Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Upcoming Cycling Events in the Bay Area - October 3, 2012

Upcoming Events in the Silicon Valley


San Jose Bike Party - October 19, 2012 8:00pm
The Halloween Ride
Stay tuned for test ride dates.


Bike Party is growing - In the Bay Area .....San Jose, East Bay, and San Francisco.






Every Friday at San Jose City Hall....
Bike to Lunch Fridays at 11:55 am. Meet at Bamboo Garden on the South Side of City Hall to ride to a nearby restaurant. Just bring a bike, a lock, some lunch money....and follow the rules of the road. Host John Brazil, San Jose City Bicycle Coordinator.
 




Just Ride: How to Have More Fun on your bike
Grant Petersen, founder and owner of Rivendell Bicycle Works, will tell you how he got caught up in a racer's lifestyle for more than 25 years, how it took the fun out of riding, how this can happen to anybody, and what he did about it. Come meet this passionate cyclist, who challenges conventional cycling dogma and offers a more satisfying and sustainable approach to riding in his new book, "Just Ride: A Radically Practical Guide to Riding Your Bike".
Three different venues in the Bay Area (for more details)
 




San Francisco Bike Party
Hardly Strickly Bike Party
Friday, October 5, 2012

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Santa Cruz Open Streets
West Cliff Drive Santa Cruz
Sunday, October 7, 2012 9am-1pm
Free community event. Enjoy West Cliff Drive without automobile traffic. Bicyclists, joggers, strollers, skaters...come one, come all! Streets for people from Lighthouse Field to Natural Bridges State Park.
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East Bay Bike Party
Friday, October 12, 2012
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Ride ESSJ - Second Sunday
Ride East Side San Jose

Sunday, October 14, 2012
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Sunday Streets Berkeley

Sunday, October 14, 2012
Open Streets are coming to Berkeley.
Sunday Streets Berkeley will take place on Shattuck Ave for 17 blocks from Rose Street to Haste Street (see map below). It will be a celebration of local businesses and organizations. Storefronts will be unobstructed, and business owners will be encouraged to promote commerce and visibility by setting out seating on the street, hosting activities, and otherwise inviting interest and community.

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DC Bike Party
Wednesday, October 17, 2012

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Peninsula Bike Party
Friday, October 19, 2012

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San Francisco Sunday Streets (Street Closure Event) - Excelsior

Sunday, October 21, 2012 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Mission Street, from Silver to Seneca; Seneca from Mission to San Jose (Tentative) More Info




Reveal the Path: Inspiration on a Bicycle
October 26, 2012


Join REI and ROMP (Responsible Organized Mountain Pedalers) for a screen of "Reveal the Path", a unique adventure film that explores - from the seat of a bicycle- what it means to live an inspired life, however modest or extravagant. filmed across four continents and featuring Tour Divide rage legends, Matthew Lee and Kurt Refsnider. This immersive film will take you to meet the locals in Scotland's lush valleys, Europe's snow-capped mountains, Morocco's high desert, Nepal's rural countryside, and Alaska's rugged coastline.

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Tour De Coop
October 27, 2012



Silicon Valley's first Tour De Coop in western Santa Clara County. The first annual Silicon Valley Tour de Coop,  a self-guided bicycle tour of chicken coops and gardens, announces its call for coops.
The tour is designed to educate visitors about keeping hens, inspire the bike rider and gardener in all of us, and build community. Open to adults and children, the tour will feature various hen houses and breeds.


Purisima to Half Moon Bay & Back
Annual ROMP Halloween Costume Mountain Bike Ride
Saturday, October 27, 2012 9:45am Meet, 10:00am Start


This multi-level ride will include a gentle/beginner option, an intermediate ride, and (depending on interest) a harder ride.  Meet us at the Purisima Parking Lot on Skyline Blvd., just north of Kings Mtn Road.

The gentle group will do a short route from the parking lot.

Intermediate and harder groups will ride down to Half Moon Bay and back via Purisima OSP - http://www.openspace.org/preserves/pr_purisima.asp.

This ride is 20-25 miles with 2,300' of climbing, on dirt and approx. 30% paved roads closer to Half Moon Bay.  We ride to a preselected pumpkin patch for pumpkins & a short break before climbing back to the start.  Maps will be provided.
 

For more information




Also note the Guadalupe River Trail will be closed for paving construction soon. The closed portion will extend north of 880 all the way to Gold Street in Alviso. check Twitter for more details.
Too see all rides on the map click the link just below the map. Thanks.

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