A route of Los Angeles streets will be closed to motorized traffic Sunday, April 10th, from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. The Los Angeles CicLAvia means free, family-friendly cycling, jogging, and strolling through downtown L.A. (This will be L.A.’s second one!) CicLAvia is not a race. It’s a fun opportunity to enjoy L.A. on your bicycle! The route takes you past L.A. City Hall, heading west to the Bicycle Kitchen (northwest of MacArthur Park)… or east to Hollenbeck Park in Boyle Heights. You can start anywhere along the route. You can head in either direction. You can stop anywhere you like. You’re sure to come across friends or discover a new, favorite café.
Many folks from the Long Beach area will head up to L.A. on the Metro Blue Line, timing themselves to arrive in L.A. by about 10:00 am. Click on the map to see route specifics.
For more information, go to www.cicLAvia.org, or contact info@cicLAvia.org.
MichaelB, April 7th 2011 |
Tags: annual event, cicLAvia, ciclovÃa, cycling, fun, ride, routes
Posted in event, ride
CicLAvia was a hit on 10-10-10 and is coming back to the streets of LA in early April!
Sunday, April 10 of two-thousand eleven: 10am-3pm
Boyle Heights, Downtown, West Hollywood
get your CicLAvia route info HERE
there’s a full-page flier for handing out HERE
find all the info you want/need on the CicLAvia webpages
also! join a number of cyclists trying to show the popularity of this event (and possibly get the route extended) in South LA. (facebook event here)
they’re meeting at Exposition Park’s Olympic swim stadium at 8.30am.
travis, March 29th 2011 |
Posted in Featured, Uncategorized, advocacy, event, ride
See you at Bixby Park for an easy, family-oriented neighborhood bike ride on Saturday, March 19th, departing at 10:00 am.
Then, from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm, also at Bixby Park, join the community workshop to update the Long Beach Bicycle Master Plan. Your suggestions and observations will be noted by staff of the Department of Public Works.
Bixby Park is located between Cherry and Junipero, and between Ocean Blvd. and Broadway.
If the opportunity to participate in a fun bike ride and to provide City planners with your input about cycling infrastructure isn’t incentive enough… here’s one more goodie to sweeten the pot: There will be free Mc’Coffee.
It occurs to us that this Saturday you could enjoy a particularly Buzzy Day in a coffee-tasting way. We suggest that you buy various cups of coffee at several of our favorite local cafés (including coffee from Hot Java and from the Park Pantry—both across the street from Bixby Park—and from Portfolio Coffeehouse on Fourth at Junipero)… and then enjoy some free McCoffee as part of the community workshop. After the workshop, you could then cycle over to Sipology #2 on Broadway at Temple… and then cycle around the rest of the day to a dozen other great, locally-owned cafés. No… wait… you should NOT sip that much coffee in one day. Better to do your coffee tasting little by little. So… scratch the Buzzy Day idea. This Saturday, would you care for some McCoffee?
The final Bicycle Master Plan Update community meeting will take place at the Mark Twain Library (1401 E. Anaheim), Wednesday, March 23rd, 6:00-8:00 pm.
MichaelB, March 16th 2011 |
Tags: advocacy, commuting, cycling, fun, goals, meeting, ride, roads, routes, safety, traffic, women
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Meet where – The HUB, 1730 Long Beach Blvd, 90813
When – 9pm-3am Thursday night – Friday morning
What – Ride around LB ports
Why – This night there’s a stop work meeting in both ports. If the union guys aren’t working, nothing is happening in the ports! http://pierpass.org/
Breakfast – old trucker’s cafe in the ports 3-4am
Contact – allanalessio@yahoo.com
BRING YO CAMERA!!!!
Read more…
travis, February 28th 2011 |
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Attend an upcoming public meeting to provide your input regarding cycling in Long Beach. The Long Beach Department of Public Works is holding meetings in many neighborhoods to solicit input about updating the Bicycle Master Plan.
The City has scheduled nine public sessions to request input during January, February and March. Also, the City will sponsor free bike rides prior to five of those public meetings.
To view details (dates, times, locations) about meetings 1-5, click on the LEFT. (Bicycle Master Plan workshops at Lowell Elementary School, First Congregational Church, Silverado Park, Coolidge Park and Los Altos Library.)
To view details (dates, times, locations) about meetings 6-9, click on the RIGHT. (Bicycle Master Plan workshops at El Dorado Park, Bixby Knolls, Bixby Park and Mark Twain Library.)
To view details about free bike rides starting at Lowell Elementary School and Silverado Park, click on the LEFT.
To view details about free bike rides starting at El Dorado Park, Bixby Knolls and Bixby Park, click on the RIGHT.
For more information, contact Courtney Aguirre at (562) 570-6667.
Courtney.Aguirre@LongBeach.Gov.
MichaelB, January 21st 2011 |
Tags: advocacy, Bicycle Master Plan, cycling, goals, meeting, ride, roads, safety, traffic
Posted in advocacy, meeting, ride
First off, this ride is a bad idea. You probably shouldn’t go on it. It will be the middle of the night, and you’ll be useless the next day. There are no buses or trains to save you, and only 7-11s and donut shops to feed on. Only nine riders survived last year. With that being said…
November 21st, meeting at Eleven-Forty Five, just before midnight, is Long Beach Cyclists’ Second Annual (and maybe last) Full Moon Ride. This ride will take us up the San Gabriel River to El Monte, along the Rio Hondo until it meets up with the LA River, and finally back home on Long Beach’s own Beach Path.
It’s 50 miles cycling under a full moon. It’s November. It could be cold and could be rainy. And there are coyotes and vicious owls. If you’re going to ignore my advice and come along on the ride, we recommend having a well-working bicycle. One that doesn’t creak and ache. One that you know how to fix, or one that won’t break. You are responsible for yourself (hey, just like in real life!)
Lights are a must. No lights, no ride. We’ll send you home. Seriously. Helmets are strongly encouraged.
We’ll probably stop at Denny’s when we’re done — if we finish…
Sunday, November 21st @ 11:45PM… until Monday, November 22nd before sunrise
Meet at Belmont Pier
Ride leaves at Midnight
Get there at 12:01 to see our tail lights in the distance.
View Bad Idea in a larger map
Thank you D Dougherty for organizing this great ride!
MichaelB, November 15th 2010 |
Tags: annual event, bicycle, cycling, fun, ride
Posted in event, ride
Next month will mark 40 years since the creation of the sport of BMX right here in Long Beach, and there’s a lot of things happening to celebrate this milestone.  The Mayor is designating November 14th “BMX Day” so you know it’s a big deal.
First, as part of First Fridays in Bixby Knolls on November 5th, there’s “40 Years of BMX History” at the Bixby Knolls Expo Center (4321 Atlantic Avenue, between Carson and San Antonio), with all sorts of important BMX artifacts, like bikes and banners and jerseys and lots more. There’s even a showing of the BMX cult classic “Rad: The Movie.” Admission to the whole thing is Free!
Then, November 13th, same place, the History of BMX Expo, featuring many of BMX’s legends in person, a Giant Bicycles-4130 Subway Series Get A Clue Ride, and an Afterparty.
And November 14th there’s a super-sized helping of BMX goodness and competition:Â Freestyle, Dirt Jumping, Flatland Freestyle, Races… also, a Bike Collector Show, all at Hollywood Sports Park in Bellflower (9030 Somerset, at at Lakewood Blvd).
All the details are at http://40yearsofbmx.com.
Lee, October 27th 2010 |
Tags: annual event, BMX
Posted in art, event, ride
The annual Long Beach International City Bank Marathon will take place this weekend. A free, one-mile Kids Fun Run will be held 9:00 am Saturday, October 16, at the Aquarium of the Pacific. Then, early Sunday the 17th, a route that starts from and finishes at Shoreline Drive, will be closed off for the Marathon (full, half, and 5 kilometer), and for the 26.2-mile Bike Tour. Registration and fee required to participate in a Sunday event. Even if you won’t run or cycle in the Marathon, you may still enjoy watching as runners and cyclists speed by.
Don’t plan on sleeping in this Sunday! The Bike Tour starts at 6:00 am. The Walkers Marathon starts at 6:15 am. The Wheelchair Division starts at 6:55 am. The Full and Half Marathons will set out in waves every five minutes starting at 7:00 am. And the Run Forrest Run 5-kilometer Marathon will start at 8:30 am.
MichaelB, October 15th 2010 |
Tags: annual event, marathon, ride
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The 10th of October… 10-10-10, is a GREAT day for a bike ride! CicLAvia means the City of Los Angeles closes more than seven miles of roads to motorized traffic. It lasts from 10 am to 3 pm.—five hours of easy, urban cycling! This isn’t a race. There’s no fee to participate. Just show up on your bike and enjoy!
Head up to Los Angeles—perhaps take the Blue Line Metro to get to the downtown area—then join the fun. (A number of Long Beach Cyclists will depart from Long Beach Transit Mall aboard the Blue Line at 8:30 am, aiming to meet up with friends in L.A. from the Los Angeles Bicycle Coalition so that a larger group of us can ride together. Accompany us or meet us there!) You can cycle CicLAvia in either direction. The route runs through downtown L.A. To the west, the route reaches to the Bicycle Kitchen in East Hollywood. To the east, the route reaches to Hollenbeck Park in Boyle Heights. Just think: No cars to deal with except at a relatively small number of intersections. See CicLAvia.wordpress.com for more information. Click on the map on the right to have a look at route specifics.
The ciclovÃa (see-clo-VEE-uh) concept is popular in numerous Latin American countries and in Europe. For example, Ecuadorian cyclists enjoy a fantastic circuit across Quito, the capital city… ONCE A WEEK throughout the year! Let’s be glad this ciclovÃa is L.A.’s first one, and hope it’s not L.A.’s last one!
MichaelB, October 9th 2010 |
Tags: bike lane, cicLAvia, ciclovÃa, cycling, fun, ride, routes
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