Local Bike News
Website changes, June 2017
[Update to the below: /using-this-site/tip-to-quickly-find-info-on-this-blog] The Bicycling Monterey website, launched in 2009, has over 575 web pages of original content. To help website visitors locate what they’re looking for—and to help reduce the webmaster’s volunteer hours in this 9th year— some site changes have been made. A notice of this was sent to Bicycling Monterey subscribers, and…
Remembering Adrian Garcia (1986-2014)
Early on July 5, 2014, Adrian Garcia, age 27, a resident and native of Salinas, was killed by a hit-and-run driver estimated to be traveling 70 mph in a 45 mph zone. Adrian’s girlfriend, Eliana Corona, witnessed as he was thrown about 150 feet on impact The Salinas Police Department asks the public’s help with…
ALBA Family Farm Day – Agriculture and Land-Based Training Association
One beautiful place to bike is Old Stage Road, Salinas, as the Knights of Columbus know. Old Stage has been the location for their 10-Mile Family Bike Ride for a Better Community dates. A good day to head out to Old Stage Road is the Agriculture & Land Based Training Association (ALBA) Family Farm Day, June 10,…
King City: Free bike locks and bike-ped safety gear, and safety presentation
Like to see another opportunity like the one below, in King City or elsewhere in Monterey County? Let the bike-ped coordinator at Transportation Agency for Monterey County know of your interest. Click here for their contact info. * * * Tell others about the bicycle lock giveaway and safety presentation on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at the public library…
Summer 2018: Ciclovía Salinas Youth Internships
Could this be the coolest youth op in Monterey County? Many would say YES! Students age 13-18 who live in Salinas–along with young people residing in Salinas who graduated high school in Summer 2017–are invited to apply for a Youth Internship with Ciclovia Salinas. Interns will become integral team members and will be part of…
Team Bike Monterey County: Stickers, Poster for Bike Month 2017
Since 1995, as evidenced by my family’s t-shirt below, Transportation Agency for Monterey County has been celebrating bicycling nearly every May. Back then it was Bike Day. Later it became Bike Week. And, after taking a year off in 2013, TAMC picked up the celebrating anew in 2014 with even more gusto, making it Bike Month. Keeping…