Riding a bike to work is more than a healthy commute: It's a sign of adulthood

THE SKY above Hyperion Bridge at 6:45 in the morning can be an aimless gray, a luminescent peach or an adolescent blue. I have cycled across this bridge for five years and in every season, yet it was only recently that I glanced west at just the right moment and spotted Griffith Observatory.

By Scott Banks

May 12, 2008