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Family Bike Festival November 15th: FUN & FREE

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Santa Monica Family Bike Festival
at McKinley School

When I say festival – I mean FESTIVAL. This will be a day full of activities for the whole family!
Join us at this free event that will feature, FREE Bike Rodeo / skills course, demos, wood bike banked track, FREE giant slide, FREE raffles, FREE rock climbing wall, DJ entertainment, games, craft booths, local merchants and bike shops with test rides and accessories, route planning and information, FOOD AND FUN!

We are especially excited about the great commitment and enthusiasm building at McKinley for sustainable, active transportation for walking ad biking and to the rockin’ McKinley Sustainability & Beautification Committee we are supporting for this event! They have connected to totally awesome local partners of all types to make this event super fun!

Day:       Sunday 
Date:     November 15th
Time:    11am – 4pm
Where:  McKinley Elementary, 2401 Santa Monica Blvd *enter on Chelsea Ave

Schedule:
—–11am – 3pm Bike Skills Course / Santa Monica Spoke
—–Noon commencement
—–3pm Family Group Ride
—–4pm End / Final raffle

Come one and all to this great fun event – we will be adding the links to our supporters and local partners very soon. Meanwhile you can get more specifics on the event here

 

This Weekend: Meet Cute Urban Tour & celebrate at CicLAvia

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SATURDAY October 17th
Aika for Urban Cycling hosts: Brompton Meet Cute
Brompton Meet Cute

We invite you to join us for the first Brompton Meet Cute Urban Bike Tour for all LA based Brompteneers and fans of the urban lifestyle.
Saturday, October 17. We meet  9:45am at Clover Park (adjacent to the parking lot across from the Breeze Bike Share Station). We’ll take a 10 mile ride of the bike friendly urban landscape in Santa Monica and arrive at Aika around 11am for a casual English high tea, snacks and videos and more….

Dress your part, after all you might have your meet cute moment! Come on your Brompton, if you don’t have one yet and would like to participate you’re more than welcome. Ride your own bike or if you’ll need a bike, Aika could help you out as well, just e-mail them ahead of time. We hope to see you there!

Aika Trading, 2300 Lincoln Blvd #1, Santa Monica, CA www.aikatrading.com

SUNDAY October 18th
CicLAvia: Celebrates 5 years & the 15th event at Heart of LA

CicLAvia Heart of LA 10/2015CicLAvia - Heart of LA will celebrate what has become a Los Angeles institution on October 18 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. with a fifth-year anniversary route. CicLAvia began as an idea with an uncertain outcome when it first removed cars from the streets of downtown Los Angeles on October 10, 2010. Now, five years, fourteen events and hundreds of thousands of participants later, CicLAvia is the largest open streets event in North America.

Heart of LA will have six miles for participants to explore by bike, foot, skateboard, wheelchair and other non-motorized traffic. The route will take people through Boyle Heights, the Arts District, Little Tokyo, Civic Center, Chinatown, Historic Core and as far west as Macarthur Park.

Whether you ride with us or get there on your own – don’t miss it! CicLAvia celebrates the streets of Los Angeles for everyone!  Helpful suggestion on participation at CicLAvia

Check the event for feeder ride

KIDICAL MASS(IVE), GLOBAL FAMILY BIKE RIDE: SEPTEMBER 19TH

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We ride from CLOVER PARK
25th & Oak (east side of park) 
THEME: Pirates! 

Festivities from 9:00am to NOON
The next Kidical Mass Ride for 2015 has gone Massive, KIDICAL MASS(IVE)! Our local, fun bike ride experience for families with kids of all ages will be part of a Global Family Bike Ride Event. There are rides registered from all around the world!
Education with Fun & Prizes! Dress for the theme and you could win a prize!

DATE:    SATURDAY September 19th
TIME:    9:00 AM – NOON
START:  Clover Park, 25th & Oak
– we gather at 25th and Oak, east side of park

Free: Please RSVP HERE

Join Santa Monica Spoke and the City of Santa Monica for KIDICAL MASS(IVE).  We will take a family friendly ride in the Sunset Park neighborhood.
Drawings and Prize for BEST COSTUME Arrrrr!
9::00am
Pre-ride snacks, Coffee and beverages for the kids (Please be sustainable and bring your own cups), Helmet Decorating, Prizes, Free Bike Safety Checks, & Check-in
Arrive early and don’t miss the FUN!
11:00am (or upon return)
Return to Clover Park around 11-11:15am for FUN and post-ride snacks provided by KIND and more fun activities!

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Watch our 1st Kidical Mass in 2013 video here:..

* Children must be accompanied and are the responsibility of their parents. Bikes should be in good working condition. Free Safety Checks on site for minor adjustments/repairs. Please use good judgement – ride is on city streets – smaller children should be in a child seat, in a trailer or Tag-a-long……

Kidical Mass flyer logos

Our Breeze Outreach Team will be at the event to demo the bikes and answer questions!
Breeze Bike Share Logo

2nd Annual Tour de Slurp!

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Have you recently been suffering from a lack of free Slurpees?
Well then ….  we’ve got just the thing for you!
The 2nd Annual Tour de Slurp 2015!

slurpee daySanta Monica Spoke is joining Spinlister for the 2nd Annual Tour de Slurp 2015.

One of LA’s premier athletic events, the tour is a bicycle ride to five different 7-Elevens on July 11th. At each store, we stop and celebrate 7-Eleven Day (aka Free Slurpee Day) by drinking said beverages.

We will start the approximately 10-mile ride at 1640 5th Street in Santa Monica, CA at 11AM on July 11, 2015. You don’t have to do the entire Tour, and riders of all levels are welcome.  We’ve selected a bike-friendly route that includes some short lengths on larger roads that may not be suitable for small children on their own bikes. The entire route is fine for children in trailers and tag-a-longs.
As always, if you need to rent a bike, Spinlister.com has you covered.
Keeping it Santa Monica sustainable – FREE Spinlister water bottle!

Date:   July 11th
Day:    Saturday
Time:  11am – 12:30pm (aprox)
Start/Finish 1640 5th Street

Spinlister_logo (1)Bonus stuff when you RSVP:
click HERE or email RSVP@SMSpoke.org

View the route map here

Event hashtags #Spinlister #SMSpoke #BikeSM #BikeLocal #Slurpee #7Eleven #seveneleven #freeslurpee #sevenelevenday