Re:Ciclos

From Gothtober to Dia De Los Muertos to this Friday's Ditching Party! Did I mention there's a Ditching Party on Friday at Relámpago Wheelery? More details to ...come later ... for today HAPPY HALLOWEEEN EVERYONE!!!! Be sure to ride your ghoulish bicycle and spread the good love that that brings. Orale! See more

Re:Ciclos believes in the constant: Change. We're gonna win. This auto-cratic society will fold to a ciclo-cratic one. Cycles of good, cycles of responsibility, cycles of love, cycles of humaneness everyday for everyone who wants to participate and even the ones that don't. BELIEVE. http://www.theatlantic.com//absurd-primacy-of-the-/476346/

Hello Out There! Re:Ciclos is working away! We're setting up our shop space! We have a beautiful little suit case Miller welder on indefinite lend and are very close to be ready to start messing around with it. We'll be rocking pretty soon so stay tuned and thank you so very much for your support always!

Sometimes we're so connected, like magnets. I was in Chicago this past weekend for my mom's 70th birthday. The high was like 10 degrees for the most part, so naturally I was often in a coffee shop seeking warmth. On one such occasion, I was randomly sitting with my sister next to a couple by a window. I could sorta hear their conversation, not that I was listening, but words would pop in and out. At some point the gentleman says something to the effect of, "And the FORK ...FIXTURE stabbed me in the arm as I was wrestling with the fork." ???!!! Fork fixture? No one uses that term but for bicycle frame builders. Naturally I got excited, as this person who did not look super bikey might just be that person I'm supposed to meet. I ask, "Excuse me, did you happen to say Fork Fixture?" A look of WTF returns almost with a question, "Uh, yes." He's looking at me with equal "you don't look very bikey" intrigue. "You build?", I follow. "Yeah ....?" he returns. "Oh, cool, my name is Jimmy Lizama, I'm from L.A. visiting and I'm starting a program where we take old steel bikes and help kids make cargo bikes out of them", I inform. His jaw drops and he's making this expression like he's witnessing leopard slugs mating for the first time and he says, "that's exactly what I do here in Chicago." While I may not believe the universe is watching, I swear the bikey people are connected through metal like antennas. Their project is called Ciclo Urbano and they're in a Puerto Rican neighborhood of Chicago working with youth building, selling and fabricating bikes. It was such a pleasure to meet their staff and take a tour. Inspired to keep it up on our end to put some cargo bikes on the mean 72 degree streets of L.A..

Happy New Year everyone! It's a very exciting year this one and there's much, much work to be done!!! Thanks to Community Services Unlimited, Inc (https://www.facebook.com/CSUINC/?fref=ts) for reaching out to us in collaborating on their youth-powered urban farm bicycle food delivery project! Over the last month we've been helping them build up a small fleet of food-delivery bicycles and will be fabricating a cargo bike for them very soon .... stay tuned! Below: Neelam Sharma (E.D. of CSU, Inc) and CSU, Inc. youth building up bikes with Re:Ciclos guidance.

Santy Claws came through for Re:Ciclos! A new tap set from Tommy Lewis, a long-time supporter and purveyor of all matters bicycle in Los Angeles. And! And! And, there's a TIG welder in transit from the bay area (on loan) to the program!!! So yes, 2016 is looking like a year of building. Thank you all for your support and those who already use cargo bikes to solve a huge problem in L.A.. Happy Holidays!

We had a great fundraiser/holiday party for Re:Ciclos and Relampago Wheelery. There were cumbias (thank you DJ Mas O Menos), house music (thank you DJ Spatial K) and there was all-mighty karaoke (thank you to all you who came, sang and danced). We raised a little money, had a great time and are looking forward to next year! Thank you All for your support!

This was the bike scene at the LA2050 reception party at LACMA. Clearly we need some more people thinking CARGONE! So this is a REMINDER TO COME PARTY WITH US!!! Tomorrow, Saturday Dec. 12th at Relampago Wheelery, 140 Bimini Place, 90004. 8pm-1am, $10 suggested donation. Refreshements provided, DJ's bumping, Karaoke give away extravaganza. Much Bike Love!

We didn't get the 100k this year but we made a good run of it. Thanks so much to all that voted for us. Check out the winners! ! #LA2050

Thanks to all who made it out to the premiere of Bikes vs Cars at the NoHo Laemmle! Fredrik Gertten, the director, borrowed a folding bike from Golden Saddle Cyclery (thank you Kyle!), Bicycle Kitchen/La Bicicocina extraordinaire Kerstin routed us there, Megatron buzzed like a true bike pixie guiding us and we all made it just on time in a 12-mile messenger style jam through the L.A. River. Bike Talk was there recording (Thank you Nick) and the battle for justice via bicycles continues! Come thru next Saturday to Relampago Wheelery for a lil' fundraising party!!! 8p-1am, DJs, Karaoke Prizes, Beer and what have you.