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LA River Ride: Registration and Packet Pick-up

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The 15th Annual River Ride benefiting
the LA County Bicycle Coalition is just around the corner!
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Avoid lines at the event, register and pick up your bib (registration ID) at Performance Bicycle and Incycle this Saturday! Pick up your bib at Performance Bicycle and get PRIZES and 10% off all products! All participants who pick up their packet this Saturday will receive a water bottle, bike bell and goo packet!

Performance Bicycle  is offering a free bike inspection (not full tune-up) for all registered River Riders for FREE until June 27th!
See our event post here

Saturday, June 20; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Performance Bicycle Santa Monica – 1314 Wilshire Blvd (Santa Monca Spoke) 
- Performance Bicycle Woodland Hills – 6400 Owensmouth Ave

Sunday, June 21; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Performance Bicycle Long Beach – 7611 East Carson St, Long Beach Towne Center
- Incycle Pasadena – 175 S Fair Oaks Ave

If you haven’t registered yet, register 15th LA River Ride by this Thursday or at the Santa Monica Performance Bicycle packet pick up! If you are a Santa Monica Spoke member, use a discount code SMSPOKE for $10 discount, become/renew your membership for $25 ($35 regular) and get member discount for your register and support our work to make Santa Monica a better place to live, walk, bike, work and play.!

We are also still looking for volunteers for LA River Ride at June 28!
All volunteers will get a free t-shirt, be entered to win a bicycle donated by DTLA Bike, and invited to the Volunteer Thank You party!!
Pit stop volunteers get a lunch and ONE FREE registration for LA River Ride 2016!

Sign up HERE!

Handlebar Happy Hour: INGO’S TASTY DINER!

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Come celebrate all things bike.
Log miles over smiles for the National Bike Challenge!!
Socialize, talk bikes, give input ….

At the end of every month we get together for fun, to talk bikes, and LOG MILES OVER SMILES for the National Bike Challenge. Part of Team Bike Santa Monica or not — COME JON US!
All are welcome!! Want to know more about Team Bike Santa Monica? Find our here!

 

Check out this vintage shot of the diner!

Check out this vintage shot of the diner!

DATE:    June 25th
TIME:    5pm -7pm (HH $)
PLACE:  INGO’S TASTY DINER,
1213 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica

They have a pretty exciting Happy Hour for our group of hungry, thirsty bicyclists to enjoy
Happy Hour from 4 to 7 pm everyday (closed Tuesdays) 
Enjoy $6 well drinks, signature cocktails, draft beer, and selected glasses of wine
Menu, cocktails and wine list are available on the website.
Saturday and Sundays for the summer INGO will have happy hour from open to close! This could be a new local favorite?! 

No HH food specials, but here are a few of the favorite things that they suggest are “value driven and go well with happy hour drinks”

Deviled Chino Valley Ranch Eggs, goat cheese, pickled beet, toasted hazelnuts and chives* 4/6
Toni’s Spicy Pimento Cheese Dip with crudité of farmers market vegetables* 4
Kennebec French Fries, hand cut w/ sea salt* 6
Guacamole, California avocados only w/ fresh red corn chips* 5
Maggie’s Farm Simple Mix of Lettuce, avocado and vinaigrette* 5
The Nice Little Caesar Salad, sweet gem romaine, torn rustic croutons, and parmesan* 6
*Can be Made gluten free, Vegetarian, Or Vegan!! Be still my heart!

Bike parking: mostly just meters and poles in the area. We’ll check it out and report back.

INGO’s Allison, GM and Chef are looking forward to being there to welcome the group!

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BIKE SMART, Street Cycling Class

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BIKE SMART: STREET CYCLING SKILLS (classroom) Session A

This class covers bicyclist rules of the road, basic principles of bicycling in traffic, lane positioning, destination positioning, common hazards encountered by bicyclists and how to deal with them, simple steps to ensure your bike is in good condition, and proper helmet fit and adjustment. This is a classroom only workshop. No bicycle is needed for this class. This class is 4 hours long. You must take “Street Cycling Skills” Session A before you can take “Street Cycling Skills” Session B. Students will be enrolled on a first-come first-served basis. Class is limited to 24 students.
All participants will receive materials, a helmet, and lights at the end of the class.
ON LINE REGISTRATION for this class is now CLOSED –
Spaces are still available

TO ATTEND PLEASE RSVP@SMSpoke.org  

FREE HELMETS AND LIGHT SETS INCLUDED!

More info on more dates and all classes offered can be found here
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR “STREET CYCLING SKILLS” – SESSION A

For the summer of 2015, the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition is offering a series of FREE Bicycle Skills Classes through out Los Angeles County. Santa Monica Spoke is hosting the full series of classes in Santa Monica.. Funding for this program is provided by Metro through a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safetyand the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

All classes are taught by trained League Cycling Instructors (LCIs). The classes are open for adults and youth who are at least 14 years of age. Minors must be accompanied by their parent or an adult guardian.

Bike Safety Class Sponsors 2015

Bike Skills Class: Basic

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 BIKE SMART: BASIC BICYCLING SKILLS

This class is a 2-hour workshop and is an abbreviated version of “Street Cycling Skills” Session A (it is NOT a substitute for the Session A class for those who want to take the Session B class).  This class covers bicyclist rules of the road, basic principles of bicycling in traffic, common hazards encountered by bicyclists and how to deal with them, simple steps to ensure your bike is in good condition, and proper helmet fit and adjustment. This is a classroom only workshop. No bicycle is needed for this class. Students will be enrolled on a first-come first-served basis.
Class is limited to 24 students.
All participants will receive materials, a helmet, and lights at the end of the class.
ON LINE REGISTRATION for this class is now CLOSED –
Spaces are still available

TO ATTEND PLEASE RSVP@SMSpoke.org  

FREE HELMETS AND LIGHT SETS INCLUDED!

More info on more dates and all classes offered can be found here
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR “BASIC BICYCLING SKILLS”

For the summer of 2015, the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition is offering a series of FREE Bicycle Safety Classes through out Los Angeles County. Santa Monica Spoke is hosting the full series of classes in Santa Monica.. Funding for this program is provided by Metro through a grant from the California Office of Traffic Safetyand the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

All classes are taught by trained League Cycling Instructors (LCIs). The classes are open for adults and youth who are at least 14 years of age. Minors must be accompanied by their parent or an adult guardian.

Bike Safety Class Sponsors 2015

LA River Ride

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15th Annual Los Angeles River Ride

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10 GREAT RIDES: Choose your start/finish! 100-mile, 70-mile, 50-mile, 36-mile, 25-mile, and 15-mile rides, plus a Kids’ Ride + Family Bike Expo start and finish at The Autry Center in Griffith Park (Los Angeles). 100-mile, 70-mile, and 25-mile rides start and finish at The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. Join over 2,000 other riders, and enjoy a great day of cycling fun, an Eco Expo, raffle, live music, and food. All proceeds benefit the work of the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition.

When: Sunday, June 28, 2015
Where: 2 Start/Finish Locations, 10 Great Rides
Autry Center in Griffith Park: 100-, 70-, 50-, 36-, 25-, & 15-mile rides, plus Kids’ Ride
Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach: 100-, 70-, & 25-mile rides

Quick Links:

Avoid lines at the event, register and pick up your bib (registration ID) at Performance Bicycle and Incycle this Saturday! Pick up your bib at Performance Bicycle and get PRIZES and 10% off all products! All participants who pick up their packet this Saturday will receive a water bottle, bike bell and goo packet! Code SMSPOKE for $10 member discount.

Performance Bicycle  is offering a free bike inspection (not full tune-up) for all registered River Riders for FREE until June 27th!
See our event post here

Saturday, June 20; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Local with Santa Monica Spoke
– Performance Bicycle Santa Monica – 1314 Wilshire Blvd

Registration & Fees
Register here on Active.com!

Kids 12 and under ride for free for all rides! An extra $10 fee will be added on all rides for participants who register after Wednesday, June 24th, including those registering on the day of the event.  Register early and save!

YOUR RIDE MAKES A DIFFERENCE: SUPPORT THE COMPLETION OF THE L.A. RIVER BIKEWAY

The L.A. River Ride is the signature event of Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, the only non-profit organization working county wide to make all of LA healthy, safe and fun for bikes.

Your participation makes a significant contribution to LACBC’s efforts to complete all 51 miles of the L.A. River Bikeway from the San Fernando Valley to Long Beach by the year 2020.  We are partners in Greenway 2020.