longbeachcyclists.com

Our mission: Promote cycling as a fun, valued and sustainable transportation choice in Long Beach through advocacy, education and community.

Long Beach Cyclists, PO Box 14556, Long Beach, CA 90853.

You can e-mail us at lbcyclists@gmail.com, or click CONTACT US at the top of the page to leave a message now or anytime.

BOARD MEMBERS, ELECTED ON MARCH 9, 2010

HISTORY

Long Beach Cyclists was founded as a small, informal organization in the mid-1990s by several League of American Bicyclists Cycling Instructors and friends who love the cycling lifestyle. From the beginning, Long Beach Cyclists promoted vehicular cycling—driving one’s bicycle on city streets safely, predictably, legally, responsibly. By the year 2001, Long Beach Cyclists members had provided many hours of input as the City of Long Beach Bicycle Master Plan was first drafted. Long Beach Cyclists embrace advocacy, education, and community.

RECENT LONG BEACH CYCLISTS ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Long Beach Cyclists with LCI certification have been teaching traffic safety courses for years. Presently, courses are taught at the CSULB Pyramid Annex and have also offered them at Houghton Park. Long Beach Cyclists have organized and participated in countless fun rides and events—river rides, farmer’s market rides, bike-in movies, and more. Long Beach Cyclists have offered many services that benefit the public, such as bike valet parking, gathering data for the census measuring cycling behaviors in our city, assistance in the Metro access audit, and manning a station during annual Bike-to-Work Day. And we cooperate with other community groups, lending a hand in efforts to improve the Colorado Lagoon, for example. Furthermore, Long Beach Cyclists, as citizen advocates, make cyclists’ concerns known to city leadership.

NONPROFIT, PUBLIC BENEFIT STATUS

In 2009, Long Beach Cyclists filed for and was granted official status as a Public Benefit Corporation, with a tax ID number, Bylaws and so on. Long Beach Cyclists considered seeking 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status by the federal government. On March 9, 2010, Long Beach Cyclists held its first board meeting and election.

PARTICIPATE

We invite you to volunteer for and/or participate in any of many events, rides and activities organized by our community of friends, and by other local cycling organizations. Your help with some of the administrative fun is appreciated as well. There’s room for all skill levels and varied interests.

COMMUNITY

We are supportive of the initiatives of the numerous cycling-based and community-based groups now working in our city, and we are hopeful that City steps to put Long Beach on the map as ‘bicycle friendly’ have lasting, positive impact. As advocates and cycling enthusiasts, we have strive to engage the City constructively. We believe the City in turn benefits because of the knowledge and point-of-view experienced cyclists bring to the table.

We hope to see you at one of our meetings or events, and/or at activities and events organized by other bicycle-friendly groups that take place throughout the year.

Happy, safe cycling.