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Riding Chinese bikes for dim sum

Adam Bray-Ali pumps up a bike tire before a ride to a dim sum restaurant in Alhambra. Flying Pigeon LA bike shop, owned by Bray-Ali and brother Josef, sponsors the monthly ride to different restaurants as a way to showcase the store's Chinese- and Dutch-made bicycles.

Adam Bray-Ali pumps up a bike tire before a ride to a dim sum restaurant in Alhambra. Flying Pigeon LA bike shop, owned by Bray-Ali and brother Josef, sponsors the monthly ride to different restaurants as a way to showcase the store’s Chinese- and Dutch-made bicycles.  (David Sprague / For The Times)

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Bikes on the Gold Line

Bicycle riders take a Metro Gold Line train on the way to a dim sum restaurant in Alhambra as part of Flying Pigeon LA bike shop’s Get Sum Dim Sum ride. The shop, north of downtown, emphasizes bikes as a mode of everyday transportation.  (David Sprague / For The Times)

Dim sum at Blue Ocean Seafood Restaurant in Alhambra

Bike riders dine at Blue Ocean Seafood Restaurant in Alhambra. Flying Pigeon LA’s dim-sum ride, which starts off at its store on North Figueroa Street, occurs the third Sunday of each month.  (David Sprague / For The Times)

Josef Bray-Ali, co-owner of Flying Pigeon LA bicycle shop

Josef Bray-Ali at the Bike Oven nonprofit co-op, which he founded and which is the main competitor and predecessor to Flying Pigeon. At Bike Oven, riders learn how to work on their own bikes and can receive free bike parts in exchange for volunteering. The co-op drives much of the day-to-day business of Flying Pigeon, which is on the same commercial strip north of downtown LA.  (David Sprague / For The Times)

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