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HUFF POST

East Side Riders B.E.A.S.T Class Bicycle Education And Safety Training is held during the Winter, Spring and Summer Breaks.

East Side Riders Bike Club is a volunteer organization in South Central Los Angeles with a mission to improve Watts through community service, charity work, and bike programs aimed at keeping local youth out of gang activity.

LA SENTINAL

Local Bike Club Aims to Improve Vulnerable Communities Through Riding, Maintaining Bikes

Members of the East Side Riders Bike Club said their one part of their mission is to provide opportunities to vulnerable kids in South Los Angeles by steering them in a new direction.

CURBED LA

Meet the Club That’s Making Watts More Bikeable

An interview with East Side Riders founder John Jones III details the group’s campaign to improve bike safety in Watts.

BICYCLING

The East Side Riders Are Changing the Cycle in South LA

This community service group on bikes serves food to the homeless and advocates for bike safety.

BICYCLING

The East Side Riders Are Changing the Cycle in South LA

This community service group on bikes serves food to the homeless and advocates for bike safety.

LA STREET BLOG

Activist Profile: The East Side Riders — Riding for Love

Roots of Giving Back Run Deep.

MOMENTUM LA

Three Amazing Bicycle Organizations Shaking Things Up in their Cities

​From London, NYC, and Los Angeles, these three organizations are using bicycles to instigate real positive change in their communities.

SPECTRUM NEWS

Watts Bike Club Helps Keep Kids on The Right Track
Bikes are more than just a mode of transportation for the East Side Riders bike club. Bicycles offer a sense of purpose, education, and community.

BIKE LEAGUE

EQUITY LEADER: JOHN JONES III
Over the past week, we’ve been focusing on bike equity as part of National Bike Month and we’re showcasing the work of bike equity leaders across the country. Today, we’re highlighting the work of John Jones III of the East Side Riders.

CICLA VALLEY

East Side Riders Bike Club Grand Opening
The community work that John Jones and the East Side Bike Riders does not go unnoticed across Los Angeles.

BLACK EXCELLENCE

A South Central LA Bike Club Improving Community, One Ride At A Time
It only started with 5 bike riders. They rode around the community feeding the homeless around Compton and Watts until they were out of food and water.

STREETS BLOG LA

East Side Riders’ Dreams of a Bike Co-op Finally Materializing in Watts
It may have been a hot and sticky Sunday afternoon, but it didn’t keep the East Side Riders from firing up the grill and cooking for the community in front of their new bike co-op on Central Ave. in Watts.
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