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McBride Teen Center Helmet Give-away
As part of Bike Month in Long Beach … BIKEable Communities teamed up with The City of Long Beach, Safe Moves, Miller’s Childrens Hospital, Kohls, The Workshop bikeshop in Bixby Knolls and Councilman Dee Andrews to give away over 100 helmets to kids at McBride Teen Center. And the kids not only got helmets…but got [...]
Posted: May 22nd, 2013 under Community events.
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Club/Team Race Coaching Nights in El Dorado Park
For over 30 years El Dorado Park has hosted twilight races on Tuesday nights. This year we’re introducing Coaching Nights on the alternating Tuesdays April 16, April 30, May 14 Bring your club, team and coaches for: Team Training Intro to racing clinics One on One coaching Challenging workouts for all levels Open to riders of all ages [...]
Posted: April 12th, 2013 under Community events, Getting People to Ride.
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Women On Bikes So Cal – September 11, 2012 Our Cycle Chic: Past, Present & Future Fall Fundraiser
This Thursday September 13 at 6:30pm over 25 design lines and boutiques, over 50 models, stylists and volunteers, Choura Events, and the teams at both Bikeable Communities and Women on Bikes SoCal will come together to host a fashion celebration of “dressing for the destination.” Set on the last day of the “Pro Walk/Pro Bike: [...]
Posted: September 11th, 2012 under Community events.
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First Annual Mark Whitehead Memorial Race – September 4, 2012 at El Dorado Park
Bikeable Communities presents the first annual Mark Whitehead Memorial Race. The race will take place at El Dorado Regional Park in Long Beach on September 4, 2012 as the finale to the summer-long El Dorado Training Race Series. Mark Whitehead passed away in July 2011 at the age of 50. In the early years at [...]
Posted: August 24th, 2012 under Community events.
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Long Beach Bike Meeting at City Hall, Monday July 30
Check out the following City of Long Beach announcement on their upcoming bike meetings. We’d love to see you there! Members of the community are invited to attend a new series of planned meetings designed to talk about what is happening in Long Beach with respect to bicycling — what the City is doing, what [...]
Posted: July 19th, 2012 under Community events.
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Bikeable Communities’ El Dorado Park Training Race
Check out the following photos snapped by the talented Allan Crawford of July 17′s ride at the historic El Dorado Park in Long Beach. Want to ride with us? We’d love for you to, visit here to learn more.
Posted: July 18th, 2012 under Community events.
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El Dorado Race Series Launches Summer Schedule – Presented By Bikeable Communities
Long Beach, CA – July 11, 2012 – Keeping with a long standing tradition of attracting some of the nation’s finest bike racing talent, the El Dorado Park Race Series continues its summer schedule of weekly ‘Crit Style’ training races on a 1.75 mile closed course loop circuit. Located in Long Beach, El Dorado Park [...]
Posted: July 11th, 2012 under Community events.
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July Bike Film Festival at the Long Beach Art Theatre
The following is cross-posted from BikeLongBeach.org. Looking for something fun and cool to do on Sunday afternoons in July? How about checking out the Bike Film festival at the Art Theatre onFourth Street’s Retro Row. The Art proudly presents Bike Film Fest: a month-long Sunday series exploring the wonderful world of cycling. Each Sunday at [...]
Posted: July 5th, 2012 under Community events.
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Cali Bike Tours Summer Wine Tasting & Bike Tour
Thursday August 11th from 5:30 to 7:30 pm Cali Bike Tours will host Long Beach’s very first “Summer Wine Tasting & Bike Tour” in downtown Long Beach. For this inaugural tour the focus will be on the wines of California and include tastings at the Wine Down Lounge in the historic Breakers Hotel building and [...]
Posted: August 5th, 2011 under Community events, Features, Getting People to Ride.
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Long Beach Launches First “Bicycle Friendly Business Districts” in the U.S.
Here’s something to contemplate as you decide what to do this weekend – did you know that 40% of car trips in the United States are under two miles? Did you know that two miles is a very easy trip to make by bicycle? To make your decision even easier of car vs. bike (or gee, maybe it’s time to just go out and buy a new bike) Long Beach has added an incentive called “Bike Saturdays.”
Posted: June 4th, 2011 under Community events.
Tags: Bicycle Friendly Business Districts
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