Los Angeles and Tucson Spring Tour '04

No offense to our Bay Area bike-riding brethren, but when it comes to tricking out their bikes, riders here are primarily concerned with practical matters: weight, durability, and theft deterence.

Now, on the other hand, the Southern California rider thinks mainly about looks, image, and style.

In the Spring of 2004, we heeded the call for our sauve counterparts and ventured south to share our unique flavor with the SoCal bike scene.

 

 

Ron (left) was our host on a fantastic party ride from Newport Beach to Huntington Beach. Ron works for Phat Cycles, makers of some very stylish, ready-to-ride choppers and cruisers. We played a few of Ron's groovy music compilations on the Soul Cycle and hooked up with several groups of midnight cruisers who would join us for a few songs and then peel off.

Ron's garage is filled with about 25 bikes, all shiny and all in tip top riding shape. There are so many apehangers, Dianne Fossey would faint at the sight. This photo shows only half of the bikes!

Ron's Mercedes stays outside.

After three hard days of meeting the public at the Los Angeles Bike Show, we headed East to Tucson for the Tucson bike swap.

 

Many thanks to Ron, Geddis, Russ, Elena, Ruben, David, Edy, Lionel, and to our new SoCal dealers, San Diego's Bernies Bicycle Shop and Rusty Spokes, Newport Beach's Let it Roll Bike Shop, and LA's Wild About Scooters.

 

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