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Classes in Bike Maintenance, for Kids and Adults: ...

Classes in Bike Maintenance, for Kids and Adults: 7/29 and 9/23, 2013

July 29 and September 23, 2013  Classes Minimum of 6 students required.  Tell your friends! Classes for children (age 8-13), and for teens and adults (14 and up) will happen July 29 and Sept 23–if there’s enough registration.  Open to locals and non-residents, one class (90 min for kids, 2 hrs for 14+) can boost your confidence about basic bike maintenance. Scroll...

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Musician Sarah Factor has a bike story to tell. Li...

Musician Sarah Factor has a bike story to tell. Listen up.

Sarah Factor appreciates that people usually listen to her with rapt attention. But  most often, they’re listening to her songwriting performances. This time,  she hopes we’ll tune in carefully for another reason. On the evening of May 23, 2013,  Sarah Factor, a Toronto-born singer-songwriter, was biking as usual. This particular evening, she was on her bike in...

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1st Anniversary of Monterey County Y...

1st Anniversary of Monterey County Youth Center Bike Class. Be Part of the Solution!

The Monterey County bike community came together to help meet the needs of...

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Why stop now? Elder cyclists in Mont...

Why stop now? Elder cyclists in Monterey County

What’s a little grey hair? For most people, it’s not an indicator...

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Monterey Park Cycling: For South Sal...

Monterey Park Cycling: For South Salinas kids, “Your community is your classroom,” and you get to class by bike!

Guest post by Ron Dillender The Monterey Park Cycling Club started three...

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11-Mile Fort Ord Bike Ride – F...

11-Mile Fort Ord Bike Ride – Friends of the Fort Ord Warhorse

Guest post by Margaret Davis Here you go, instructions for the 11-mile bike...

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Fun & Free: Ciclovía Salinas on...

Fun & Free: Ciclovía Salinas on Rejuvenating Healthy Communities

Guest post by Natalie Oliver Pictured below, at far right, is Natalie at an...

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Salinas Youth Poet Laureate Competit...

Salinas Youth Poet Laureate Competition: September 2013

For some people, like BMX rider Bryan Perez, bicycling inspires art. Maybe...

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Quick Links to the HER Helmet Thursd...

Quick Links to the HER Helmet Thursdays Project

For Quick Links to HER Helmet Thursdays, click here. Tell your friends! There...

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Bike to the Best of Monterey County:...

Bike to the Best of Monterey County: 2013 Monterey County Weekly Annual Readers Poll Winners

The following HER Helmet Thursdays spots were honored as 2013′s Best of...

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Bike Fashionistas: Dress-Up Challeng...

Bike Fashionistas: Dress-Up Challenge, or Anytime!

These Salinas women show that pulling clothes from the closet that reflect...

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18 or under? No car, no worries. A b...

18 or under? No car, no worries. A bike and $38 will get you nearly everywhere you need to go, June 1 through Aug 31.

How can eco-minded youth get around Monterey County? That’s right,...

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Camping in Monterey County

Camping in Monterey County

Camping?  As this view shows, we have dry summers in Monterey County. Please...

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Lodging Providers Show Monterey Coun...

Lodging Providers Show Monterey County Is a Bike-Friendly Place

Coming to Monterey County and bringing or renting a bike?  You’ll get a...

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Bike Love: From Holland to Monterey

Bike Love: From Holland to Monterey

This happy Dutch trio was heading out the door of the Old Monterey Cafe, where...

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Italian Honeymooners at the Custom H...

Italian Honeymooners at the Custom House Plaza

Emiliano and Katarina, honeymooners from Italy, paused for an embrace at the...

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German Ingenuity: More Than One Way ...

German Ingenuity: More Than One Way to Travel by Bike

Visitors from Germany, Dieter and Nadja Binz, biked in Monterey, Seaside, and...

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Where the Plazas Are in the City of ...

Where the Plazas Are in the City of Monterey–and how to preserve their charm

Visitors–and even Monterey County residents–sometimes ask: ...

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Distracted? Watch out. We’re a...

Distracted? Watch out. We’re all family!

Monterey County cops are alert. And Salinas police officers have written more...

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Keeping the Local Bike Scene Cool: I...

Keeping the Local Bike Scene Cool: It’s a multi-pronged effort

We in the bike community are happy to do our part to keep the local bike scene...

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Intergenerational Ride from Fort Ord...

Intergenerational Ride from Fort Ord Dunes State Park: 2nd Annual, 5/11/13

These children from Fresno County had just biked over 15 miles from Fort Ord...

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How to Avoid Accidents When Biking M...

How to Avoid Accidents When Biking Monterey County

Just after Christmas 2012, a nine-year-old Salinas girl suffered a broken leg...

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Santa Cruzans–and Many Faces o...

Santa Cruzans–and Many Faces of Bicycling on the Monterey Bay

Many of our neighbors from Santa Cruz County love exploring Monterey County by...

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Monterey Bay Region Celebrates Tanne...

Monterey Bay Region Celebrates Tannery Arts Center and Bike-Powered Taxi, Santa Cruz Pedicab

The party at the Tannery Arts Center on June 1, 2012 was buzzing, and included...

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Bike-and-Ride the MST Bus? Headsup: ...

Bike-and-Ride the MST Bus? Headsup: Service Changes Effective May 25, 2013

Do you use the bike-and-ride option of Monterey-Salinas Transit...

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Biking through Pregnancy

Biking through Pregnancy

Some mothers-to-be, like this lovely one on a bicycle alongside Del Monte...

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NPS Provides Inspiration and Support...

NPS Provides Inspiration and Support for Biking in Monterey County

The bicycle corrals at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey are...

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Thank You, Bike Class Teachers: Mont...

Thank You, Bike Class Teachers: Monterey County Probation Department Youth Center Honors Providers

On April 24, 2013, volunteer instructors of the Monterey County Probation...

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Do you enjoy the Open Space of Monte...

Do you enjoy the Open Space of Monterey’s Custom House Plaza, and the Alvarado Mall? These people do.

Many folks value that Custom House Plaza and the Alvarado Mall are a very...

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Bike to Worship

Bike to Worship

Bike to church, mosque, satsang, synagogue, or other place of worship.  In...

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Falling in Love with Bicycling

Falling in Love with Bicycling

  Bicycling West Cliff Drive, Santa Cruz with my friend Gerri...

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Consider the Berries

Consider the Berries

Consider the berries in my yard. I don’t feed them or water them or...

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2013 Twilight Rides at Mazda Raceway...

2013 Twilight Rides at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca

The Twilight Rides are “a safe and relaxed atmosphere for families to...

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7/4: Show Your Independence – ...

7/4: Show Your Independence – Biking in the Free World, best way to avoid 4th of July traffic and parking hassles

“Freedom! We’re set to celebrate it!” These visitors just...

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7/13/13: Salinas Parades – Kid...

7/13/13: Salinas Parades – Kiddie Kapers & Colmo Night Parade

What’s hotter than July?   The crowd-pleasing  Colmo Night Parade and...

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7/19-21: Welcome, Red Bull/Moto GP V...

7/19-21: Welcome, Red Bull/Moto GP Visitors – Tips for 16th Annual Race Night on the Row and More

Welcome to Monterey County and the Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix/MotoGP World...

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8/9-11: Monterey Bay Reggae Fest

8/9-11: Monterey Bay Reggae Fest

“Monterey has such great music festivals! We want to come back for...

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8/15-30: Laurel Thomsen & Dan F...

8/15-30: Laurel Thomsen & Dan Frechette–from Pixels to Performance: Tour Stops in Monterey County

Laurel Thomsen and Dan Frechette will play in the Monterey Bay area again in...

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8/23/13: Welcome to Monterey Institu...

8/23/13: Welcome to Monterey Institute of International Studies–and Bike-Friendly Monterey County!

 This MIIS student is ahead of the game. He already knows about the HER...

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Ciclovía Salinas – Monterey Co...

Ciclovía Salinas – Monterey County’s Open Streets

Heads up, youth: June 15th deadline for summer youth internship applications...

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8/28-9/2: Monterey County Fair

8/28-9/2: Monterey County Fair

The 2013 Monterey County Fair dates are August 28-September 2, and the theme...

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9/20-22: Monterey Jazz Festival

9/20-22: Monterey Jazz Festival

2013 dates:  September 20-22 For 2013: Pure water stations will be back in...

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10/5: Annual Take a Kid Mountain Bik...

10/5: Annual Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day–and Monterey Off Road Cycling Association (MORCA)

Isn’t mountain biking just for rough-and-tumble kids? Not if...

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KUSP: “What’s up with t...

KUSP: “What’s up with the bike helmet buzz?”

“What’s up with the bike helmet buzz?” by Mari Lynch. ...

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It’s Not About Wearing a Helme...

It’s Not About Wearing a Helmet

What’s the magic in a helmet? A helpful comment from  a U.K. reader of...

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Biking-by-the-Bay, Cargo Style–...

Biking-by-the-Bay, Cargo Style–for Children, Too

Bikes of all types out on the bikeways in the Monterey Bay region, including...

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Used Bikes for Sale: And better yet,...

Used Bikes for Sale: And better yet, from professionals at local bike shops!

Sports Center Bicycles, Seaside Don’t want to risk buying a used bike...

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Spinning Spokes and Telling Jokes: ...

Spinning Spokes and Telling Jokes: The birth of the FNB ride group

 Guest post by Jesse Martines FNB is a Fixed Gear Cycling Club from the 831....

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Monterey Composite High School Mount...

Monterey Composite High School Mountain Bike Team–for High Schoolers Countywide

  Update: On 3/17/13, Monterey Composite launches next year’s team....

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Salinas Youth Lead the Way in Monter...

Salinas Youth Lead the Way in Monterey County Bike Community Firsts

I love biking Salinas!  I love the ag-town vibe of Monterey County’s...

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Monterey Regional Airport: Bike Loc...

Monterey Regional Airport: Bike Lockers, Bike-Friendly Restaurant and Jet Center, and Airport-to-Bike-Path Tips

It’s an easy bike ride from the Monterey Regional Airport to the...

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Biking between Salinas and the Monte...

Biking between Salinas and the Monterey Peninsula: Lupine Season on Monterey-Salinas Hwy 68, and Other Tips

Lupines in bloom on Monterey-Salinas Highway 68 are just one more reason Keith...

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Bike to School: In Monterey County ...

Bike to School: In Monterey County and elsewhere

Volunteers make a difference! Scroll down for bike news and scenes from...

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Bike to Work: Join this Heller Orga...

Bike to Work: Join this Heller Organic winemaker on the bikeways!

“I’d like to bike to work, but….” If stamina and...

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Constables of the Peace – Cops...

Constables of the Peace – Cops on Bikes

In this post, you’ll see police officers on bikes in Carmel-by-the-Sea,...

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Bike Salinas: Tell TAMC where street...

Bike Salinas: Tell TAMC where street improvements are needed.

  Do you bike Salinas, as the people above and I love to do? Where in...

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How to help: Bikes, gear, skills for...

How to help: Bikes, gear, skills for youth and others without

Surely nobody’d like that old bike in our garage–would they? ...

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Bicycle Culture and Youth

Bicycle Culture and Youth

“Biking is one of my favorite ways to spend time with the...

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Vids for Kids, and Adults; and Bicyc...

Vids for Kids, and Adults; and Bicycle Infrastructure

Contact Mari for an update on completed improvements. Appreciate bike paths,...

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Three Foot Passing, California! Stil...

Three Foot Passing, California! Still working on it….

3/27/13: For the latest on the continuing attempt to get a 3-Foot Passing bill...

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Getting on the right path–a bi...

Getting on the right path–a bike path! Bicycle Repair and Safety class at Monterey County’s youth treatment center.

Some Monterey County boys are wrenching bikes, and practicing bike-riding...

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Shawn Carden: Salinas Teen’s 2...

Shawn Carden: Salinas Teen’s 2013 BMX Season Begins

Shawn Carden’s 2013 BMX season starts in January, with his first national...

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Ray LaHood Jazzed About MST’s ...

Ray LaHood Jazzed About MST’s Rapid-Transit Monterey Jazz Lines

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood was in Monterey County on Veterans...

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Downtown Salinas church asks: What ...

Downtown Salinas church asks: What would happen if we changed the ways we moved around?

Great question to ponder, posed by … First United Methodist Church of...

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The Bully, the Bullied, and the Byst...

The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander and other resources for parents and educators from Barbara Coloroso

“The Bully, the Bullied, and the Bystander:  Breaking the Cycle of...

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Signs of a Bicycling Friendly Monter...

Signs of a Bicycling Friendly Monterey County

  These photos from various Monterey County locations all say the same...

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Salinas High School Cowboy Racing Mo...

Salinas High School Cowboy Racing Mountain Bike Team

Update: Read about the winning perseverance of freshman team member K.C....

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CycleTracks App: Record your Montere...

CycleTracks App: Record your Monterey Bay region ride, help improve bikeways

May 2013: For an update on the latest with the Monterey Bay Area Bicycle...

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Night Ride Home

Night Ride Home

Last night’s bike ride was a tad eventful.  I took off late, after a...