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Alex Thompson has been involved with biking in West LA since October 2004. Alex co-founded Bikerowave with Zack Beatty and Yolanda Hodde in November 2006. Since the summer of 2005 he helped to organize Santa Monica Critical Mass. Recently he joined the Bike Writers Collective and began blogging regularly about bike culture and bike activism in West LA at Westside Bikeside!. He is a fixture of C.R.A.N.K. MOB and assists in organizing.

Contents 1 Roles at Bikerowave 2 ibikeu Wiki 3 Social Rides 3.1 Santa Monica Critical Mass 4 Writing 5 Riding Style 6 Demeanor 7 Non Bike Life 7.1 No math jokes!

Roles at Bikerowave

• Informal, unelected executive leader of Bikerowave from May '07, until April 1st, '08 when he took an indefinite leave of absence.
• Former member of the Scheduling & Training Committee.
• Former member of the Rules Committee.
• Former Head Mechanic.
• Former member of the Inventory Committee.
• Co-founded Bikerowave with Yolanda Hodde & Zack Beatty.

ibikeu Wiki

Alex installed this wiki and configured it. He set up the basic framework and regularly contributes on topics he knows about. You can view his contribution list here.

Social Rides

Alex goes to many rides, religiously attending Santa Monica Critical Mass, C.R.A.N.K. MOB, and Venice Critical Mass.

Santa Monica Critical Mass

Alex has often taken a leadership role at Santa Monica Critical Mass. This was most obvious when the Santa Monica Police Department began harassing the ride in July '07. Since then he has written several editorials, spoken with media at the Santa Monica Daily Press, LA Times, LA Weekly, and Fox 11, and arranged for meetings with the Police. He led organizing efforts to Storm The Bastille by speaking out at Santa Monica City Council after police cited 32 riders at the November 2007 ride.

Because of his involvement, Alex has been criticized for leading a leaderless ride.

Writing

Alex writes about Bike Activism and bike culture on Westside BikeSIDE! and writes for the LA Times blog Emerald City on a weekly basis. He also occasionally gets published on CICLE.org Some drafts of current work:

• bicycle advocacy = FAIL. Bike Activism WANT!
• Alex's Guide to Bike Activism in Santa Monica

Riding Style

Alex can't ride handless, doesn't ride fixed, and falls off his bike easily. No skillz.

Demeanor

Alex Thompson is generally too serious for his own good, though he has been known to indulge in FUN.

Non Bike Life

Alex is a 6th year PhD student at UCLA in Math. Mathematically he is self described as "good but not great". A draft of published work is available here. His housemate Colin Hinde is a strong supporter of bicycle thieves.

No math jokes!

Self explanatory.