LAist: Problems Persist on Ballona Creek Bike Path

Linkracer

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:28:31 -0800

If this biker had a concealed weapon, everything would have been fine. Someone invent a gun holster for a hybrid bicycle please.

trihardist

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 13:22:48 -0800

Like it's not bad enough that motorists hit us with their cars. "Hey guys! Thanks for helping out the environment and alleviating the whole traffic thing. Oh, by the way, you may be mugged and/or killed while doing this favor for all of us."

patrico

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:45:53 -0800

I doubt this is made up. I've been down there plenty of times in the past few weeks, and there are always shady characters down there. Who cares what intersection it was at, anything east of Lincoln is all the same. The "rail" is the railing that stops you from falling into the LA River, genius.

mrpanitz

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 07:31:42 -0800

I think this guy is making this up since he never state where on Ballona creek he was ! was he in Marina Del Rey? Los Angeles?? or Culver city? what is (or was the closet intersection again he didn't tell us and what rail is he talking about you mean railroad tracks we Know there are NO railroad tracks there!

reverto

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:44:42 -0800

Thanks for the heads up, willy, but it looks like that link is dead. Here's some more info I found: http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/10/03/mark-your-calendars-october-25-will-be-first-tour-de-ballona/ http://la.streetsblog.org/2008/09/08/new-livable-streets-group-ballona-creek-bike-path/ http://www.midnightridazz.com/viewStory.php?storyId=1895

willy0505

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:14:47 -0800

There is a ride this coming Saturday to promote community safety and usage of the bike path. Clearly there is still a problem so hopefully events like these will help out. http://tinyurl.com/6lcnwn

tp4free

Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:05:15 -0800

i guess the best thing you can do if being ambushed is to crash into the perpetrators. better yet, fly off your bike, as in off-the-top-ropes, into them with your arms extended out. you may be able to knock them all down. but to avoid all this, dont ride ballona unarmed. they should really post some notices around the trail about these muggings so that people are more cautious while on that death-trail.