in making BikeSummer such a success! BikeSummer '05 is over, and BikeSummer '06 will be in a new city (Philly? Austin? Toronto? New Orleans? Baltimore?) So what does the post-BikeSummer future of bike culture in Los Angeles look like? It looks good:

Here's an awesome calendar listing bicycle related events in Los Angeles. It's very similar to the BikeSummer calendar: anyone (i.e. you!) can post and event. Do you have any ideas for rides or events? Where there any BikeSummer events that you want to see happen again, or better yet, regularly? If yes, then iron out the details and post them to the new calendar!

Also, check out cicle's website, and this message board. Maybe there'll even be some website-coordination in the not-so-distant future...

(ii) Add your photos to the gallery!

Be sure to upload any pictures you took of your BikeSummer exploits to the official photo gallery.

(iii) T-shirts!

Featuring the awesome (joe linton designed) luche libre westler busting out of the left of your screen.

There might still be some floating around - try 33 1/3 Books, I-Martin Bikes and The Bicycle Kitchen.

(iv) Hats!

They're hand made in the South Bay by Alec, and are in limited supply / high demand.

(v) BikeSummer in the LA Times.

Great article... read it!

(vi) Check out the BikeSummer message board.

You can coordinate volunteers for you event, offer to help with other peoples' events, plan to rides to events with other cyclists from you neighborhood....

Check back periodically for updates!

In the meantime: Get on your bike and ride.