CicLAvia!
Back in April the city of Los Angeles shut down 7 miles of streets around downtown to cars and opened it up to bikers for CicLAvia. It was pretty amazing, tons and tons of people from all walks of life… hipsters, young kids, families, old ladies, anyone you can think of was there with their bike. Damon was in the little green seat on the front of Sage’s bike…
And Riley was in the Wee hoo attached to the back of my bike (that thing is HEAVY, but it’s kinda cool because she can peddle along).
We biked all the way from the begginning (Melrose and Heliotrope) to the end (4th and Boyle), then went back to City Hall to meet up with Riley’s friend Nusia and her family to have lunch. Other friends showed up later, and everyone was having such a nice time that Damon’s nap time came and went… When we finally started biking back to the car, he was exhausted and promptly fell asleep in his seat. The police men at one stop light thought it was really cute and actually called ahead to the cops at the next stop light to be sure they keep an eye out for the sleeping boy biking by…
YAY!!! So cute! We have the same green seat for Ronin but this is the last year she will fit in it. We’re not sure what we’ll do until she is big/alert enough to deal with an Extracycle… Portland does this all summer long (all 5 weeks of it..) where they block off 7-ish miles or so of a section of the city on a Sunday and have it free-for-all for bikers, cops at all major intersections. All the parks along the way have booths with food, crafts, weirdness, etc. and it’s so much fun. Our section of town happened 2 weekends ago and the pedal went only a block from our house. I love these things!
When Ronin crashes out in the green thing, she rests her head on the green bar in front. It’s so pathetic and adorable at the same time.
Boston has been shutting down Memorial drive along Charles River every weekend since I was a kid. It’s a great idea, but amazing how much push back the organizers have gotten from LA residents. The mayor is supportive though, and it was impressive how many people came out to ride…
We also didn’t know what to do with Riley when she got too big for the green seat. The wee hoo is pretty nice because she can sit and peddle, but she doesn’t have to peddle. It’s a nice intermediate step. We really need to start teaching her to bike without training wheels soon, biut that’s a whole other topic.