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About Krista Carlson

A regular contributor to the print edition of Urban Velo, Krista Carlson is a cyclist obsessed with bike polo, baking, pickles, and all things bike-y. She is a native Angeleno and is madly in love with the city and everything that makes it the beautiful, crazy place that it is.

Wolfpack Hustle 6th Street Drag Race 2013

Wolfpack Hustle 6th Street Drag Race 2013

Wolfpack Hustle – The 6th Street Drag Race from Rafael Hernandez on Vimeo. The 6th Street Drag Race was the final event of the..

September 9, 2013 with 0 Comments
Brooklyn Bike Jumble

Brooklyn Bike Jumble

The fifth edition of the Brooklyn Bike Jumble, a free-to-the-public bicycle flea market, will take place this Saturday, September..

September 5, 2013 with 0 Comments
Alleycat Insights: Q & A with Sean Martin

Alleycat Insights: Q & A with Sean Martin

Alleycat Insights is a series of interviews about the evolution of alleycat culture that took place over the course of putting together..

August 22, 2013 with 1 Comment

Bike Cult Handbuilt Bicycle Show

Brooklyn will get its own hand-built bicycle show this Labor Day weekend. Bike Cult will showcase hand-built bikes from more than 20 local..

August 20, 2013 with 0 Comments
The League Releases First Women on a Roll Bike Report

The League Releases First Women on a Roll Bike Report

“Women on a Roll” is the first report of its kind, coming out of the League of American Bicyclists  Women Bike program. The..

August 19, 2013 with 0 Comments

Drive Your Bicycle 1954 Road Skills Video

This road skills video from 1954 was produced to prepare kids to be good…drivers? Yeah, actually, but it promotes honing the same..

August 16, 2013 with 0 Comments

Geoffrey Franklin on “Handmade”

Walnut from Cineastas on Vimeo. Craftsman Geoffrey Franklin makes leather and wood bicycle accessories at Walnut Studiolo. Here he muses on..

August 12, 2013 with 0 Comments
Wolfpack Hustle 6th Street Drag Race to Round Off the Unified Title Series

Wolfpack Hustle 6th Street Drag Race to Round Off the Unified Title Series

Registration for the Midnight Drag Race opens this weekend, open to 300. Single speed only, fixed or free. The Drag Race is the third and..

August 10, 2013 with 0 Comments

Federal Highway Administration Explores Separated Bikeways

The Federal Highway Administration has expressed a newfound interest in developing separated bikeways, aka cycle tracks. The agency, which..

August 9, 2013 with 2 Comments
CicloSDias – San Diego Open Streets

CicloSDias – San Diego Open Streets

San Diego will hosts its first open streets event this weekend, CicloSDias. The inaugural event will open 5 miles of city streets to..

August 9, 2013 with 1 Comment