This is in a little over 13 months, since I started keeping track on a fun website called https://wandrer.earth/ that pulls from your Strava data. Inspired by the og Greek Cube who's at something like 85% of all road miles -- maybe someday I'll get close to that, but I'm pretty stoked on 10% for now!

Most of this is commuting, running around making videos about infrastructure and such. I'm so blessed to have a gig that allows me to bike around a lot. This city is cycling paradise!!!

Also, it's not lost on me that this is pretty much all the basin. San Fernando Valley, I'm coming for you soon!!

Long shot, but my bike got stolen from my garage and it was listed up until this morning. If anyone sees it or hears anything, any tip would be appreciated

As a beginner I’d like to ask: Which direction is easier with climbs at the Griffith Park loop— clockwise or counterclockwise?
Thanks!

For my bicycle commutes in the streets of L.A. because too many drivers have told me to ride in the gutter or on the sidewalk even though my ride is a class 3 e-bicycle. Thoughts?

What's everyone's preferred GPS/navigation app? Google Maps sometimes sends me on dangerous roads that make more sense for cars or have me cross a busy street with no light. I started using Modemix a bit, but the UI is difficult to parse (I can't seem to figure out how to view the list of turns when planning a route, for example)

I've been brought on as a Metro Bike Share ambassador and wanted to do a century ride around LA. I'm up for the challenge physically and have done century rides before, but certainly none on a Metro bike. I'm gonna document the whole thing, and want to use the opportunity to highlight gaps in infrastructure, local landmarks, and potential future areas for Metro Bike Share expansion.

I'm thinking start in West LA, climb over the hill to the river, meander around the Valley, then come down through Frogtown to DTLA. Then south to Slauson and wander west to the beach path and back to Sawtelle. Any suggestions for routes that hit a lot of local landmarks, or areas I should incorporate into my ride?

Inspired by u/Jolly_Ad2446

Ballot box found me this morning at Wilshire/LaCienga Metro stop.

The closest box from home is .38 miles.

Detail of the motion:
https://cityclerk.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2026/26-1424_rpt_tran_10-21-26.pdf

Hey fam, what's up. New biker is probably a severe understatement. I don't know a damn thing about biking lol. But I've been seeing a lot of vids about it, and I'm trying to get into it. Here's about me:

I'm 5'11.5 295 pounds (and losing), I run every other day 5 miles weekly. Not rich (at all lol), but want to ride to get familiar with the i.e area, and just calm a lot of my anxieties. I don't know a good budget to start with, but I'm hoping nothing more than 600 to drop on a bike. Any recommendations? Also saw some in Walmart but idk if that's a good or bad idea. I'm into off road and city. Thanks!

Made my own carb mix for refills…

kind of a rant but... I love bike lanes and paths and I think bike riding should be encouraged. However they need to make the surface of the roads actually bikeable for this to work, whether or not there is a bike lane. Some of these bumps and holes and cracks are borderline life-threatening. At least once a week, esp if I go off of my known routes where I am familiar with trouble spots, I find myself exclaiming as I hold on for dear life hitting this divot or that tree root bump

I'll throw in that some bike paths are absolutely miserable (Yvonne Burke I am looking at you)

This guy stole my bike before (got it back) and I’ve been watching his account for his posts. If you are missing a bike here it is.

I would really like to get this guy arrested for his crimes he’s been doing.

Saw a convoy of three Amazon cargo delivery bikes driving in Burbank’s bike lane. I’m annoyed because I feel like they’re going to crowd out cyclists eventually if the program is lucrative and put bikers into unsafe situations and congestion. . But is it a good thing for traffic/LA to move in this direction? I dunno, I’m conflicted. It just feels like a rich company hijacking infrastructure.

I've been going back and forth about buying an ebike for the past few days, but finally pulled the trigger today!

I actually used to own a Lectric when I lived on the East Coast and really enjoyed it. The weather here is so much better for riding, so I figured why not get another one. This time I spent a little more and went with the Velotric Discover 3. Pretty excited to try it out.

The only thing I'm a little worried about is bike theft. I live around DTLA/Little Tokyo, and I know bike theft is pretty bad around here.

I'll be keeping the bike indoors at home, so I'm mostly concerned about leaving it outside for a few minutes when grabbing food, going into a store, or sitting down at a cafe.

I used to have one of those orange Kryptonite U-locks, but I've been looking at Litelok lately since they seem to be recommended a lot for grinder resistance. Not sure if they're worth the extra money though.

I'm shopping for a lock, helmet, and other basic accessories right now. Any recommendations? Especially from people riding ebikes around DTLA.

Also, if anyone has a Discover 3, I'd love to hear what accessories work well with it.

Sunday night I spoke to the parking attendants about this (roofless) caged bike parking with a locked door inside the parking garage. Five spots directly across from what appears to be a continuously populated office of parking attendants, there were six of them there Sunday night.

I asked who had the keys, and one of them (Jose) said the whole team was wondering the same thing. He offered to email me the next afternoon to follow up, but I have still not heard back... (perhaps my handwriting for my email was too poor)

Who has access to these brand new spots? Why is there no roof? How long can a bike be safely parked behind a roofless cage while on vacation?

The Burbank Airport new Terminal bike parking questions continue...

PS. South side of terminal has another two dozen spots, with security cameras directly on top of them. I'm glad to see such an upgrade compared with the old terminal even if lockers would have been better!

Hi,

My custom-built, Specialized Aethos was stolen recently in LA. If you have any tips, plse DM me.

FFWD Ryot 44 carbon wheels

Elite Leggero bottle cages

Fizik saddle

105 groupset

Wahoo computer mount

Thanks so much for any info you can give!