Discounts for cyclists—Fri, March 5

Support local bike-friendly businesses.

On the first Friday of every month, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm, many Long Beach cafés and restaurants offer lower prices to customers who show up on a bicycle and dine in. To participate, we are asked to show our helmet or bike lock key.

Click on the thumbnail Lunch Breaks PARTICIPANTS LIST to the right to see the list of the 27 current participants for addresses, web sites and discount particulars.

Lunch Breaks for Cyclists is part of the Car-Free Fridays initiative coordinated by the City of Long Beach (as promoted by BikeLongBeach dot org) in which all people are encouraged to bike to work, one day per month at the very least.

The current list is based on the participants list found at bikelongbeach.org.

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LBCyclists, March 4th 2010 | Tags: , , ,
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Discounts for cyclists, Friday, Feb 5

Support local bike-friendly businesses.

On the first Friday of every month, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm, many Long Beach cafés and restaurants offer lower prices to customers who show up on a bicycle and dine in. To participate, we are asked to show our helmet or bike lock key.

Click on the thumbnail Lunch Breaks PARTICIPANTS LIST to the right to see the list of the 27 current participants for addresses, web sites and discount particulars.

Lunch Breaks for Cyclists is part of the Car-Free Fridays initiative coordinated by the City of Long Beach (as promoted by BikeLongBeach dot org) in which all people are encouraged to bike to work, one day per month at the very least.

The current list is based on the participants list found at bikelongbeach.org, and an almost identical list published in the current District Weekly.

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LBCyclists, February 1st 2010 | Tags: , ,
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Lunch Breaks for Cyclists (the first Friday of every month)

 

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Friday, January 5th, support local bike-friendly businesses.

On the first Friday of every month, 11:00 am – 2:00 pm, many Long Beach cafés and restaurants offer lower prices to customers who show up on a bicycle and dine in. Discounts of up to 20% excluding alcohol. To participate, we are asked to show our helmet or bike lock key.

Presently, 25 local eateries are listed on the BikeLongBeach dot org web site as participants in this initiative. They are:  Z Pizza, Utopia, Sura Korean BBQ, Supermex (on 1st), Springbok Bar & Grill, Sipology, Portfolio Coffeehouse LLC, Pho America, Pizza Pi, Open Sesame, Number Nine, La Muse East Village Cafe, Johnny Rockets, It’s a Grind Coffee House (on Pine), Georges Greek Café (on Pine), The Funnel House, Fresh Foods Cafe, Crema de la Crepes, Creama Café, Cisco Burger, Buono’s Authentic Pizzeria, At Last Cafe, Ashley’s Bar & Grill, Alondra Hot Wings and Alegría Cocina Latina.

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Click on the thumbnail Lunch Breaks PARTICIPANTS LIST to the right to see the list of current participants for addresses, web sites and discount particulars.

Did you have lunch at one of the listed eateries on Friday, December 4th?  I had lunch and coffee (and read my paperback) at ‘At Last Cafe’ on Orange near Broadway. The food was great, and my outdoor table beneath a tree was perfect for some pleasure reading time. The first Friday of January with be the 1st. No restaurants will be open on that day, so… the next ‘Lunch Breaks for Cyclists’ first Friday will be February 5th.

Lunch Breaks for Cyclists is part of the Car-Free Fridays initiative coordinated by the City of Long Beach (as promoted by BikeLongBeach dot org) in which all people are encouraged to bike to work, one day per month at the very least.

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MichaelB, November 29th 2009 | Tags: , , ,
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Drive-Thrus becoming Bike-Thrus

From BikePortland.Org:

Responding to last month’s biking momma drive-thru debacle, Burgerville has announced that they’ll welcome people on bikes to each of their 37 drive-thrus (which are from this day forward known as cycle-thrus!).

The company also announced that they have already begun adding signs to “alert drivers and bicyclists to safety precautions for bicycle access”. Burgerville’s Chief Cultural Officer Jack Graves will also be on hand to discuss their “expanded bike policy”.

In other biking-in-drive-thru news, Portlander Brad Reber says he got refused at his bank today on liability grounds (the teller told him he “might get hit”). Will banks follow Burgerville’s lead on this issue? We hope and we’ll see.

It is true that bicycles are not vehicles, but those on them ARE drivers – the law says so.
Whilst driving a bicycle, you have all the rights and are subject to all the provisions applicable to the driver of a vehicle .

Wouldn’t not serving you be vehicle discrimination? Why not. I’m calling it.

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ddougherty, September 16th 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , ,
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River Trail Ride September 13th 2009!

Come play with us, and bring a lunch!

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bmckeever, September 12th 2009 | Tags: , , , ,
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Fun with the Bike Blender!


What a great (hot) day to take the Bike Blender on its maiden ride! For those of you that have ridden with us, you may have heard us talk about the bike blender. The mythical device that combines human power and organic goodness which creates smoothies of the gods.

Well it’s here. Is it as much fun as he hoped? Better! Instead of imaginary smoothies, we’ve got real ones now! Here are some snaps of the hardcore smoothie making action. Join us next week and blend your own.




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LBCyclists, June 22nd 2008 | Tags: , , ,
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Bike Blender is here!

For all of you that have been attending the Farmers Market rides and hearing rumors about a mythical bike blender… IT HAS ARRIVED!

Join us this Sunday for our weekly Farmers Market ride, and spin your own smoothie!

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LBCyclists, June 20th 2008 | Tags: ,
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BTWD 2008 a SUCCESS!!!

Thanks to everyone who attended and helped make Bike to Work Day 2008 in Long Beach the best ever. Seriously!

The turn out was great and we were able to reach out to the community and talk to many people about the joys of bicycling in Long Beach. Everyone that helped in the planning, attended meetings, made signs until midnight and gave their support should sleep well tonight knowing that we all made Long Beach a little better place today.

Now, some pics from today!

Practicing what we preach! A sundry group of cyclists, their strange bikes, bags and trailers gathered at pre-dawn to load up and carry most of the event materials by bike! That included boxes of water, food, prizes, sidewalk chalk and even a table! For a fleeting second, it felt like something that would happen in uber-biketown Portland.



Some yummy snacks and the morning caffeine were donated by The Small Cafe and Portfolios coffee!




We had great conversations with residents about cycling all morning long!











Vons executives from the newly refurbished “The Market” came by to share the bike love.


After the event, it was time to do the raffle and dole out some prizes!


It was a tiring afternoon but worth it!

Once again, none of this would have been possible without the many donations from sponsors. So thanks again to BikeStation, BikeCommuters.com, The City of Long Beach, METRO, The Port of Long Beach, Portfolio Coffeehouse, The Small Cafe, Walz Caps, Planet Bike, the Aquarium of the Pacific and KHS!!!!

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LBCyclists, May 16th 2008 | Tags: , , ,
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We’re looking for a few good Wheelmen and Wheelwomen!

Are you interested in making cycling a fun, safe and viable transportation choice in Long Beach? Zip us an email and get involved today!

One of our first big events will be Bike to Work Day on May 15th. We need some wheelmen and wheelwomen to get involved in the planning to make it the best Bike to Work Day in the LBC yet!

 
 

Bike to Work Day
We’re tentatively planning to have a BTWD pit-stop at the Belmont Pier. We need some help with the following:
-we’re still in the planning stages, come help out and share your ideas
-spreading the word to ensure we get a good turn-out (telling your friends, talking with your LBS, making and spreading flyers)
-we’re looking for some food to hand-out to morning bike commuters at the pit-stop (coffee, fruit, light snacks)
-we’re also looking to secure some prizes for an opportunity drawing

If you would like to get involved in the planning and the actual event, please email us!

 

Designers and Artists!
Do you love bikes and have an eye for design? We’re forming a marketing committee and we need some help designing brochures, posters and other collateral that just oozes bike love!

Email us!

Bicycle BBQ Summer Series
Let’s make this the Summer of the Bicycle! We need some volunteers to assist in the planning of some Bicycle BBQs. We’re planning to ride from LB to one of the fire-pits in Huntington for an all day, bike-powered bbq. Lots of our members have trailers, cargo bikes and panniers. Our goal is to carry everything by bike. Come help us plan and participate.

Email us!

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LBCyclists, April 2nd 2008 | Tags: , , , , , , ,
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