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One of the wonderful things about Southern California is cruising along the coast from beach to beach on your bike. Starting at Bike Attack Playa Vista at Runway Playa Vista, glide along Ballona Creek Bike Path to get to the coast, cruise through Marina Del Rey Harbor and explore one of SoCal’s iconic bike paths “The Strand” (Marvin Braude Bike Path) up through to Venice Pier and on towards Santa Monica Pier. "Southside Venice Pier" CC image courtesy of Michael Dorausch on Flickr https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0... …
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A look at what we've noticed in bike trends in the cycling world 2016.1. Disc Brakes: Road and Race BikesThis year the number one trend is disc brakes on road bike models and race bikes. Since bike tech is ever improving, compatibility with disc brakes on different road bike and race bike models is much more common. Bianchi has done this beautifully.2. Wider Wheels25mm tires are now the norm for road bikes. Why? More grip, better rolling resistance, increased comfort, and easier handling at high speeds. Coupled with the trending disc brakes, and you've got a road bike that has p …
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You might have heard about, read about, or even attended the Grand Opening of Bike Attack Playa Vista last week. Bike Attack has one location in Santa Monica: Bike Attack Electric. The Santa Monica location for Bike Attack Electric sells a wide array of electric bicycles and E-bike accessories. Why is Bike Attack Playa Vista: The Best of Both Worlds? The Bike Attack Playa Vista location will be the first to sell both regular bicycles and ebikes, as well as all of the bells, whistles, accessories, and services that come with fully outfitting every cyclist. Bike A …
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WHO?Bike Attack, family, friends, bike enthusiasts, and YOU!WHAT?The BIKE ATTACK PLAYA VISTA Grand Opening!! Bike Attack's newest store presents it's brand new, third location that has it all, regular bicycles, electric bicycles, parts, accessories and more!Featuring: Bianchi, SCOTT, Stromer, Biria, LInus, Alpine Stars, Litespeed, Tern, Bulls eBikes, Biomega, Norco, Marin, Vittoria, Danny Shane, Haro, Primal, KHS, Purefix, Pure City, BMC, Nirve, Phat Cycles, and Easy Motion Cycles.WHEN?Saturday, July 23 from Noon to 8pm WHERE?12775 W. Millenium, Playa Vista, CA 90094 (Adjacent to Who …
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Last week we talked about the competitors jersey color significance week-to-week. Want to know who took the Yellow Jersey for Week 2? The guy who started Stage 8 off by punching a fan in the neck  mid ride and ended the week at Stage 12 by losing his bike in a collision with a motorbike, then running up the mountain to grab a replacement and STILL MANAGED TO RETAIN HIS OVERALL LEAD. If there ever was a headline for Week 2 of Tour de France 2016, it's #TDF2016: Chris Froome punches a fan, RUNS to victory. Want footage? We've got footage. S …
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