Category Archives: Bike to work week

Bike Week LA: Saturday & Sunday, May 17th and 18th

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Click for full list of participating businesses and specials for
Bike Month & Bike Local SM Week
 

Santa Monica Spoke is pleased to partner with Buy Local Santa Monica, the City of Santa Monica and LA County Metro for Bike Week LA.  Here are some great Bike Local Santa Monica Weekend Specials….just ride over on your bike and mention “Bike Local, Buy Local SM!”
Most specials are good all week and some all through the month of May!

Monday-Sunday—Bike Local:  Ride your bike to eat, play or shop, and take advantage of special discounts just for bicyclists! Bicyclists are great for local business. Research shows that people traveling on bicycles spend more money at and make more visits to small establishments than people traveling in cars. Because bicyclists travel at slower speeds, it’s easier for them to stop and smell the coffee!

Join the National Bike Challenge: Ride for team BIKE SANTA MONICA

Bike Week LA: Friday, May 16th

Metro Bike Night Union Station

Metro Bike Night at Union Station &
Bike Date Night!

Metro and their LA County partners will host a BIKE WEEK LA Wrap-up evening event at the Fred Harvey Room and courtyard at Union Station. This free event will feature special guests, live music, food trucks, outdoor booths, free bike valet, bike shorts, trivia, bike portraits and a fashion show. There will also be a raffle for great prizes!
How about a group ride to Union Station from Santa Monica?

Bike Date Night!

Check back – more  on this will be posted here

Join the National Bike Challenge: Ride for team BIKE SANTA MONICA

Bike Month & Bike Local SM Week Specials

 

 

Bike Week LA: Thursday May 15th, BIKE TO WORK DAY

Santa Monica Bike to Work Day Pitstops &
4th Annual Bike FROM Work Handlebar Happy Hour!

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Did you take the pledge? Pledge here to ride your bike on Bike to Work Day and you could win a new folding bike from REI and other great prizes!
If your ride is long or a full day at work makes it a challenge to pedal home, go multi-modal:
Big Blue Bus joins Metro (and other transit) to offer FREE rides to bicyclists all day on May 15th. Bring your bike or helmet on board a Big Blue Bus and you can ride for free.

BBB Bike Resources 
  • Read our tps for bringing your bike on board Big Blue.
  • BBB encourages bike safety, visit www.bike.smgov.net for additional information.

Join the National Bike Challenge: Ride for team BIKE SANTA MONICA

Bike Month & Bike Local SM Week Specials

Santa Monica Bike to Work Pit Stops:

note: if you know of other Pitstops not listed – lets us know and we will add them!
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Santa Monica Spoke & Co-Opportunity  6:30am -9am 16th and Broadway Co -host a Bike to Work Pit Stop. Coffee, Juice, breakfast food and healthy snacks!

You are also invited to join us for 4th Annual BIKE FROM WORK Handlebar Happy Hour Mixer, 5-9pm

NEW VENUE Areal Restaurant, 2820 Main Street

City of Santa Monica, 6-9am, Santa Monica City Hall, 1685 Main Street, there will be giveaways, continental breakfast, hot and cold beverages and gift packs for bikers, also lots of bicycling information. Santa Monica Spoke will be here too!

Helens Cycles,  7:30-10AM, 2501 Broadway, Free
Bike safety checks, coupons, information, snacks and giveaways

DTLA Bicycles 10am -7pm, 700 Wilshire Blvd.
Free safety checks and 10% off there entire purchase by mentioning “I Ride LA”

Santa Monica Bike Center, 6:30-10am, 1555 2nd Street (corner of 2nd and Colorado)
Free Safety Checks, and made to order gourmet peanut butter and ‘your favorite topping’ sandwiches and coffee will be available for bike commuters! 

Santa Monica College, 8am-12pm, 1744 Pearl Street, Check out the new bike parking corral, The Santa Monica College Bicycle Club and Bike SMC Campaign will be providing a pit stop for students and other commuters riding out to or around the West Side. They will be giving out patch kits, have a free mini tune up service, serving a continental breakfast and Cliff Bars, as well as assisting with routes and provide any information a commuter needs or wants.
Pearl Street Bike Park on Santa Monica College’s campus

Crossroads School, 7:15-9:30am, 1729 21st Street (just south of Olympic Blvd), 
Cold drinks, snacks, giveaways

Colorado Center, 8-10am, 2401 Broadway, Corner of Broadway and Cloverfield – Northeast Corner. Fruit, water and snacks

Water Garden Commuter Center 8-10am, 2450 Colorado
Water, snacks and fruit

Moore Ruble Yudell, 8-10am 933 Pico Blvd,
Bottles of water as well as a larger container of water to refill bottles/thermos and fruit & granola bar.

Areal Restaurant, 10am-11pm, 2820 Main Street,
Free coffees & fountain drinks as well as refilling of water bottles. 20% off any food purchase by mentioning that you biked to work Thursday May 16th.

O’Brien’s Irish 2226 Wilshire Blvd 11:30am-11pm, 2226 Wilshire Blvd
Two for one burgers for Cyclists

Metro LA Pitstop Map

Golden Pedal Awards

It’s time again for the Golden Pedal Awards, Metro’s annual bicycle story competition! Do you or someone you know have a great story to tell about your bicycle commute? What do you love about bicycling to school or work? Tell them about your victories—whether it be the hills you conquer every morning, bicycling to school with your children, or your clever shortcut that lets you zip past traffic.
No matter your age or ability level, Metro wants to hear about your cycling success story, you define what is a bicycling success story and they are interested in hearing about it.
Nominate yourself or someone else for an award. Winners will receive a number of fun prizes and will be featured on The Source!
Tell your story here

 

Bike Week LA: Wednesday, May 14th

Santa Monica Guided Tour Ride: Bike Lanes and More!
Handlebar Happy Hour at the Wine Expo!
City Hall Green Lanes

Just last year we were celebrating the announcement of our Bike Friendly Community Silver Award from the League of American Bicyclists,  Bicycle Friendly Communities (BFC).
This year as we aim for GOLD, Join us on a Guided Tour of some of our best and newest bike lanes and infrastructure. Give input, ask questions hear about what’s up next – We finish the tour at Wine Expo for Handlebar Happy Hour Mixer, with snack and beverage specials just for us!

The tour begins  in front of Santa Monica City, 1685 Main Street at 5:00pm – ROLL 5:15pm
We will end up at Wine Expo 2933 Santa Monica Blvd, around 6:00pm

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Take the tour or join us at the Handlebar Happy Hour

Join the National Bike Challenge: Ride for team BIKE SANTA MONICA

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Bike Week LA: Tuesday, May 13

Blessing of the Bicycles and Ladies Choice Morning / Coffee Talk Ride.

Good Samaritan Hospital’s 11th Annual Blessing of the Bicycles.

CAFFE BELLOSanta Monica, morning – Lady’s Choice – Chat, ask questions, share stores – over coffee, tea. We can explore the benefits, challenges and shared experiences as women on bikes. Non-gender specific – all are invited  – but lady’s choice on ride and topics. Meet up location for morning beverage and conversation
Cafe Bello 7:30am, 1912 Broadway

Join the National Bike Challenge: Ride for team BIKE SANTA MONICA

Bike Month & Bike Local SM Week Specials

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