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May is Bike National Month – Join Us!

Join us in Celebrating May Bike Month in Santa Monica!

Find all the events in our #BikeMonthSM Map and our EVENT Calendar!
More events added as they are confirmed.

Click here to sign up and add your Bike Month Pitstop, Event, Business Specials, Promotions or Bike Anywhere Day encouragement or HandleBar Happy Hour Specials #HBHH!

— Links on this page will be updated.

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May is National Bike Month, sponsored by the  League of American Bicyclists and celebrated in communities from coast to coast. Established in 1956, National Bike Month is a chance to showcase the many benefits of bicycling — and encourage more folks to giving biking a try.

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WITH SO MANY REASONS TO RIDE, WHAT’S YOURS? Â»

It’s a celebration of bikes; a reminder to get rolling again; a gateway to riding more often; a time to evangelize the beauty of bikes; and much, much more.

Whether you bike to work or school; ride to save money or time; pump those pedals to preserve your health or the environment; or simply to explore your community, National Bike Month is an opportunity to celebrate the unique power of the bicycle and the many reasons we ride. The momentum is building: With growing cultural awareness around health and wellness, sustainability and economic savings, bicycling is being seen by new and broader audiences as a simple solution to many complex problems, from reducing obesity rates to increasing mobility options. This year, we want to hear from you. What’s your “why?” With so many reasons to ride, what’s yours? Use the hashtags #WhyIRide and #BikeLocalSM #BikeMonthSM on social media and also tag @SMSpoke @BikeLeague!

Each year the number and diversity of Bike Month celebrations continues to grow, accelerating the momentum around bicycling nationwide.

So much more – See our CALENDAR

SM Spoke Meeting: BAP Party

Doors open at 9:30am with coffee, bagels & breakfast treats.

Arrive by 10am and get a gift bag*

10:15AM – Short discussion style presentation about local projects, BAP update with City Staff
– time for input and questions.

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Kidical Mass

KIDICAL MASS: Halloween
Costume Contest

START:  St. Monica
725 California

Free: Please RSVP HERE

Join Santa Monica Spoke and City of Santa Monica for the Kidical Mass Halloween Ride. 
We will take a family friendly ride around the neighborhood North of Wilshire on a regular kid friendly event. Prizes and giveaways at when we return!

Schedule.
9::00am – 12:00pm

Don’t miss the fun pre-ride activities!
– Check-in, Morning Snacks, Bike Safety Checks, Helmet Decorating
– FAMILY Ride
– POST RIDE ACTIVITIES for the kids plus Community Climate Action Summit *
– Prizes, plus post ride snacks by KIND
* Immediate following Kidical Mass Ride you are invited to visit Santa Monica’s Community Climate Action Summit .A free day-long fun and stirring event to develop the City’s next Climate Action & Adaptation Plan, be a part of the process.

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* 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……

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Don’t have a bike –
You can #RideBreeze!

Don’t have a Kid Carrying Bike? NOT  A PROBLEM !sm_bike_center
Special 20% discount on Rentals at the Santa Monica Bike Center. You can find special Kid carrying cargo bikes, kid seats, trailers, tandems, tag-a-longs!! Anything you could need at a 20% discount for rentals) – Please reserve online and write “Kidical Mass” in the special requirements section of the reservation – 20% discount will be applied at check out! Reserve early and plan to pick up bikes Saturday morning in time to arrive at the event.

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Bike Your Park Day / Weekend

Explore your parks and public lands by bicycle with thousands of people across the country on the same day — the first ever Bike Your Park Day on September 24, 2016.  

We planning a local event – stay tuned here!
Send us your ideas!

Discover new parks or experience your favorite parks in a new way. You can make it your own experience: ride one mile or one hundred miles; go with friends, family or join a group; bike on trails or roads. You can visit any type of public lands, whether it’s a national or state park, monument, or historic site, river, seashore, recreation area, preserve, forest, wildlife refuge, or parkway. Register your ride for a chance to win an Adventure Cycling 40th anniversary Salsa Marrakesh touring bicycle.

We’ll help you discover the bicycling opportunities in your backyard. All you have to do is pedal.

#BikeYourPark #FindYourPark #AdventureCycling

SM Spoke Meeting

August 13th, 9:30-11:00am
Serving Coffee & Bagels starting at 9:30am

Meeting promptly begins at 9:45am

We will be joined by City of Santa Monica’s Mobility Manager Francie Stefan and members of her department to get updates on the #GoSaMo Campaign and why it is important for pedestrians and bikes, staff changes and welcome new staff, projects like Safe Routes to School and why #GoSaMo is important for pedestrians and bikes and healthy active transportation!

Update on Breeze Bike share. We will be recruiting volunteers for our Breeze Outreach Team and diversity campaign. Kyle Kozar, The City’s Bike Share coordinator will join us for updates

Bike The Vote. As a 501(c)3 non profit we will cannot be involved in candidate endorsements — but you can! Find out more from our guest.

More mar be added as it is firmed up!

Hope to see you Saturday!!! Come early and enjoy the rest of you day!

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