The weekend-long Long Beach Bike Festival is for young and old. May 8th will include an easy family ride that is perfect for toddlers… and plenty of fun too for oldsters who like the idea of getting into shape.
And May 8th will be a day for cycling races—the Tour of Long Beach—for those who love adrenalin. Click on the photos to get a taste of what’s in store.
Saturday afternoon and evening, downtown Long Beach will be alive with a family-friendly Kids’ Fun Zone, and with push-pull competitions, with Bike Polo, BMX and Flatland demonstrations, bicycle art… and a ‘Cyclestyle’ fashion show.
Long Beach Cyclists volunteers will be downtown to provide free bike valet service. We’ll watch after your bicycle while you stroll among the crowds and celebrate the magic of our Long Beach filled with people who love cycling and healthy living.
I was very dissapointed in the Tour of Long Beach. There were no coned areas, no event safety noted at any intersections. You had to look for random signs and a lot of the way was not on a specific bike lane. The river bed around Eldorado was completely unsafe. Inexperienced riders that knew nothing about the “rules of riding.” It was like the ride of death with people stopping on the inclines to walk their bike 25 ft, with 10 people behind them going 18 miles an hour. All intersections were not guarded or watched in any way…”cross with caution!!” The dirt horse trail at the end of the river bed could be a major catastrophy for any road bike, not to mention the dirt finish at Alfredo’s. The unmarked area to get off at the LA river bed into Bixby Knoll’s was ridiculous!!
All I have to say….why is LB paying a pro cyclist to make LB bike friendly if he can’t give his two cents worth to make it a safe and great ride.
What a waste!!!!