Long Beach Convention Center Now Hosting The DBEA

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With a gazillion miles of bicycle trails,
Long Beach promotes itself as being
Bicycle Friendly

Throughout the city,
artfully designed posts
bolted to sidewalks
(such as this one) ➨
present many places
to securely lock up
bicycles

However,
the bike-happy promotion
is contrary to the sad truth:
bicycle theft in Long Beach
happens with profound frequency 

The city should promote itself as being
Bicycle Theft Friendly

If you can find an adult bicyclist

in Long Beach who has never had

a bike stolen then he or she

is probably attending

the DBEA convention

DBEA stand for

Dubious Bicycle Exporters Association

My bicycle was stolen
four months ago

It probably can be found
somewhere in the streets
of Asia or Malaysia

Bicycle theft is big business

in Long Beach, even bigger

than legal marajuana

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Footnotes
The photograph of the orange wheel
is the copyrighted property of LCSoL

The other photograph is a gift
from our friend Jay Peggy 
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