Long Beach has been upgraded to a “Silver Bicycle Friendly City” by the League of American Bicyclists. This award puts the City of Long Beach in a select group of cities across the nation; only five other cities were upgraded from Bronze to Silver, and only ...
Here’s a look at Bike to Work Day events that are on tap. We’ll keep adding information here throughout the month, so send your company’s information to us at bikelongbeach@longbeach.gov. Bike to Work Day at City Hall. 7:00-9:00 a.m. City Hall plaza wi...
Here is more information about tonight’s meeting in Bixby Knolls. Councilwoman Rae Gabelich invites you to attend a discussion on various bicycle infrastructure improvements coming or proposed for Pacific Avenue, San Antonio Drive and Del Amo Blvd. Wednesday, May ...
Our bicycle coordinator and blogger Allan Crawford and the gregarious bicycling consultant Charlie Gandy will talk all things Bike Long Beach tonight on K-Beach, online at http://www.kbeach.org/. Listen live at 7 pm tonight, or ...
May is National Bike Month and Long Beach will be home to be more than a dozen public events, including the third Tour of Long Beach and BikeFest, the City’s annual Bike to Work Day festivities, and bike safety rodeos as part of the City’s goal to be the nation’s most b...
The Tour of Long Beach is looking for Cyclists to volunteer as Course Marshals (May 5th)The Tour of Long Beach is looking for enthusiastic volunteers (ages 16 and older) who are available to work shifts to help our event be successful. Community Service Hours will be re...
(Reposted from BixbyKnolls.info) The inaugural Kidical Mass Bixby Knolls ride will leave from Los Cerritos Park (park location) promptly at 1:00pm on Sunday, May 20th. The ride will be led by Olympic Cyclist Tony Cruz and wind through the neighborhood following all of t...
A crowd gathered in front of Miller Children’s Hospital Long Beach to see tykes with cancer and serious blood disorders racing their trikes around the length of Miller Children’s circular driveway to help kick-off the 2012 Tour of Long Beach and BikeFest taking place in...
Join over 2500 riders this year for the Tour of Long Beach on May 5! Sign up today and support kids with cancer and blood disorders at Miller Children’s Hospital Long Beach in one of four rides…….starting on Shoreline Drive on downtown Long Beach!! R...
BICYCLE DREAMS, AWARD-WINNING DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT RACE ACROSS AMERICA, COMING TO LONG BEACH ON APRIL 10 Bicycle Dreams, the award-winning feature-length documentary about the Race Across America (RAAM), will premiere in Long Beach at The Art Theater on Tuesday, Apri...
I’m at the national bike summit in Washington DC this week. As you may know Bikeshare is coming to Long Beach in January of 2013. So my first task in DC was to go find the Capital Bike Share and give it a ride. My first challenge….how do I find it a bike? ...
The Tour of Long Beach is coming May 5! Cyclists of all levels can enjoy one of four great rides! Choose from: Family Fun Ride – 8:30am start – 4 miles along the coast from Downtown to Belmont Shore and back. FREE! Tour of Long Beach – 8:00, 8:05 &...
The Long Beach non-profit Bikeable Communities honored its visionary, Mark Bixby, today, one year after a Long Beach plane crash claimed five lives: Bixby, 44, of Long Beach; Tom Dean, 50, of Laguna Beach; Jeff Berger, 49, of Manhattan Beach; Bruce Krall, 51, of Ladera ...
Don’t just “fool around” on April 1, hop on your bike and join us for Long Beach Bike for Art, the First Annual Bike Scavenger Hunt. We encourage everyone to wear their most creative cycling costume and decorate their bike for the occasion. The Scavenger Hunt begins and...
The San Gabriel River Trail repaving project is on schedule to begin Monday March 19. Approximately one third of the trail will be closed each day between 7:00 am and 3:30 pm. See below for details of the closure and detours....
Sharing the below update with our blog readers. This was sent out today from the Tour of Long Beach to previous participants. Hope you can make it out there with us! ======================================= BikeFest & Tour of Long Beach announce the Beachwood BBQ Cra...
San Gabriel River Trail Resurfacing delayed one to two weeks. As you know we have begun the San Gabriel River Bike Trail Resurfacing project. The preliminary work began last week. Unfortunately we have encountered a small permit issue with the county. City staff is work...
