Pittsburgh VS LA
Moving here from Pittsburgh at the beginning of the year has been quite a change when it comes to biking. Pittsburgh, a place with tons of bike trails around the entire city, fun terrain and a community where it’s very common to see people biking to work seems to not extend out to LA. Here are some things I’ve noticed while riding my fixie or bmx bike out in LA/Torrance Area.
- If you are on a bmx bike at night, the cops profile you and are going to stop you and play 20 questions.
- If you don’t have a have a blinker on the back and a front light, the cops are going to stop you so they can play 20 questions and then not do anything but say they stopped you because you didn’t have lights on
- Most downhill grades result in a stop signs 2 or 3 times down them
- Bike lanes do not mean anything to motor vehicilists, well else then something to swerve into
- At any intersection with a bike lane, you might as well be in the traffic lane because traffic that is turning right into your lane is going to use the bike lane a buffer to see
- Not very many bike racks
- Last but not least, it’s darn near impossible/impractical to get around the entire city of LA on a bike without snagging a bus
