Posted by Founder, Bicycling Monterey
Bike Buzz: Spring 2018
For Summer 2018 buzz, go to http://bit.ly/Summer2018BikeBuzz
Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/Spring2018BikeBuzz
This post features a summary of new Bicycling Monterey posts, plus some updated ones, since the last notification to subscribers went out. May 2018 starts Bicycling Monterey’s 10th year.
At the bottom of the post is a list of some Bike Calendar highlights—posts about meetings, activities, or events taking place in Monterey County. Among those are Monterey County’s world-renowned 4-Day Celebration of Cycling on April 19-22, the 28th annual Sea Otter Classic; May 1-31 Bike Month; and more.
Between the posts and calendar highlights is a section of microblogging. What’s that? A sampling of tweets from Bicycling Monterey and the HER Helmet Thursdays Project. Many of the tweets include information not found elsewhere on bikemonterey.org.
Among the tweets, you’ll find a hot-off-the-press alert about the bike shop pictured below.
Happy Springtime!
New and updated posts on
the Bicycling Monterey website
“Social benefits of cycling” — for people who bike, and for everyone
City of Monterey Climate Action Steps: Exploring commercial pedicabs
Monterey City Council considers commercial pedicab operations
Going in circles, just trying to find answers to your bicycling questions?
Salinas: East Market Street Safe Routes to School Project, including Protected Bike Lanes
https://bikemonterey.org/68-spc-vilmar-galarza-hernandez-funeral-and-procession-east-salinas.html
https://bikemonterey.org/cycle-chic-monterey.html
Video: Bike Date in Monterey County – “Learn to Love Again” by Taylor Kropp
Microblogging
Below is a sampling of Bicycling Monterey’s and HER Helmet Thursdays Project’s recent tweets.
Not familiar with tweets? Be aware that sometimes a related photo or other image appears before the tweet’s text when the tweet is displayed below. Other times it appears after the tweet. Also, for a fuller picture, click on any tweet (including because sometimes an image doesn’t appear at all until you click on the tweet).
A few tweets also have “threads.” In those cases, click on the tweet and the “thread” will usually appear. That is, you’ll then see the full “conversation.” If you’re accessing via the Twitter website, or perhaps at other times, you may need to click on the tweet and then click on “show this thread” at the bottom. Here’s an example of a tweet with a thread:
http://twitter.com/HERHelmetThurs/status/971510711640719360
If you find the Twittersphere frustrating, just skip it. Bicycling Monterey’s founder has mixed feelings about online social media. It can be helpful, and it can introduce you to wonderful new people. It can also be a time-sucker, full of trolls, and full of tech glitches. (For example, the glitchiness of Twitter’s well-intended but error-riddled efforts to clean up the Twittersphere resulted in legit tweeters such as Carmel’s Harrison Library and Bicycling Monterey caught in the learning process for Twitter’s tech experts.)
As for Facebook, Bicycling Monterey’s founder was never active there until December 2015. The reasons she chose not to be on Facebook (including, e.g., filter bubble) have only grown. See Bicycling Monterey’s contact page for various social media accounts and related advisories.
http://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/970134404537315328
http://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/970895388004659200
http://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/970872526275358720
http://twitter.com/HERHelmetThurs/status/967993622292398080
http://twitter.com/HERHelmetThurs/status/970923183372099584
http://twitter.com/HERHelmetThurs/status/974037510010544128
http://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/974167860170731521
http://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/974456459701379072
http://twitter.com/HERHelmetThurs/status/976625979572436992
http://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/971847918595448832
http://twitter.com/HERHelmetThurs/status/962839713336893440
Webpage image © Sea Otter Classic, Inc. – http://www.seaotterclassic.com/riding-your-bike/ section.
http://twitter.com/HERHelmetThurs/status/976629152643039232
http://twitter.com/HERHelmetThurs/status/975633440581316608
http://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/975610103687598081
http://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/974063011865309185
http://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/974062241434689537
http://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/974060910108004352
http://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/973142768720560128
http://twitter.com/HERHelmetThurs/status/972986442296119296
http://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/972245833901993984
http://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/972003375947526145
http://twitter.com/HERHelmetThurs/status/956633366052220928
http://twitter.com/HERHelmetThurs/status/971811934986166272
http://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/975512873211277312
DIRECTORY: Monterey County Bicycling Resources and Bike Community Leaders
http://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/971227308248805376
http://twitter.com/HERHelmetThurs/status/977058245217939456
http://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/970896954740768768
http://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/970899915663581184
http://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/970906633629925376
http://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/970928309734318081
http://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/970402586435006464
http://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/970115767617253378
http://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/968950572064817152
http://twitter.com/HERHelmetThurs/status/968541416912707585
http://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/968295675946389504
http://twitter.com/HERHelmetThurs/status/965370763208376320
http://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/966413345736638464
http://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/964895289323667456
http://twitter.com/HERHelmetThurs/status/965462081540468741
http://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/965825207154884608
http://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/963291125262909440
http://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/963500276215726080
http://twitter.com/HERHelmetThurs/status/974379767897059328
Found "Pedal Power" touted on the official @VisitCarmel tourism site (https://t.co/nZO9QgKXul). They might want to weigh in on policy actions that make Carmel bike UNfriendly & discourage bike tourists (who spend $40 more/day on avg than others). #biketravel #ttot https://t.co/5daRhjygZ2
— Barb Chamberlain (@BarbChamberlain) March 16, 2018
http://twitter.com/HERHelmetThurs/status/974786060541509632
http://twitter.com/BikeMonterey/status/969098374975651840
Bike Calendar Highlights
Monterey County Bike Calendar highlights below include new or updated posts:
This post was published on 22 March 2018. One or more changes last made to this post on 4 June 2018.
