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Feeder Rides: CicLAvia Pasadena

Next we head to a completely new city when CicLAvia – Pasadena Presented by Metro takes place on May 31.

CicLAvia – Pasadena Presented by Metro will be the most walkable CicLAvia to date at 3.5 miles. The cozy distance will offer participants the opportunity to peruse and explore Pasadena’s business gems and cultural treasures. Spurs off the main route on Raymond Avenue and Lake Street will take participants to local parks. And CicLAvia’s new partnership with Kurios – Cabinet of Curiosities, Cirque du Soleil’s newest touring Big Top show, coming to Southern California this fall, will give participants young and old a smile-inducing and awe-inspiring entertainment adventure.

We will again host TWO feeder events to CicLAvia from Santa Monica!!
Click above additional info
Both start at Tongva Park: “Bike it – all the way” or “Multimodal – Bike it to Expo & Train”

Whether you ride with us or get there on your own – don’t miss it! CicLAvia celebrates the streets of Los Angeles for everyone!  Temporarily limiting the access of motor vehicles and opening the streets to all users – walking, wheelchairs, skates, bikes, scooters, skate boards, strollers – you name it! Helpful suggestion on participation at CicLAvia

We will host two feeder ride options to CicLAvia this Sunday, May 31st.
PLEASE NOTE: NEW MEETNG LOCATION AND TIME FOR SANTA MONCIA FEEDER RIDES. Both Ride options meet in Tongva Park, 7:30am


Start           Tongva Park, center of park grass area near restrooms
Address      1615 Ocean Ave, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Meet           7:30am
Roll out      8:00am (sharp)

Option 1 – Multimodal
Bike it to Culver City and EXPO LINE / Gold Line together

This simple Route is 7.5 miles and nearly completely flat with bike lanes or low traffic volume streets at our time of travel. We will be traveling at an easy pace but do ask you “stay with the pace” so we can all get there together. No rider is left behind.
For feeder ride all young children should be on tag-a-long, child carrier or in trailers.
Group will decide to ride or train to Gold Line Station from 7th Street Station

Option 2 – Advanced
Bike from Santa Monica to CicLAvia – The Valley

(bail out option at DTLA Gold Line)

This ride 27.9 miles and is for more advance riders – slightly faster paced with more elevation gain (click map). This group plans to meet the UCLA Bike Shop Group at Westwood and Santa Monica Blvd at 8:45am.
The group will still stay together with no rider left behind – you do have the option if you choose to jump on the Gold Line if you run out of steam or prefer to ride the train from DTLA.

Want to take public transit all the way from Santa Monica?

Easy, relaxing, and quicker than you may think!
Big Blue Bus Rapid 10  or Metro to DTLA Union Station,
catch the Gold Line at Union Station
to Pasadena Memorial Park!

CicLAvia Pasadena

Click here to download map

Finish the Ride and support SM Spoke!

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Who are YOU finishing for?Finish the ride group
 
Support safe city streets and help end hit and run crimes by taking part in Finish the Ride, Run, Walk ‘N Roll for 2015!!
Join us on April 19th, 2015 for an awesome event that tops last year’s success in every way!
Registration for the 2015 is open NOW here.
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Use registration code SMSPOKE at checkout to receive a 10% discount of which a portion is donated to Santa Monica Spoke.
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FTR 2015 includes:
  • Ride = Four routes ranging from 6 to 50 miles with a 200 to 3,500 foot elevation gain (timing and medals awarded for 22,27 and 50 mile rides)
  • Run = 10K (timing and medals awarded)
  • Walk and Roll = 10K
  • Cool goodie bag and free t-shirt with registration
  • Great live music and dancing
  • Free festival and safety expo with giveaways, raffles, prizes and activities for the kids.  Feel free to bring the whole family!

For details on the FTR 2015 event, click here.
To view and join FTR volunteer opportunities, click here.

Join FTR 2015 not only for yourself, but for those who survived, those who didn’t and the safety of ALL! FINISH THE RIDE 2015: Who are YOU finishing for? #FTR2015

 For more information on the event itself, registration questions or other customer service inquiries, e-mail us at register@FinishTheRide.org or call (844) 884-7233 Ext. 801.

Finish the Ride

It’s not just a ride, it’s a movement for the safety of all on the streets of Los Angeles.

Finish The Ride started after bicyclist Damian Kevitt was dragged nearly a quarter mile under a car. It was a gross hit and run crime which is a common occurrence in Southern California. Having barely survived, he vowed to get back on a bicycle and FINISH THE RIDE — not just for himself but to help make the streets of Southern California safe for ALL.

Now the event is not just about Damian’s triumph over tragedy but about finishing for the nearly 6,000 other people in LA County who have been severly injured in hit and run crimes. By just participating, you are helping Finish The Ride raise awareness and handle the epidemic of hit and run crimes, thereby making the streets safer for you, me and everyone else.


Registration is open

Use registration code SMSPOKE at checkout to receive a 10% discount of which a portion is donated to Santa Monica Spoke.


6:00am Check-in Opens
7:30am Celebrity & VIP speakers
8:00-8:45am Staggered starts for each activity

Finish the Ride, Run Walk n Roll
The event starts in historic Hollywood, California and traces the route Damian took on that fateful day in Feb 2013. The routes continues into Griffith Park which is an oasis with ideal roads and paths for runners, walkers and bicyclists. With full streets closures to ensure highest safety for all, it’s a great event for the whole family.

➧ Ride = Four routes ranging from 6 to 50 miles with a 200 to 3,500 foot elevation gain
➧ Run = 10K
➧ Walk and Roll = 10K
➧ Cool goodie bag and free t-shirt with registration
➧ Great live music and dancing

Free festival and safety expo with giveaways, raffles, prizes and activities for the kids. Feel free to bring the whole family!

START: Parking lot, Church of Scientology 4810 Sunset Blvd, Hollywood, CA
FINISH: The Autry Museum, Griffith Park (Festival & Safety Expo)

Bike Week Events

Join the National Bike Challenge: Ride for team BIKE SANTA MONICA
Bike Week, Bike Month & Bike Local SM Specials
2015 BIKE WEEK LA! List and links to local Santa Monica and Santa Monica Spoke Event

Click the bullets for complete info. Check out our Event Calendar for the latest.

Bike Week LA 2015 May 10th – 17th

Bike Week LA is an annual week of community events sponsored by Metro and local advocates all over the County of Los Angeles to promote bicycling as a sustainable and practical mode of transportation. Pledge to ride to work online or print and mail in this writable PDF in English or Spanish and enjoy pit stops throughout LA County! Find refreshments, goodies and giveaways provided to cyclists commuting to work, school or other destinations. Want to host a pit stop? Sign up here.
Pledge to ride your bike on Bike to Work Day and you could win cool 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 14th. Bring your bike or helmet on board a Big Blue Bus and you can ride for free.

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Earth Day Kidical Mass

Free: Please RSVP HERE
MEMORIAL PARK – North Parking lot off 14th Street.

Join Santa Monica Spoke, the City of Santa Monica and Santa Monica Community Gardeners for Santa Monica’s Kidical Mass Earth Day Ride . 
We will take a family friendly ride in Santa Monica to visit Park Drive Community Gardens for a special kid friendly Earth Day themed event. Prizes and giveaways at Memorial Park when we return!

Schedule.
9::00am – 12:30pm

– Check-in, Morning Snacks, Bike Safety Checks, Helmet Decorating
– Ride to Pit Stop visit at PARK DRIVE COMMUNITY GARDEN
– KIDS GARDEN TOURS AND WORKSHOP
– Pitstop hosts Cynergy Cycles & Santa Monica Community Gardeners
– Ride back to Memorial Park by noon for fun activities, Prizes and post ride snacks by KIND
                 KINDLogo_ for White Background        SM Community Gardens

 

Watch our 1st 2013 KIDICAL MASS video here

More info event and for kid carrying family bike rentals here