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All photos: Hal Bergman
Bike Nomads
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Cyclist Richie Trimble rode a 4.4 metre self-built bicycle during CicLAvia 2013, an annual event held in Los Angeles where streets are closed to motor vehicles to allow for the public to walk, cycle, and skateboard through the streets. (Video: Richie Trimble)
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In the twenty-first century, driving is out, cycling is in, and public space is where you choose to build your community. All over the world cyclists are finding strength in numbers, organising city-based events and reclaiming public space as an environment for safer riding.
There is now a growing number of collectives, public cycling events, racing teams, and community organizations centred around bike-activism who share a love of all things velocipedal, allying this to their environmental, political, and socio-economic concerns.
Some of these communities have created cooperative living spaces, where they build bicycles from recycled parts for those in need, and overlapping with other urban DIY movements – like urban gardening, free food distribution, beer brewing workshops, art and music making. (ssl)
Bicycle Culture Institute
www.facebook.com/BicycleCulture
CicLAvia
http://www.ciclavia.org/
»The reason cycling is such a crucial part of reclaiming public space is that it is practical, personal and fun! In large enough numbers, cycling alongside car traffic forces drivers to slow down, respect life and change behaviours. At that point cities can rebuild infrastructure and create truly people-first environments.«
Nona Varnado, founder of the Bicycle Culture Institute, Los Angeles.
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