Bike Parking in LA

When I first flew into LAX I came across this bike rack. Quite impressive, quite empty.





















A few days later around Venice Beach I locked up to this little guy, possibly the easiest bike parking for a city to install. Take the head off of an old school coin-fed parking meter and then slide a new bike rack over the existing pole. If your city is getting rid of its old parking meters, this is a great way to lobby for more bike parking. NYCDOT finally got on board with this method in the past few months.

Track Porteur

Saw this on Broadway yesterday. I'm a big fan of CETMA racks and porteur style bikes.
This one uses stitched leather grips with Velo Orange/Nitto Montmartre handlebars and an inverse brake lever to tie in the porteur look.

Sweet 1983 Stumpjumper Remixed

I just came across this slick Stumpjumper brought back from the dead.
(old Stumpjumpers are probably the undead since they're so rad and still around)















According to the SOMA blog
"Bryan over at Renaissance Bicycles built up this gorgeous '83 Stumpjumper with a great modern spec. He kept it classy with timeless parts, and the bars seem to fit the theme of the bike's heritage. It is also cool that it is a 650b conversion, which when you consider what the Stumpjumper was in its time, gives it the chance to be on forefront of unique and cutting-edge cycling trends once again. If you haven't seen the work that they do, check out the Renaissance site. All of their builds are of this quality and very well-thought-out."

Good eyes SOMA.

Every part on the bike is classy, both the modern and the retro. I'd definitely like to check out a 650b conversion as well as those Direct Curve 5 brakes from Cane Creek.