Peter Abraham

Great article @julesboykoff.bsky.social

The IOC handed LA the Olympics. Now Trump is weaponizing them | Jules Boykoff As the IOC ushers in new leadership, Donald Trump’s second term is already wreaking havoc on LA 28 – and turning a global celebration into a national security crackdown

Wow. As a longtime Angeleno, I'm very worried about the Olympics. www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...

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Thanks to World Champion Mathieu Van Der Poel for coming out to our group ride in LA this morning. He was so patient & friendly.

Why Am I Getting Attacked for Riding My Bike? Without question, people are struggling during the pandemic. While that fact does not excuse dangerous behavior, it may explain it.

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Five Things I Learned Being Vegan for 10 Years I can say from personal experience that eating plant-based is a surprisingly enjoyable way to live.

Put together what I've learned in this process: medium.com/@peterabraha...

Federal Troops Arrive in Portland and Immediately Form Bands Military personnel were seen trading in automatic weapons for mandolins and zithers.

"Within minutes, Portland’s bulletin boards became plastered with flyers for such newly-minted bands as The Kristi Nomads and Hegadeth." www.borowitzreport.com/p/federal-tr...

Trump Cancels Trail, Bike-Lane Grants Deemed ‘Hostile’ to Cars The Trump administration canceled grants for street safety measures, pedestrian trails and bike lanes in communities around the country this month, each time offering a simple rationale for yanking ba...

Beyond exhausting: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

As Los Angeles Olympics Loom, Critics Worry Its Cultural Plan Is Lagging

The timing of the LA 2028 Olympics could not be any worse: 4 years into Trump's term, foreign visitors terrified of ICE raids, and an LA City budget shortfall of almost $1 billion. This article highlights the fear in the LA28 leadership ("OMG we can't lose $!"): www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/a...

Great @melrobbins.bsky.social episode with one of my favorites, @debbiemillman.bsky.social. I have done this 10 year plan, and it's powerful. www.melrobbins.com/episode/epis...

Virgo died in late June on Montrose. RIP.

Wow. Sorry to hear that. Montrose is IMO the most dangerous group ride in LA.

Photo of a woman resting on a bicycle in front of a skyscraper.

At the age of 17, Ruth Orkin biked from Los Angeles to New York City for 1939 World's Fair, taking photographs along the way. She went on to become a celebrated photographer, photojournalist, and filmmaker.

Happy #BicycleBirthday, Ruth!
September 3 (1921-1985)

Crystal Bridges Exhibition Brings Olympic Cycling to the Art World Crystal Bridges Museum blends art and sport with an exhibition showcasing Olympic and World Championship cycling bikes alongside American masterpieces.

Excited to see this when I go to Bentonville next month: arkansasoutside.com/crystal-brid...

My Recovery From a Mountain Bike Brain Injury The last thing I remember on October 18th, 2023 was taking off on a group mountain bike ride in the Coler MTB Preserve in Bentonville…

Almost two years ago, I suffered a severe concussion in a bike crash. I wrote about how I recovered from it:
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Why Cycling Sponsorship is so Hard There is not a single American pro cycling team with a major sponsor from outside the sport.

Watching the Maryland Cycling Classic today and thinking about how broken the cycling business model is. I wrote about it here: medium.com/@peterabraha...

The Ever-Increasing Value of Real Because people trust what’s real more than what’s polished

As a lifelong marketer, I found this to be a very thoughtful and timely post from Jim Moriarty: jimmoriarty.substack.com/p/the-ever-i...

Agree Benji. I heard that and thought the same thing.

Today a 70-ish year old woman in a BMW screamed at me and flipped me off for riding in this bike lane. I have been attacked many times on my bike, but mostly by bros in pickup trucks. Is that changing now? Cc @pflax1.bsky.social

Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change. Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.

Wow. Check this out.
Politicians actually trying to solve problems can achieve a lot!
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...

10 Years a (mostly) Vegan I can say from personal experience that eating plant-based is a surprisingly enjoyable way to live.

I wrote about changing my diet over the last decade: peterabraham.medium.com/10-years-a-m...

Why Can’t We Build Bike Lanes? The process of building public-facing projects is now so complicated that it actually prevents infrastructure from being created at all.

I am a huge proponent of bike infrastructure and recently took a deep dive into why we can't get it done in the US: medium.com/@peterabraha...

What I learned at the Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift The key takeaway was the huge number of strong women riding in the difficult L’Étape event.

That's a shortsighted way to look at it. Indoor training goes with riding outdoors...it's not an either/or thing. And what if indoor training gets more people riding outdoors as well? I wrote about Zwift's sponsorship of TdFF: medium.com/@peterabraha...

Virtual Cycling: How Zwift Changed the Way I Train I still love riding outdoors, but Zwifting is now a key part of my training. Here are the five reasons why.

I've been training a lot on Zwift lately. It's so time efficient. I wrote about that and other reasons it's a great tool: medium.com/p/fa7e3324bc2f

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Very good

And two Los Angeles guys in the break: Vermaerke and Quinn

But he looks great right now!

Why Can’t We Build Bike Lanes? The process of building public-facing projects is now so complicated that it actually prevents infrastructure from being created at all.

I just wrote this post on a related issue in LA: Bike infrastructure-- medium.com/@peterabraha...

I had a discussion with my niece last month on this exact topic. She's a student at UCLA. Good POV from Clay Shirky: