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5/4/2014 19 Comments

Bike Month 2014 in the SGV !

PictureBikeSGV kicks off Bike Month in the SGV 5/9
May is National Bike Month, which means lots of cool, free and fun bike-related events and activities will be taking place across the region. In other words, now is an awesome time to get out your calendar, dust off that bike, get out of the house and ride!

BikeSGV Open House Social - Fri May 9th
BikeSGV will formally kick off festivities in the San Gabriel Valley on Friday May 9th with an Open House Social in El Monte. The fun-filled evening will feature food, drink, project updates, and plenty of time to socialize with people who like to bike from across the SGV. Check out our Facebook page for more information.

  • What: BikeSGV Open House Social
  • Where: El Monte Center, 3120 N. Tyler Ave., El Monte 91731
  • When: Friday May 9th (7-11pm)
  • Details: $5 General Admission at the door, Free for Members and Children age 12 and under.

Car-Free Colorado, Pro Racing + BikeSGV Member Zone in Pasadena - 5/17

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The route for K.P. "Ride, Roll and Stroll" will open Colorado Blvd. to bicyclists, walkers, joggers and more!
A week later two exciting events are coming to the City of Pasadena, the Kaiser Permanente Ride, Roll and Stroll open streets event and the Amgen Tour of California. The former will be the City's first official "Open Streets" event, similar to cicLAvia, but on a smaller scale. The latter is the biggest professional bike race in the United States, and will feature top athletes from around the world. 

BikeSGV will be hosting a FREE bicycle valet for both events adjacent to route/race course across the street from Pasadena City Hall at our partner organization Day One's fenced in headquarters. Ride over, drop off your bike, and if you're a BikeSGV member, enjoy an array of light, healthy snacks and fruit-flavored waters from 12-2pm!

  • What: Kaiser Permanente Ride, Roll and Stroll (10:30am-1:30pm) and Amgen Tour of California Stage 7 Finish
  • Where: Downtown Pasadena
  • When: Saturday May 17th (10:30am-4pm)
PictureOpen Streets are coming 5/17
Schedule
  • 11am - Streets open for biking, walking, and more
  • 12-2pm - VIP zone with free healthy snacks and refreshments for BikeSGV members at Day One (175 N. Euclid Ave., adjacent to route, Pasadena City Hall) - enter via Euclid Ave gate
  • 1:30pm - Streets close before professional race. 
  • 3:45pm - Professional racers arrive in Pasadena
  • 4:30pm - Bike valet closes
More Info/details

More Bike Month Events in and around the SGV

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Here are a few other local Bike Month highlights:
  • GO Festival - Temple City (Sat May 10, 9am-1pm) - Celebrate the grand opening of the SGV's first on-street, protected bike lane in Temple City on Saturday May 10th. The free event will feature a community ride at 10:30am, food, activities, a raffle and a BikeSGV-hosted pitstop. 
  • Bike Week Pasadena (May 11-17) - The 7th annual event organized by CICLE features a full week of activities, including a bike-in movie, a restaurant bike tour, and a women on bikes night. 
  • Metro Bike Week (May 12-18) - Metro's annual bike week is bigger and better than ever. Check out their webpage for full details and to learn how to participate. 
  • Metro Bike Night at Union Station (Fri, May 16, 5:30-8:30pm) Metro's Bike Week wrap-up event at the Fred Harvey Room will feature live music, food trucks, outdoor booths, free bike valet, bike portraits, a fashion show and more. 
  • El Monte Bike Festival (Sat May 24, 8am-2pm) - BikeSGV, public health non-profit Day One, and safety educators Walk 'n Rollers are hosting a day of bike goodness at Mountain View High School in El Monte. Contact David Diaz for more information.

19 Comments
Jose Preciado link
5/28/2014 07:29:05 am

I enjoyed the sumo wrestling on Saturday May 24 and the cleaning up part on Sunday May 25 was pretty fun. I learned that you can't be shy at talking to a group of new people. I think a good way to attract people is to put it on billboards, put it on a tv commercial, and pass out on flyers. I think i might want to participate in another ever like this.

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Chris Perez
5/28/2014 10:19:54 am

On the 24th this event at mountain view was fun with the Sumo section to the stands about health. When helping out I found that everyone need to be organized and understand they need to do. A thing that could be improved is by making posters. Since I really enjoyed the sum wrestling I might even try out for wrestling and join another event and help. Thanks

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John Loza
5/29/2014 11:17:34 am

I enjoyed helping out in the event. I learned that it takes pride and commitment to lead an organized event. Helping out at the event inspired me to volunteer more in events.

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Nadine Gonzalez
5/30/2014 04:51:17 am

I enjoyed the cooking event not only because cooking is fun to me but it was also a very healthy experience. It doesnt take much to make an event just a couple of responsible people. and some tolerance. This event made want to participate more on activities. Any activities, from school to community.......

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John Loza
5/30/2014 10:41:04 am

I really enjoyed helping out in the event. I learned that it takes pride and commitment to lead and organize an event. Helping out in the activity inspired me to help/volunteer more in events

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Jennifer Garcia
5/30/2014 03:44:14 pm

What I enjoyed about the event on May 24th is that on a board there was sugar in sandwich bags and the sugar represented how much sweet is in your drinks like soda and energy drinks. While being there I notice that in order to start building the tents you need to first figure out where is all the electricity going to be coming from. It looks easy telling people what to do, but it's not. Running a community events, like these could be a little difficult because when you tell people what to do they don't always do it correctly. Probably if there was a tent and the topic was preparing healthy food it could get people's attention for example making salads or fruit/veggie juices. By participating in this event it has inspired me to get involved in these types of activities.

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David Mesa
5/31/2014 04:40:55 pm

It was fun

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Angel Reyes
6/2/2014 09:21:52 am

I attended the event on 5/25/14
It was a very fun and uplifting, everyone there was trying to create a cause or just be there for fun, i enjoyed it very much

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Angel reyes
6/3/2014 02:57:52 am

I attended the event on 5/24/14
One thing i enjoyed was that i was able to volunteer my time for a good cause. I do think that the event could be more advertised to get more people there. Other than that it was fun.

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Angel reyes
6/3/2014 03:02:17 am

I attended the event on 5/31/14
It was a fun experience to help clean up peck road park. Again advertisement would attract more people. This event did inspire me to be mote active in physical activity.

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Angel reyes
6/3/2014 03:02:41 am

I attended the event on 5/31/14
It was a fun experience to help clean up peck road park. Again advertisement would attract more people. This event did inspire me to be mote active in physical activity.

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Joseph Perez Period 2
6/3/2014 12:33:21 pm

I had a great time helping and setting up for the event

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joseph perez per 2
6/3/2014 12:37:27 pm

I liked how the event was set up early . I learned how to spread the word out that there is.an upcoming event .I think more social media post would work and I do plan to do other opportunities as well

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Elizabeth Palacios
6/5/2014 08:22:58 am

I attended the event 5/31/14
It was a very fun activity helping to water the new tree that they have planted in the nature center. Advertisement would attract more people. This event inspired me to be more active in physical activities.

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Jorge Gonzalez
6/5/2014 08:43:47 am

I attended the El Monte High school event in 5/24. What I enjoyed was that it was kind of like an early morning exercise. It gave me ideas for fun next time there's a party at my house. What I think that would improve experience is to spread the advertisements across the area. This experience inspired me to go on bike to the river bed.

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Melissa Hernandez
6/11/2014 01:27:01 am

I attended the event on 5/31 cleaning up the nature center on durfee. I enjoyed walking around and watering the plants. I learned it takes responsibility to lead a community event. I think that advertisement and people spreading the word around the community would bring in more participants. The event encouraged me to get out more help the community and exercise

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David Mesa
6/11/2014 02:22:42 am

I attended this even on5-31-14 I had a lot of fun and it was a great way to help the earth it was showing us about our nature and how we can do these little thing to help out everyday

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Julian S
6/11/2014 02:28:37 am

I had fun helping the area

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Damien Torres
6/11/2014 02:32:07 am

It was a fun experience I was going up to people to ask people if they wanted to sign up for the bike ride it was a 5 mile bike ride i filled up a full page .

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