H-E-R Helmet Thursdays STORIES

  • Boosting small businesses via discounts for people who bike—e.g., The HER Helmet Thursdays Project!

    The HER Helmet Thursdays Project November is anniversary month for Monterey County’s HER Helmet Thursdays Project, launched by Bicycling Monterey in 2009. To help restore the project’s database, and otherwise reactivate the project, please phone us. Although the HER Helmet Thursdays Project in Monterey County remains in place, beginning in 2020 the hundreds of participating…

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  • Award-Winning Passionfish: A HER Helmet Thursdays Charter Participant

    Winner of multiple, diverse awards year after year, in 2021 Passionfish was again voted “Best Restaurant in Monterey County” and “Best Restaurant in Pacific Grove” in the annual Monterey County Weekly Readers Poll. Yes to all of this! And don't forget, we are a @HERHelmetThurs partner. https://t.co/xwwQMjPdkT — Passionfish (@Passionfish) February 26, 2019 A reminder from…

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  • Bike Pacific Grove

    Above: Pacific Grove resident Drew, biking Alder Street alongside Washington Park in October 2024. When bicycling Pacific Grove, kindly note: (1) Sidewalks. The City of Pacific Grove municipal code states “No person shall ride a bicycle upon any sidewalk.” For that and other Pacific Grove regulations related to bicycling, refer to http://www.codepublishing.com/CA/pacificgrove/html/PacificGrove16/PacificGrove1632.html#16.32.080. If you feel it might be…

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  • Tips for Sea Otter Classic, a Celebration of Cycling

    Tips for Monterey County’s world-renowned Sea Otter Classic, known as the World’s Premier Cycling Festival and North America’s largest consumer bike expo. Beyond its world-renowned pro and amateur racing, it’s a bike festival for all ages.

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  • Wintertime Gallery + Holiday Tips

    In Monterey County, winter days often see thousands of people on bikes–like the 40 folks captured on December 20 in these images, all out biking the City of Monterey to get where they wanted to go–or just to get an extra burst of holiday cheer.

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  • Bike Buzz: Sept 2018 News from Bicycling Monterey

    Short link to this post: http://bit.ly/Sept2018BikeBuzz This special edition of Bike Buzz for September 2018 includes reminders about Open Streets dates, along with links to new Bicycling Monterey posts since the Midsummer 2018 newsletter to subscribers went out. Also included are links to a couple of the updated posts and a sampling from social media. For news after…

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