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TIPS FOR BICYCLING MONTEREY COUNTY–The 20-Section Guide

• Tips for Tourists/Residents
  • Overview of the Guide (with Index)
  • 1. Why Bike: The Many Benefits of Bicycling
  • 2. Once You Start: Bike Maps and Other Tools for Finding Your Way
  • 3. CA Bicycle Laws and Personal Bike Safety–with Tips for Kids
  • 4. Where to Shower and Change
  • 5. Bike-and-Ride Options: Bicycling Needn’t Be All or Nothing!
  • 6. Bicycle Security, including Unique List of Places to Go
  • 7. Bicycle Shops in Monterey County–and Tips on New and Used Bike Purchases
  • 8. Repairs and Maintenance for Bikes–and Bikeways–Including DIY
  • 9. Bike Rentals in Monterey County–plus Self-Led and Guided Tours
  • 10. Where to Bike in Monterey County
  • 11. Cycling to Monterey County’s History Spots
  • 12. Shopping by Bike
  • 13. Bike Valet Parking and Other Bicycle Parking
  • 14. Hotels, Entertainment, Educational Venues, Restaurants
  • 15. More Bicycle Safety: High Visibility
  • 16. What to Do in Salinas, the Monterey County Seat
  • 17. Farmers Markets
  • 18. Serious Cyclists: MTB, Road, Touring (Clubs, Group Rides, Camping, More)
  • 19. Biking in the Dark
  • 20. Bicycling and Ecotourism/Good Earthkeeping Right at Home
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About this site

The purpose of Bicycling Monterey is to encourage biking, as well as other Earth-friendly actions.

This site is also home of the HER Helmet Thursdays Project, a long-term ecology-economy sustainability project that provides discounts on Thursdays to males and females who bike.

These bike advocacy projects are a community service of Fine Wordworking and Mari Lynch, honored with a Transportation Excellence Award from the Transportation Agency for Monterey County. To learn more, please see the "About" section.

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