Local Bike News

  • Nov 7, 2018: TAMC Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee Meeting

    Public is welcome at meetings of the Transportation Agency for Monterey County Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities Advisory Committee. Learn more about these meetings; click here. The November 7, 2018 meeting is at the Sand City Council Chamber. For details, including meeting agenda and packet, see http://www.tamcmonterey.org/board-committees/bicycle-pedestrian-committee/meetings-agendas/  For the consideration of committee members and others, Bicycling Monterey’s…

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  • Registration for Sea Otter Classic opens Nov 1

    Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/REGSeaOtterClassic Registration for the 29th Annual Sea Otter Classic, a Celebration of Cycling happening April 11-14, 2019, opens on November 1, 2018. Whether or not you race or enjoy watching world-renowned racing—pro or amateur, there’s plenty of bike love for all at Sea Otter Classic. Sea Otter is a bike festival, with festival…

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  • 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…

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  • Bike Buzz: Sept 2018 News from Bicycling Monterey

    Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/Sept2018BikeBuzz This special edition of Bike Buzz for September 2018 includes reminders about Open Streets dates, along with links to new Bicycling Monterey posts since the Midsummer 2018 newsletter to subscribers went out. Also included are links to a couple of the updated posts and a sampling from social media. For news after…

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  • 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…

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  • 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…

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