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Scenes from 2024 Sea Otter Classic in Monterey County
The 2024 Sea Otter Classic in Monterey County—a Celebration of Cycling—was April 18-21. Save the dates for 2025: April 10-13. All photos and video clips in this post were shot by Bicycling Monterey’s founder unless otherwise credited. Our gratitude to James Short, Sierra Rad, and Sieg Magenheim for their photo contributions. All links go to posts…
Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day, with Monterey Off Road Cycling Association (MORCA)
Think mountain biking is just for tough kids? Not with an inclusive community like Monterey Off Road Cycling Association/MORCA. See how girls and boys with wide-ranging athletic abilities–or no athletic ability–will often love getting closer to nature on two wheels.
Pump Track Dreams in Monterey County—and a dream fulfilled in Marina
Marina: May 13, 2023, Grand Opening of the Glorya Jean Tate Park Pump Track at Glorya Jean Tate Park, 3254 Abdy Way, Marina. The nearly 30,000 sq ft paved pump track will feature two separate wall rides—one 40 ft and one 20 ft. https://cityofmarina.org/25/Recreation-Cultural-Services / https://www.cityofmarina.org/1140/Glorya-Jean-Tate-Park * * * This post was first published September 1,…
A kid’s perspective on mountain biking
Guest post by Epic Magenheim, Salinas plus Epic’s bicycling advocacy bookmarks Mountain biking is very healthy because you go up a lot of hills. But have you ever heard of the saying “what goes up must come down”? Because you will almost always get the fun of a downhill after you go up! There are…