The bicycle education program at the Monterey County Probation Department Youth Center was founded by Bicycling Monterey in April 2012 and still rolls on in April 2025!

The bike tech class series—providing bicycle repair and maintenance instruction—is only possible because of two volunteers who stepped up in 2012 and still continue volunteering on this 13th anniversary: Frank Henderson and Luciano Rodriguez.

Details: https://bikemonterey.org/probation-dept-youth-center-bike-education.html

#BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #Probation #YouthEducation #CaliforniaAssembly #teens #youth

From our ride last eve, a short video message for parents or others caring for young children.

#Parenting #RainyDay #MudPuddles #Children #PuddleStompers #Patience #PauseForNature

#BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #TernNBD #TernBicycles

We appreciated the warm, cheery greeting of Milly Taylor from the U.K. at the Hiplok booth at Monterey County’s Sea Otter Classic. We also appreciated her thoughtful gift on April 13 of a Hiplok Z Lok Combo + Frame Bracket; a Track AirTag holder + Z Lok Bracket; and a Key Clip—all useful items for some lucky participants in upcoming Bicycling Monterey activities.

#Hiplok Bike Locks: https://hiplok.com/

We took to Sea Otter Classic some Salinas Valley youth who were first-time attendees. Our advance “to bring” checklist included a hat / sun protection, but this child didn’t have a hat. Now they do, thanks to a kind gift of a hat from Jake Scott of Novatec Wheels! https://www.novatecusa.net/

#BicycleExpo #BicycleFestival

We appreciated reading ONE BIKE, ONE WHEEL, ONE STORY: THE JOURNEY OF TANNUS AND "BICICLETAS SIN FRONTERAS”: https://tannustires.com/en/tannus-blog/tannus-bicicletas-sin-fronteras/ “A bicycle changes lives. And a bicycle that never breaks down, does it even more.”

Thank you to Ryan of Tannus America for showing us the Tannus Armour tire liner at Monterey County’s Sea Otter Classic, and for his April 11 gift of a cycling cap in support of our direct outreach by bike.

#BicicletasSinFronteras #BicyclesWithoutBorders #BicyclesForEducation #BikesChangeLives #BicyclesChangeLives #education #transportation #BikeCommuter #Senegal #Palmarin #PalmarinSenegal #Tannus #TannusTires #TannusAmerica #BicycleTires #BikeTires #Momabikes #Baobike #SeaOtterEurope #GironaItaly #SeaOtterClassic #MontereyCounty

We stop for wildflowers.

From this eve’s ride.

#BloomScrolling #Wildflowers #MontereyCounty

Thank you to Hilary Kave of Skratch Labs for her April 13 gift in support of youth participating in our cycling education rides: one box of Energy Chews; seven .8 oz and one 4.2 oz Hydration drink mix; and three Energy Bars.

We met Hilary at Sea Otter Classic, where she was celebrating the SOC racing of Skratch-sponsored athletes Haley Batten and Caroline Wreszin!

We’re grateful to Skratch Labs https://www.skratchlabs.com/ and all who contribute supplies for Bicycling Monterey projects: https://bit.ly/SuppliesBikeMRY.

#SeaOtterClassic #BicycleFestival #BikeExpo #BicycleRaces #CyclingRacing #cyclists #hydration

Over 70K people attended the 4-day Celebration of Cycling in Monterey County this month, Sea Otter Classic.

Our Bike Buzz, Special Edition shares the viewpoints of some of those people, in four posts — including youth, women, first-time and long-time attendees, people speaking languages other than English, and people visiting from other countries:
https://bikemonterey.org/reports-from-sea-otter-classic-2025.html

#BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #PeopleWhoBike #cyclists #cycling #bicycling #biking #BikeAdvocacy #BicycleFestival #BicycleRaces #BikeExpo

This eve we biked in to Monterey. It was a gray day but there was sun in our💖 thanks to one of the joys of biking: the ease of pausing to chat with folks!

We talked with pedestrians, including: a dad on Webster with 2 young kids he takes biking—he’d just exited vehicle, cautiously & was interested in Dutch Reach; a man outside PO who was picking up his 9yo son from drum lessons nearby; a young woman at library curbside, who has never learned to bike (we welcomed her to call us); a family from Los Angeles on Alvarado with a teen, looking for ice cream; a fam from Fresno with 1yo & 7yo, about to check in to Portola; a fam from Modesto with 1, 7 & almost 11 yo—we sang him a birthday song—by Wedo’s Taco Truck; and 4 young women knitting—1 jelly our daughter is at a Lucy Dacus concert in NY tonight.

Also met a young driver from Pacific Grove, alongside us at Casa Verde & Del Monte light, who welcomed tips on bike-friendly driving.

None of these sweet interactions would’ve happened if we’d driven.💚
#BikeTooter