It was the best place to ride. It was the worst place to ride.
That is the great irony of LA.
Rapha’s beautiful ode to tries to figure out Los Angeles. The diversity of places, landscapes, regions, colors, textures makes it hard to pin down and understand.
Yet even though its streets are often full of cars, “the bicycle is a way to travel between these things that mix.”
LA is supposedly a car city. But how does the car fare when you actually want to get somewhere in a reasonable amount of time?
Donut Media wanted to find out! They pitted the car against a bike and the LA Metro.
See the adventure unfold and find out who wins!
Yes it’s an ad. No Specialized didn’t pay us to feature them. Yes it’s brilliant.
“One hill climb in San Francisco to determine the fastest cyclist on the planet. In this corner, we have Peter Sagan: three-time World Champion, Paris-Roubaix winner, and all around badass. In the opposing corner, we have Grandma Joan: near-centenarian, two knee replacements, pacemaker…and a Specialized Turbo e-bike…”
Think Hollywood glorifies cars? Well…yes, yes it often does.
But when Hollywood is aiming for realism, relatability, or humor, cars don’t fare too well.
A rewatch of many classics actually reveals the hidden truth: cars suck and bikes rule!
Scooters have caused quite (unnecessary) kerfuffles. Many cities and countries are quite uninformed about electric micromobility in general yet they are passing or considering knee-jerk regulations.
We chatted with Afeez Alade on It’s Electric about the good, the bad, and the ugly of micromobility or rideable regulations. Here is our lively conversation!
In modern society, when the elderly lose their independence, they are often placed in nursing homes. This removes people from their context: their roots, their neighborhood, their friends, their routines all too often resulting in declining mental and health and well-being.
So Ole Kassow ran a little experiment. The result?
Chef Morten Kryger Wulff has a remarkably unique spin on food.
After a traditional career working in numerous kitchens throughout Europe, he felt the urge to explore brand new places to cook and share the experience of a delicious meal. Bringing the outdoors to the kitchen wasn’t quite feasible, so he decided to do the opposite.
In this double feature are two amazing videos of two couples on tandem bicycles:
The first is a short video about an older couple that has been riding together on their tandem bikes for 60 years!
The second video follows a newlywed couple’s honeymoon in India on a tandem traveling hundreds of miles through literal sickness and health, heat and cold.
“They’re twins, he just wants to do everything that she does. Riding his bike is something that he can do with her.”
This uplifting video tells the story of young special needs kids who have been given a second chance at life thanks to the bravery and tireless work of their parents and their community.
“I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world. It gives women a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel…the picture of free, untrammeled womanhood.”
This was Susan B. Anthony, famous women’s rights activist and suffragette. What was this incredible thing that, in her mind, represented “untrammeled womanhood?”
