Bicycle Friendly La La Land

Howdy Ho from the road, spuds, a bit of which is now embedded in my skin thanks to a chance meeting with an automobile on Calistoga Road. The story has yet to be told, but it will soon be. For now I need to ride down to San Francisco.

Bicycle Friendly LA, my article on cycling in Los Angeles is now being featured at the Lonely Planet Website. Words are mine, Images not. So below, a collage of images from my Contour Roam, which I now truly regret returning to Amazon. I loved the quality; interface, not so much So it goes.

As per Standard Procedure, the first paragraph here at Snarky Tofu. To read the rest, click on the last words to be magically transported via interweb magic to the Lonely Planet Website.

Los Angeles is a magical place, known for celebrity sightings, beaches and sunshine. But it is also known for traffic, smog and gridlock — and first-time visitors often comment that the town seems to have been built as much for the convenience of automobiles as for people. ‘Bicycle friendly’ falls low on the list of terms a responsibletravel writer would use to describe this city. Yet here I am, doing just that.

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