Events
City of Monterey – Free Bicycle Rodeo and Bike Helmet for Ages 8-12
NOTE: Most people agree that that children up to about age 13 don’t yet have the ability to judge vehicle speed and distance that would allow them to bike safely in the street. See Bicycling Monterey’s “Children and Teens Growing Up Bikewise in Monterey County” and “Bicycling on Sidewalks: Misconceptions and advisories.” Thanks to the City…
Best of Monterey County 2016 – Award-Winning HER Helmet Thursdays Participants
Congratulations to the many HER Helmet Thursdays participants who won Best of Monterey County 2016 awards in the Monterey County Weekly’s Annual Readers’ Poll and Editors’ Picks. Thank you to each one of these businesses or organizations for participating in the HER Helmet Thursdays Project, founded November 2009. Together they are helping to make Monterey County one of…
Shawn Carden, BMX Pro from Salinas
Shawn Carden of Salinas has been featured on the Bicycling Monterey website since May 2012. Read our original post about Shawn here. As 2016 rolls in, we’re even prouder of this now 22-year-old from Monterey County and his accomplishments as a professional BMX rider. At this time, Shawn is mostly in training at Surprise, Arizona.…
TAMC’s educación seguridad de la bicicleta
Got Spanish? Got a love for bicycles? If you are a Spanish-speaker, see “Resources/Los Recursos” at the Bicycling Monterey website. There you’ll find a page with links to Spanish-language bike maps, info on fitting kids with helmets, Bike-to-Work inspiration, and more. If you have know of additional Spanish-language bike resources and can recommend them with…
Bike the Bay – Santa Cruz County Teens Bike from Santa Cruz to Monterey
Traveling 100 miles round-trip on a bicycle is no small feat for someone who may not have ridden more than 10 miles in a day. A diverse group of youth will be doing just that!