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HUFF POST
This South LA Bike Club Is Steering Vulnerable Kids In The Right Direction
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.
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.