Win free tickets to the Monterey Bay Aquarium for Bike Month

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Monterey Bay Region cyclists: For National Bike Month, enter to win a pair of tickets to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, a gift card for your Local Bike Shop, or dinner for two at Sticks Restaurant in Pebble Beach. But first, a word from the sponsor of this giveaway.

Designing bikes for women, 1958: The Glamour Bike

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Says this marketing copy from 1958 for the Raleigh “Glamour Bicycle”: “Peggy Hayward models a new Raleigh bicycle specially designed for fashion-conscious women. Its attachments include a make-up mirror, lipstick holder and dress guard.” #3135985 / gettyimages.com

Today’s outrage: Teen driver intentionally runs down boy on a bike

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Unlike my recent regrettable episode of repeating hearsay as fact, I’ll just let the news story speak for itself in this case from Sacramento, California. Witnesses told police that around 2 p.m. Sunday, the 13-year-old threw the bottle at the teen’s vehicle in Sacramento’s Arden Arcade area. That’s when the driver flipped a U-turn and […]

South Bay: Bike ride with VTA’s new General Manager

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Update May 2 – Note the change in start time! Meet at 7 AM, depart 7:20 AM. Official VTA information here. View the route map here. Happy Bike Month. There’s a lot going on but I want to get word about this event: a Bike to Work Day ride with the new General Manager for […]