Rides & Events

  • Bike to Work Day
    May 17, 2012 | 2:47 pm

    Title: Bike to Work day Description: National Bike to Work day Date: 2012-5-18

    Can’t make the Tour and can’t call in? Switch the 4 wheels for 2 or 3!

    Started in 1956 by the League of  American Bicyclists as part of National Bike Month, Bike to Work encourages people to commute on their bikes to [...]

  • OC Rides of Silence – Recap+
    May 17, 2012 | 11:29 am

    The evening of 5/16/2012 marked the 10th annual Ride of Silence (RoS) around the world. Angelique Martinez, 16, of Oxnard organized a RoS in memory of her brother Anthony, 6, who was struck and killed by a pickup truck last Thanksgiving, was selected by the Ride of Silence board of directors as this years’ “champion and hero”.

    Here [...]

  • Rides of Silence in the OC
    May 16, 2012 | 9:10 am

    The Ride of Silence 2012 Wed May 16, 2012 – Ride of Silence

    “Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.” Mahatma Gandhi

    Download RideofSilenceMemorial – (6M)  any corrections? ContactUs – thanks.

    Short History: On May 4 2003, Larry Schwartz was riding [...]

  • SHARE MTB Poker Ride
    May 14, 2012 | 12:18 pm

    Title: SHARE MTB Poker Ride Location: Santiago Oaks Link out: Click here Description: Fundraising Ride for trail maintenance and wilderness restoration Start Time: 08:00 Date: 2012-05-19

    “The SHARE Mountain Bike Poker Ride is a very very fun event that has been run annually for over 15 years. The event has raised critically needed money sponsoring [...]

  • Bike to School day
    May 8, 2012 | 8:58 am

    Title: Bike to School day Description: Bike to School day Date: 2012-05-09

    National Bike to School Day is coordinated by the National Center for Safe Routes to School.   Details and contact info for California are here.

    A  planning resource is hosted by the same group at a different site which is here.

    To use our [...]

  • OC Parks Tour – 2012
    May 4, 2012 | 5:01 am

    Title: OC Parks Tour Location: Aliso Woods Wilderness Park TourLink: Click here Description: MTB Race and Expo at Aliso Woods Wilderness Park and Laguna Niguel Regional Park . Start Time: 06:00 Date: 2012-5-5 End Time: 14:00

    Presented by The Path, This is the first – ever – MTB Race at Aliso Woods. It is also [...]

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Killer Drove onto the Sidewalk

At twice the allowed blood-alcohol level, Ms. Stearns was a threat to life and property.

Dana Point –  Seems like all the recent cases of negligence through the DA’s office have  female perps who are either drunk or drugged at the time of impact.

This one, going back to 2007, involves Michelle Stearns, 30, [...]

Motor Menace Faces 10 Years in Stir

Newport Beach – The arraignment of Danae Marie Miller has been continued until April 15 at Harbor Justice Center in Dept. 1.

Miller, 22 years old from Newport Coast, was charged March 10 with felony vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence while intoxicated. She killed accomplished triathlete, Amine Britel, rear-ending him as she drove in the [...]

Justice for the death of a cyclist. You be the judge.

In December, 2009, Patricia Izquieta drove her Saturn SUV northbound on Jamboree Road in Newport Beach in the far right-hand lane. The victim, Donald Murphy, was riding his bicycle along the curb behind two of his friends. Izquieta drifted towards the curb and hit Murphy from behind. She then fled the scene, dragging Murphy’s bicycle [...]