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Resources on Riding Skills, Laws, and Safety for People Who Bike
Click any link below to access Bicycling Monterey’s primary tips about riding skills, bike laws, and safety. California CA Bike Law Summary (8.5 x 11 flyer) Leyes de ciclismo de California (bilingual, 8.5 x 11 flyer) BIKING ON SIDEWALKS, plus examples of ordinances around Monterey County ANDAR EN BICICLETA EN LAS ACERAS además de ejemplos de…
Nov 6, 2018: California Bicycle Coalition, Monterey County Board of Supervisors, and others urge No on Proposition 6
Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/NoOnProp6 Bicycling Monterey extends respect to everyone who takes time to inform themselves about candidates and issues, then votes according to their own beliefs and conscience. Nov 7, 2018 update: Prop 6 was defeated (the majority of voters voted “No on Proposition 6”). http://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/1060102832945192960 California Bicycle Coalition on Proposition 6: http://www.calbike.org/stopprop6. Transportation Agency…
Monterey Bay Lightfighters Mountain Bike Team — 2018-2019 season
The 2018-19 season is underway for Monterey Bay Lightfighters Composite Mountain Bike Team and other teams of the NorCal High School Cycling League. Fall 2018 began the Lightfighters seventh year in the NorCal League. The NorCal League, established in 2001, and the National Interscholastic Cycling Association, founded in 2009, are the regional and national organizations under whose…
“Driving by Candlelight” with Dan Frechette and Laurel Thomsen
Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/DrivingByCandlelight October 6, 2018 was a magical afternoon in the Alba Schoolhouse (a.k.a. Little Red Schoolhouse), built in 1895 and nestled in the majestic redwoods of Ben Lomond, Santa Cruz Mountains. In that historic setting, the new album release party took place for Dan Frechette and Laurel Thomsen’s “Driving by Candlelight,”…
Advocate for bike-friendly local ordinances in Gonzales and elsewhere in Monterey County — or wherever you live
This piece was first published in the Gonzales Tribune, as “Bicycling Gonzales, and elsewhere in Monterey County.” If you are outside Monterey County, learn about bike-related ordinances where you live by contacting local bike advocacy groups elsewhere in California and around the USA. The article is reprinted below with links to additional info. Text © by…
Big Sur: “(not) Big (enough) Sur” by Tim Harrington
Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/BigSurOvertourism Take the Big Sur Pledge: http://bigsurpledge.org Thanks to Big Sur Kate for bringing Tim Harrington’s video to our attention, and to Tim for creating his video message, shared below. Is bicycling Big Sur right for you? See Bike Big Sur on this site. Biking Big Sur isn’t appropriate for everyone, but…