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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Laguna Beach

The Impossible has happened. Laguna Beach is thinking about bicycles.

Not your typical Critical Massers: Laguna's ride is family friendly and kid approved.

It has finally dawned on someone in city government that perhaps the best interests of residents and merchants alike aren’t served by pumping as many cars as possible through every street in town.

Credit the awakening to Les Miklosy, Chair of the city’s newly formed Complete Streets Task Force. Les has promoted the very mellow Critical Mass rides in Laguna since 2008, an organization that has soft pedaled the benefits of cycling into the hearts of city officials.

The city has even proclaimed May 17-21, Laguna Bike to Work Week. A growing number of merchants are offering free coffee to bike commuters who show up on their bikes ready for a cup’a Joe.  So far Laguna Coffee Co. and Heidelberg Deli have ponied up- let’s support these guys with muffin buy!

You can email Les Miklosy here.

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    Complete Streets Task Force – Background
    Excerpts from a conversation with longtime Laguna Beach bicycle and pedestrian advocate, Michael Hoag.
    Out of a long range plan debuted in 1999, called Vision 2030, came an environmental committee, whose members wrote a climate protection plan. That plan included a transportation element which included language about bicycling. City Manager, Ken Frank, asked that bicycling specifically be removed out of fear of liability.
    Progress for bicyclists would have ground to a halt but for the efforts of committed advocates like city council member, Jane Egly. In 2009 a bicycle task force was formed which, recognizing the Laguna public’s general dislike of bicycles, has renamed itself Complete Streets Task Force. Emphasis is spread equally on bicycling, pedestrian access, transit, and private vehicles.

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