In case you missed the Bike Oven’s entry in this year’s Highland Park Holiday Parade, some photos of the day’s events have been posted online.
You can check out some photos in a gallery at Midnightridazz.com, taken by our CFO, or you can check out the Flickr photo set I created below (click on the images to see captions):
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.
If you want to read more about the Highland Park Holiday Parade, there is a funny write-up of the parade by El Chavo on Blogging.LA. El Chavo is the Eastside’s own smart-ass, latino, blog reporter. He was too lazy to hang out long enough to see the Bike Oven’s entry (3 1/2 hours after the start of the parade), but he captured the strange nature of these ‘hood parades in his inimitable way.
El Chavo’s blog, Chanfles!, is a must read for “eastsiders”.
The screening of eat!sleep?bikes! was a great night at the Oven. We were able to raise some money for the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition and we got to watch an awesome short film, drink good beer, eat free soy ice cream, drink fresh brewed coffee, and generally mix it up with a group of fellow cyclists and cycling ethusiasts.
We got some coverage in the L.A. Blogosphere, when one of L.A.’s transportation bloggers wrote about the eat!sleep?bikes! screening on his blog, Street Heat.
I took a few photos and put some of them together into a Flickr photo set (click on the photos to read captions):
Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.
This image was lifted from the C.I.C.L.E. site.
The Bike Oven has been invited to take part in the 8th Annual Nacimiento Tour, providing free bicycle repairs at the start and end point of what promises to be an amazing tour of North East and East Los Angeles.
The free, guided, 8th Annual Nacimiento Tour will take place on Sunday, January 6, 2008 at 11 a.m. (guided tour registration begins at 10 a.m.). The ride begins and ends at the Los Angeles River and Gardens Center located at 570 W. Avenue 26, Los Angeles, CA 90065. You can register for the tour, or take a look at the tour map online, at www.theraretimes.com.
The tour will start at 11 a.m., and wind its way through homes and public displays of East Los Angeles’ rich folk-art nativity scenes. The tour covers the communities of Highland Park, Cypress Park, Lincoln Heights, and Boyle Heights Рa total of 18 miles of bicycle riding at a relazed pace.
For more information, or to RSVP, please contact Lupe Vela by calling (213) 629-2142 or via email at lmvela@w2ows.org.
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The Ride:
The Spoke(n) Art bicycle ride is a free, once-a-month, bicycle tour of art galleries in North East Los Angeles. The ride takes place on the second Saturday of each month Рa special night in North East Los Angeles. Area art galleries open their doors late into the night as part of NELAart’s “Gallery Night”.
The Spoke(n) Art Ride will begin (as it usually does), at the flagpole on the corner of Figueroa and York Blvd. in Highland Park.
This month’s ride is going to bring the Spoke(n) Art Ride back to its after-party roots: pinatas, kiddie bikes, bike racing, some beer, a lot of fun.
The details are being worked out, but we’re basically going to have a birthday party/parties, along with the Spoke(n) Art Ride, converge at the Oven sometime after 9:30 p.m.
For more information about the bike ride, check out the static Spoke(n) Art Page.
Check out LACBC’s new monthly fundraising event! This month, we are pleased to host a special screening of documentary eat!sleep?bikes! We will be joined by director Sasha Edge, as well as the four cyclists who braved the brutal race on fixed gear bikes.
Screening at 8pm, but come early for the fun, and stay late for the Q&A. Before and after the film, enjoy drinks, snacks and a DJ set by our very own DJ Pig in a Blanket. Plus, enter to win PRIZES in our raffle!
Cover: $5 for members, $10 for non-members. Membership deal: Join tonight for just $30, and get in FREE!
Location: Bike Oven, 3706 N. Figueroa St (at Ave 37), Highland Park 90065
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED to collect contributions and sign up members at the door. Email jennifer@labike.org to volunteer.