#womentalkbikes
Women Talk Bikes was created to let women from different biking backgrounds come together, share their roles in the bicycling community and empower others to be active and involved using their bikes. The show, while fun and lighthearted, also shed some light on some of the issues women face while cycling.The hashtag #womentalkbikes was created to get people to interact with the panel using social media. This show was designed to introduce the diversity of different bicycling styles, to meet new faces and inspire other women to get on their bikes! Below are the bios of the women who participated in the show and their work and involvement in the bicycling community throughout Los Angeles County. A big thank you goes out to the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition for donating their monthly time slot to this show.
Henny Alamillo is the Voluneer Coordinator for Ciclavia, a League Cycling Instructor from the League of American Bicyclists and Producer of the Spring 2014 Bicycle Film Festival. Get involved in the bike community by volunteering with Henny for Ciclavia here and to the Bicycle Film Festival here.
Daniella Alcedo is the founder and current chair of the Pomona Valley Bicycle Coalition, a local regional chapter of the LACBC. She leads the monthly Ride Around Pomona (RAP) rides once a month in Pomona. She is also a League Cycling Instructor from the League of American Bicyclists. She looks to empower individuals to cycle more often and safely.
Melissa Balmer is the Editor of Pedal Love and Director of Women on Bikes California. A writer, media relations specialist and speaker Melissa Balmer’s personal mission is to bring the connecting power of beauty, style and personally engaging storytelling to showcase the bike as a tool for optimism. During the show she talked about the current Active Living Plugged in Trainings and encourages all women to attend this training
Lauren Grabowski is the bicycle and pedestrian planner for the UCLA Prevention Research Center and is working on the current bicycle plan for the ICty of Carson. She encourages everyone to attend the 2nd Annual Tour de Carson for Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced Riders on Saturday, May 10th.
Jennifer Klausner is the Executive Director of the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition (LACBC). You can meet her and the LACBC team at the LACBC Sweet 16 Bike Prom, Saturday Feb 22nd, American Legion Hall, Highland Park and to become a LACBC member. During the show she talked about CORBA – Concerned Off-Road Bicyclists Association:
which is a chapter of IMBA, International Mountain Bicycling Association
and SoCal High School Mountain Bike Racing League and NICA (national umbrella for high school MTB racing) and Collegiate racing, Western Collegiate Cycling Conference (WCCC).
Hyeran Lee is the Advocacy Chair of the UCLA Bicycle Coalition a regional chapter of the LACBC. She is a graduate student in Master of Urban Planning in UCLA. She has been an intern at LACBC since 2012 and helped organizing a number of outreach campaigns throughout the county. Her love affair with two wheels started in Japan where cycling was deeply integrated in daily life and is so today in LA.
Susannah Lowber created the She Wolf Attack Team (SWAT): Echo Park Bike Posse a site where other women can post rides that are going on throughout the area. This year Susannah will be participating in the AIDS Life Cycle ride for the first time. Read all about her efforts and support her cause here. Susannah explains the awesomeness of owning a Buff during the show.
Andrea Denike Martinez created fun Bodacious Bike Babes and leads rides to new and exciting destinations throughout Los Angeles. She is involved in her community by being part of the Los Angeles Bicycle Advisory Committee working in Council District 13 urging for bicycle infrastructure and improvemnt. Photo Credit belongs to Stephen Roullier.
Cynthia Rose is the Director andco founder of Santa Monica Spoke. Local Chapter LACBC; Board of Director member on both the California Bike Coalition & Sustainable Streets; Steering Committee of Santa Monica Walks and Walk Bike Santa Monica and Chair of CicLAvia to the Sea; Advisory Committee member of Westside COG Regional Bike Share Santa Monica and League Certified Instructor from the League of American Bicyclists. During the show she talked about the current ManGo project in Santa Monica.
Siobhan writes the popular Braking the Limit. She created and hosts the exciting Women’s Bike Brunch where women can come together discover their city and have brunch. She is part of and active the the Bike Kitchen and encourages everyone to learn how to do basic bike repairs.
Maria Sipin promotes the joys and benefits of bicycling as a blogger for Pedal Love, a project of Women on Bikes California, is on the advisory board for Multicultural Communities for Mobility, League Cycling Instructor from the League of American Bicyclists. She champions the importance of increasing the skills and confidence levels for bicyclists of all ages. With the username @ahealthydesign, she tweeted her way into advocacy and shares her everyday multimodal commuter experience through photos, captions, and emojis.
Laura Torres is active in Multicultural Communities for Mobility (MCM) Through her involvement with MCM Laura’s involvement is twofold, it is grassroots driven with the end goal of creating systemic change; a change that will lead to an increasing the number of cyclists and improved infrastructure for cyclists and pedestrians.
Nona Vernado is the force behind LA Bike Trains, part of Red#5 Yellow#7 a bicycle gallery and creator of The Bird Wheel blog. During the show she talked about her current work on the Los Angeles Commuter Festival & Summit on Feb 16th and wants everyone to attend this empowering, smart and fun event. And we do too!
