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Bike Decade: 1 May 2009 – 1 May 2019 — Bicycling Monterey Site & Projects
Bicycling Monterey is a local partner of the California Bicycle Coalition. For ten years, the founder’s work on this website and on all other Bicycling Monterey projects has been done as an unpaid volunteer.
Bicycle touring / bikepacking through Monterey County: Pacific Coast Bike Route and other routes
We met the above two bikepacking individuals in city of Monterey in June 2026. Learn a bit about them in Bike Buzz: 17th Anniversary edition. Above: Bikepacking is also second nature to Rob Smolund, who we met biking Garden Road, Monterey in October 2024. Rob has biked from Oakland to San Diego eleven times since…
“If you build it, they will come”: Helping visitors, and residents, use sustainable transportation
Increasing numbers of people are eager to bike. The Bicycling Monterey website, which marks its 16th anniversary in 2025, is used by visitors from Canada, Japan, Mexico, Sweden, Turkey (like the couple below), Ukraine, and many other places. See what they say. Travelers from Australia, China, England (like the trio above), France, Germany, Holland, Italy, and other countries, and from all…
When no one is looking, who cares about climate change?
As Arthur C. Clarke pointed out, “How inappropriate to call this planet ‘Earth,’ when it is clearly ‘Ocean.’” The Monterey Bay Aquarium is a fascinating place, sure. It’s also a leader in stirring people to take better care of the earth. For example, the Aquarium’s ocean plastic pollution education helped California become the first state in the U.S. to ban single-use carryout bags, through the passage of Proposition…
Fort Ord National Monument!
Hikers, bikers, horseback riders, and ecorecreation enthusiasts of many stripes–including enthusiasts of the positive economic impact of ecorecreation on our county’s economy–showed up at U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar’s America’s Great Outdoors listening session about Fort Ord Public Lands on January 13, 2012. Three months later, the democratic process proved itself after Congressman…
Bicycling Pebble Beach
Tips on bicycling 17-Mile Drive, Pebble Beach, including during special event weeks. And how to make use of your bike in Monterey County to get around during high-traffic times.