Apr 23 2013
CicLAvia From Downtown LA to Venice April 21, 2013 @ciclavia

This past Sunday April 21, 2013 was one of the most highly attended CicLAvia events. This was the 6th event in the past few years and the first to run from Downtown Los Angeles to Venice.  It was lots of fun and so  did 100,000 to 150,00 other participants.

There was a variety of different modes of transportation but most on bikes.

Here’s some pictures to enjoy from the event.

One notable bike was this one.

Watch this video from 14′ in the air.

 

14.5ft at the Seat
Built in 12 work hours
One Huffy beach cruiser, 2″ square tubing, 3/4″ round tubing, and 1″ round tubing
26″ single speed coaster brake wheelset
6 1/2 single speed bicycle chains (32.5ft of chain)

To bend the pipe i used an upside down shopping cart and a split log. Ghetto, i know, but hey – IT WORKS.

My last tallbike was just under 10ft tall at the seat and you can see us featured in 30 Seconds to Mars’ music video, “Kings and Queens” – youtu.be/hTMrlHHVx8A
STOOPIDTALL, is the inbetween from that one (Kafourki) and the world record tallest bike that i’ll be building next this year.

Thank you to all the Angelopes who guided STOOPIDTALL through the sea of fellow cyclists!

And thanks to all the photographers and videographers who documented STOOPIDTALL’s Maiden Voyage!

Much love, Richie

LA BIKE CULT

Music:
“Contact High” – Architecture in Helsinki (misspelt in video, DAMN)
“Amoebaz” – RUNE!

Have Questions? The answer may be here: reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments

Or feel free to ask there too 🙂

 

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