Freddie. We have lift-off.  The grand opening was a tremendous success.  Bixby Knolls has a great new bike shop with a proprietor everyone will appreciate: infamous like a notorious celebrity. The Tortuga will remember if you missed the Grand Opening.  Like an elephant, the Tortuga don’t forgets. Catered by Cronic Tacos with kegs o’beer and [...]

visit urbanoctopus.com fyi: the crow is a disguise for the phoenix rising urbanoctopus was discovered at a craft show in los angeles feliz navidad animaux! window.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.init({appId: “364015433630063″, status: true, cookie: true, xfbml: true}); }; (function() { var e = document.createElement(“script”); e.async = true; e.src = document.location.protocol + “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js”; document.getElementById(“fb-root”).appendChild(e); }());

ecovelo.info is a cycling blah-blog that’s decided to call it quits.  I’ve followed their posts for the last 9 months to occasionally find worthwhile stuff  to share.  The last month, or so, their posts seem to have devolved into simple “commuter” profiles. Their photos were absolutely impeccable; beautifully staged, perfectly illuminated, exquisitely framed but often [...]

Absolutely Priceless.  A Tour de France Candid Camera.  By the end I was laughing uproariously. Enjoy Animaux! window.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.init({appId: “364015433630063″, status: true, cookie: true, xfbml: true}); }; (function() { var e = document.createElement(“script”); e.async = true; e.src = document.location.protocol + “//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js”; document.getElementById(“fb-root”).appendChild(e); }());

The idea that you blow snot on yourself is unthinkable to the inconsiderate Freddie in the peloton.  Oh no! Those Freddies (Tri-Frieddas & other Chicas too) prefer to crane their necks far off to the side so when the juices blow, the poisonous snot goes wide and clear of themselves, all over everyone else riding [...]

To build an app you need a simple concept and an audience.  I figure(s) the best audience to address, initially, is (I think you can guess and what better place to start?) el Mundial de Los Freddies. I’m gonna get some base miles with an application that addresses everyone’s favorite topic during single speed season:  [...]

Arts District Downtown L.A. on Traction Ave. I saw him ride by.  All bright and shiny. A few minutes later I wandered by the sidewalk bike rack outside the Wurstküche and there it was;  beautifully clean and well pressed;  a simple track frame, spotlessly painted {not a ding, scratch or scrape}, no decals, no head-badge [...]

Mexican American family culture is dominated primarily by the matriarchal head of state {which may explain why machismo is so endemic}. Her power is maintained through a fine balance of fear and love, the deliverance of which is well calculated for maximum impact.  Everyone trembles in her presence in nervous anticipation of a well deserved [...]

The cogs in the media machine are churning.  Get ready for the LiMp’D* Opening of the new Tortuga Velo Joint Establishment: Long Beach Cyclery. Press Release: Mr. Brian Keate (a.k.a. Turtle, a.k.a. Tortuga; infamous like a notorious celebrity in the cycling community) is bringing his outrageous professional expertise and vision for bicycling retail and service [...]

A perspective: November in Copenhagen; Rule V in action. And just think, it almost seems like winter in Southern California {we’re wimps}. This cold front we’re having kept a chill in me all day long.  Damn.  Hope it warms up soon. Hace Frio Animaux. Photos: CycleChic window.fbAsyncInit = function() { FB.init({appId: “364015433630063″, status: true, cookie: [...]