Rides & Events
- Bike to Work Day
May 17, 2012 | 2:47 pmTitle: 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 amThe 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 pmTitle: 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 amTitle: 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 amTitle: 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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Irvine  Members of "BCI" pose for a club photo in April, 2010. Originally founded by the city of Irvine recreation department, the club now has over 500 members of all ages and skill levels. Bicycle Friendly Community, Silver Level, Irvine has incorporated bike lanes and shared use trails from its earliest development in the 1960s. But beyond infrastructure, the city’s vision for a healthy and active lifestyle for its residents includes parks and a community recreation programs, one of the most successful of which is the Bicycle Club of Irvine.
With major employers and a University of California campus in town, Irvine has a visible– and growing– number of year ’round bicycle commuters.
Cinco de Mayo Half-Marathon and Bike Tour
The Ride of Silence 2012
The Great Park
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Also of note: UC Irvine recently received Bicycle Friendly University, Silver Level, status from the LAB this winter! With the plans we have in store, I’m pretty sure we’ll be skipping up a level after the next application period.
MAY 19 – IRVINE Wednesday night’s Ride of Silence in Irvine attracted hundreds of road and mountain bikers who toured a 9 mile route which included Alton Pkwy., one of the city’s busiest arterials. With Irvine police protecting the intersections the silent peleton rolled mostly two abreast, riders’ black armbands reminding motorists of the event’s intent: a tribute to bicyclists killed or injured by drivers who fail to safely share the road.
It was a sad reason to hold what was otherwise a beautiful twilight ride. After winding along Alton Pkwy., riders turned onto the regional bike trail to return along San Diego Creek through Windrow and Civic Center Parks to City Hall.
Irvine is one of 310 cities worldwide which held a Ride of Silence this year.