Bicycle Lifestyles
California Bicycle Advocates Call on Elected Leaders to Protect E-Bike Riders
Bicycling Monterey is among signatories to a Statement on E-Bike Safety from California Bicycle Advocates, released Dec 10, 2024, for reasons including: widespread confusion and misinformation about e-bikes, the need for education, the need for safer infrastructure, and the critical contribution of active transportation toward meeting the state’s goals to reduce carbon emissions. The transportation…
Consumer Advisory: Is it an e-bike—or something else?
Related post, “California Bicycle Advocates Call on Elected Leaders to Protect E-Bike Riders.” Heads-up to Californians who are shopping for a legitimate e-bike. Be careful not to be misled by a seller who may be falsely advertising or promoting other products, e.g., electric motorcycles, as e-bikes. The following California Highway Patrol (CHP) webpage entitled (as…
Bonos de incentivo para bicicletas eléctricas destinados a los Californianos con ingresos limitados
Update, 11/1/25: “California pulls the plug on flawed e-bike project.” https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2025/11/01/california-pulls-the-plug-on-flawed-e-bike-project-once-run-by-investigated-san-diego-nonprofit/ For English, click here. El Proyecto de Incentivos para Bicicletas Eléctricas de California ofrece vales deincentivo en puntos de venta para ayudar a los residentes de California calificados porsu nivel ingresos a comprar una bicicleta eléctrica nueva. La primera ventanilla de solicitud de incentivos para…
Who’s biking Monterey County in 2024?
This post provides a sampling of visitors and residents enjoying bicycle life in Marina, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach, Salinas, Sand City, Seaside, and other Monterey County locations this year. Over the past fifteen years, we strive to cover our entire big county (3,771 square miles) as best we can. In 2024 we couldn’t cover…
Tips for People Who Bike in Rainy Weather
We appreciate rain, including because of this rainbow it delivered over the Monterey Bay! Nonetheless, biking in rainy weather requires extra caution for your protection. And if you’re a mountain biker, rainy weather requires caution for protection of the land too. Should you just skip biking in rainy weather? Maybe—and maybe not! Before deciding what’s…