Bicycling Los Angeles County

Bicycling Los Angeles County

Author: Patrick Brady

Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press

Published: 2010-02-01

Total Pages: 244

ISBN-13: 0897327799

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The geography of Southern California is as infinitely varied as its population. From the serenity of coastal beaches to the majestic San Gabriel Mountains and the tight canyons of the Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles is a cyclist's paradise. The vistas are spectacular, the terrain fun to ride and the sights include some of Hollywood's best-known landmarks. Bicycling Los Angeles County takes riders on 40 different rides throughout Southern California's most popular destination. Also detailed for avid roadies are some of Los Angeles' most popular group rides - for those who want a more challenging and social outing.


Bicycle / Race

Bicycle / Race

Author: Adonia E. Lugo

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781621067641

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"A study of the U.S. bicycle transportation movement against a backdrop of racism and history in Los Angeles and Washington, DC"--


Urban Bikeway Design Guide, Second Edition

Urban Bikeway Design Guide, Second Edition

Author: National Association of City Transportation Officials

Publisher: Island Press

Published: 2014-03-24

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1610915658

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NACTO's Urban Bikeway Design Guide quickly emerged as the preeminent resource for designing safe, protected bikeways in cities across the United States. It has been completely re-designed with an even more accessible layout. The Guide offers updated graphic profiles for all of its bicycle facilities, a subsection on bicycle boulevard planning and design, and a survey of materials used for green color in bikeways. The Guide continues to build upon the fast-changing state of the practice at the local level. It responds to and accelerates innovative street design and practice around the nation.


Best Bike Rides Los Angeles

Best Bike Rides Los Angeles

Author: Wayne D. Cottrell

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2015-06-01

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1493014714

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Los Angeles is home to some of the best paved roads, dirt roads, mountain bike trails, and bike paths. Best Bike Rides Los Angeles describes over forty of the most diverse recreational and scenic rides in the Los Angeles area. With most rides between 3 and 50 miles, ranging in altitude from just above sea level along the beaches to over 5,600 feet ascending a peak in the San Gabriel Mountains, it's easy to find a ride that suits your tastes. Each route includes complete point‐by‐point miles and directions, map, text description of the riding area, GPS coordinates of the start/finish point, and full‐color photos of the ride's features. More than just a trail guide, Best Bike Rides Los Angeles gives the reader important information, such as flora and fauna, history, folklore, special events, and cultural happenings. Look inside to find: GPS coordinates Detailed miles and directions Descriptions of what you'll see along the way Full-color photos


City Cycling USA: Los Angeles

City Cycling USA: Los Angeles

Author: Kelton Wright

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2019-06-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0500293082

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A practical and entertaining guide to Los Angeles for cycling enthusiasts This handy compact guide tells you all you need to know about seeing Los Angeles on two wheels. With chapters dedicated to various sights and neighborhoods—Venice, Santa Monica & Malibu, Beverly Hills & West Hollywood, Downtown LA, Pasadena, Altadena & the Rose Bowl, and Los Feliz, Echo Park, Silver Lake & Griffith—City Cycling USA: Los Angeles dispels the myth that the City of Angles is for cars only. Each area is mapped out in detail and includes recommendations for cafes, bars, galleries, museums, shops, and parks that are worth a visit. Cyclists can follow a set itinerary or pick and choose as they wish. For cycling enthusiasts, the section on Racing and Training gives some context to Los Angeles’s cycling heritage and offers ideas for longer and more scenic routes in the countryside.


The Complete Guide to Climbing (by Bike) in California

The Complete Guide to Climbing (by Bike) in California

Author: John Summerson

Publisher:

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780979257148

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"From the steep roadways of New England and the Mid-Atlantic States, to the scenic Blue Ridge Mountains of the Southeast and the high altitude assaults of the Mountain West, the most difficult climbs are all included in these pages. Information within the guide includes: climbing definitions and training tips; accounts of memorable climbing performances; accurate climb information including description, elevation, length adn average/maximum grade; appendices with climb rankings, profiles and other information; easy to follow directions."--


Bicycle Diaries

Bicycle Diaries

Author: David Byrne

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2010-09-28

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1101464399

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"...an engaging book: part diary, part manifesto." The Guardian A round-the-world bicycle tour with one of the most original artists of our day. Urban bicycling has become more popular than ever as recession-strapped, climate-conscious city dwellers reinvent basic transportation. In this wide-ranging memoir, artist/musician and co-founder of Talking Heads David Byrne--who has relied on a bike to get around New York City since the early 1980s--relates his adventures as he pedals through and engages with some of the world's major cities. From Buenos Aires to Berlin, he meets a range of people both famous and ordinary, shares his thoughts on art, fashion, music, globalization, and the ways that many places are becoming more bike-friendly. Bicycle Diaries is an adventure on two wheels conveyed with humor, curiosity, and humanity.


Mr. West

Mr. West

Author: Sarah Blake

Publisher: Wesleyan University Press

Published: 2015-03-09

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 0819575186

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Mr. West covers the main events in superstar Kanye West's life while also following the poet on her year spent researching, writing, and pregnant. The book explores how we are drawn to celebrities—to their portrayal in the media—and how we sometimes find great private meaning in another person's public story, even across lines of gender and race. Blake's aesthetics take her work from prose poems to lineated free verse to tightly wound lyrics to improbably successful sestinas. The poems fully engage pop culture as a strange, complicated presence that is revealing of America itself. This is a daring debut collection and a groundbreaking work. An online reader's companion will be available at http://sarahblake.site.wesleyan.edu.


Bicycling Los Angeles County

Bicycling Los Angeles County

Author: Patrick Brady

Publisher:

Published: 2011-04-22

Total Pages: 444

ISBN-13: 9781459617964

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From the serenity of coastal beaches to the majestic San Gabriel Mountains and the tight canyons of the Santa Monica Mountains, Los Angeles is a cyclist's paradise. The vistas are spectacular, the terrain fun to ride and the sights are include some of Hollywood's best-known landmarks. Bicycling Los Angeles County takes riders on 40 different rides throughout Southern California's most popular destination. Rides encompass the Palos Verdes Peninsula, the San Gabriel and Santa Monica Mountains, star homes of Beverly Hills, and the coastal bike paths. The guide also gives avid roadies something extra: some of Los Angeles' most popular group rides are detailed for riders who want a more challenging and social outing. Bicycling Los Angeles County offers scenic photos, descriptions of native flora and fauna, local cycling history, and is the first road cycling guide for Los Angeles that employs GPS data and precise maps based on the routes as actually ridden. With some of the most extensive and scenic road biking in the United States, Los Angeles County riders now have an expert guide to 40 of the best road rides in their own backyard. Researched and written by world-class road biker Patrick Brady, Bicycling Los Angeles combines first-hand road research with GPS map-making technology. From the descriptive narrative and crucial at-a-glance info to the cutting-edge ride maps and elevation profiles, Brady definitively shows riders how to get there, what to expect, and how to get the most out of each ride.