Resources on Riding Skills, Bike Laws, and Safety

This page includes California bike law summaries, Bicycling Monterey’s primary tips (33 topics, including sidewalks, crosswalks, bike parties, and more), info specific to e-bikes (including determining if a mobility device is street legal), resources from others for all types of bikes (including avoiding a collision, biking around trucks, and our compilation of resources in Spanish), Smart Cycling videos, and tips for people who drive!

California bike law summaries

🚲California bike law summary in English (8.5 x 11 flyer, including links to California Vehicle Code)
🚲Leyes de ciclismo de California (bilingual, 8.5 x 11 flyer)
🚲About fines for bicycle-related California Vehicle Code violations

🚲CalBike’s key sections of California Vehicle Code: https://www.calbike.org/go_for_a_ride/california_bicycle_laws/#laws

Bicycling Monterey’s primary tips

🚲🥳Special resource for bike parties, etc.: Rideout or Rude Out? Instructions for group social rides

Additional info for e-bike riders

🚲Consumer Advisory: Is it an e-bike—or something else? And is it street legal? Includes links to descriptions of a range of mobility devices, and legal requirements for their use.

🚲E-Bike Regulations

🚲E-Bike Safety and Training Programs

Resources from others, for all types of bikes

🚲Haga clic aquí – Una colección de recursos en español sobre ciclismo (Click here for our collection of various resources in Spanish)

🚲⭐️Avoid a collision! Ten Ways to Not Get Hit: https://bicyclesafe.com/

🚲⭐️What Cyclists Need to Know About Trucks: https://cyclingsavvy.org/what-cyclists-need-to-know-about-trucks/

Smart Cycling videos, in English and Spanish

🚲League of American Bicyclists (AKA Bike League) Smart Cycling videos —
English: https://bikeleague.org/ridesmart/ridesmartvideos/
Spanish: Montar Inteligent: Videos de Smart Cycling

Bike League’s free online Learning Center also features:
Learn to Ride (for children and other new riders—in English and Spanish), Tips for Older Adults, and more (as well as Smart Cycling).
Learning Center https://learn.bikeleague.org/
FAQs https://learn.bikeleague.org/faqs

For people who drive

🚲Bike-Friendly Driving / Bike-Safe Driving

🚲In Spanish and English, Bike League’s Camiones Grandes y Bicicletas / Big Trucks and Bikes, a three-part educational video series. https://bikeleague.org/new-video-series-big-trucks-and-bikes-educating-truck-drivers-to-save-lives/.

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