Posters, Web Links, and Other Project Resources

Encourage more bicycling in Monterey County by sharing posters, web links, mini-fliers and other resources found on this page.  Below you’ll find:

“Section I – Web link information”
“Section II – Announcement Posters/Fliers”
  • Tips for Bicycling Monterey County only:  Poster, 3a; and minis, 3b.  These are especially helpful for H-E-R businesses or organizations that are not in the HER Helmet Thursdays project.
  • HER Helmet Thursdays and Tips for Bicycling Monterey County:  Posters 1 and 2a; and minis, 2b.
  • en español. 2-to-a-page flier. Download it here: información en español sobre las bicicletas
“Section III – Special resources for HER Helmet Thursdays participating businesses and organizations”
“Section IV – for Bicycle Shops”

Derrick Chao and Kyle Ingebretson, of the San Francisco Bay Area, were happy to learn about Monterey County’s resources and projects benefiting visiting and local cyclists.

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Section I:  Web link info

Besides simple text links, you may link to
the Bicycling Monterey website using the site banner
or link to HER Helmet Thursdays using the project logo.

For images in different sizes or formats, or for other help,

I welcome you or your webmaster to contact me (831-375-6278).

Here are some examples…

…of ways that others are linking to Bicycling Monterey and HER Helmet Thursdays:

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Section II:  Announcement posters/fliers to download

Many retail store windows, hotel concierge binders, employee and community bulletin boards, and other places throughout Monterey County already share these resources.  Join them!  Download these items and make them available at your location, too.

All resources are provided in PDF format, ready to print.  If fonts and formatting do not appear to be correct when displayed on your computer,  please contact me (831-375-6278).

“Tips for Bicycling Monterey County” posters are also available without mention of the HER Helmet Thursdays project (see Poster and Mini-Flier 3 a/b).  These are especially for those H-E-R businesses and organizations not yet in the project.  Questions?   Please  contact me, 831-375-6278.

Can the HHT logo be used in other media? You bet! Contact Mari for details.

Above photo shows one way that the

Naval Postgraduate School Cycling Club found to get the word out.

HER Helmet Thursdays highlighted at Mazda Raceway, Laguna Seca, May 2011.

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Poster 1 (8.5 x 11) – Download PDF:  Charter Participants in HER Helmet Thursdays – Final List (1st-year participants, from Thanksgiving week 2010 to Thanksgiving week 2011)

Lists every H-E-R Charter Participant, along with a concise description of the project.

In addition, a HER Helmet Thursdays Quick Reference/Pocket Guide is available on the “Listings” page.  That guide lists Charter Participants and all other participants too.

Poster 2a (8.5 x 11) – Download PDF:  Tips for Bicycling MoCo and HER Helmet Thursdays

Announces Tips for Bicycling Monterey County, the free online guide useful to visitors and residents.  This poster also announces the HER Helmet Thursdays project.

Mini poster/handout 2b – Download PDF:

Bicycling Monterey and HHT – 4-to-pg mini – color

Bicycling Monterey and HHT – 4-to-pg mini – black and white

Abbreviated announcement of both projects.  These 4.25 x 5.5 announcements are formatted to print four-to-a-page on 8.5 x 11 paper (or card stock).

Poster 3a (8.5 x 11)  – Download PDF: Tips for Bicycling Monterey County (PDF) – Especially useful to non-HHT participants.

Announces Tips for Bicycling Monterey County guide, with no mention of HHT. Especially useful to non-HHT participants.

This was especially created for those H-E-R locations—Hotels, Entertainment/education venues, and Restaurants—who are not yet in the HER Helmet Thursdays project, and nevertheless, are also enthused about sharing Tips for Bicycling Monterey County with visitors and others.  (You may wish to ask if they’ve heard of HER Helmet Thursdays, and let them know that they are welcome to become a participant.)

Mini poster/handout 3b – Download PDF:

Abbreviated announcement of Tips for Bicycling guide only (no mention of HER Helmet Thursdays).   These 4.25 x 5.5 announcements are formatted to print four-to-a-page on 8.5 x 11 paper (or card stock). They are particularly helpful for concierges, front desk staff, parking attendants, and others at a non-HHT establishment that nonetheless loves to share cycling info with their guests.

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Email a poster link to others

Copy and paste the  links from any of the above PDFs) and email  to travel agents, cycling clubs, civic groups, friends or business associates planning a trip, and others.  Please contact me for ideas or for help.

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Make a window washer love you

Wonder where to get that wonderful removable and reusable tape for hanging posters in windows?  It can be hard to find.  One Monterey County store that stocks it is Alpha Stationers, 221 Forest Ave, Pacific Grove; 831/372-4388 (no website).

Both Fishwife Restaurants and both Turtle Bay Taquerias display their HER Helmet Thursdays participants posters–like Turtle Bay, Monterey (shown above).

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Section III:  Special resources for

HER Helmet Thursdays business and organization participants:

While the resources on this page are available to everyone, the items below are intended for the businesses/organizations that are participating in HER Helmet Thursdays.  Not yet a participant? Click here!

As shown below,  a special “Participant” HER Helmet Thursdays logo is also available for the participating business and organizations.  It is available for websites, as well as in versions for print and other media.

Staff Reference Sheet for Participants

These are now provided on a separately page (click here).


Certificate of Participation – for “H”/Hotels/Lodging venues

Download PDF:

Any HHT Hotel or other lodging participant

This 8-1/2 x 11 poster may be laminated or framed and displayed.   Some participants print it on clear or white decal paper–voila! a window decal.

Many lodging providers also add it to their concierge binder, alongside the Tips for Tourists Bicycling Monterey County poster.

A mini is also available:

MINI – Any HHT Lodging participant

Certificate of Participation – for “E” and “R” venues

Download PDF: 

Any HHT Educ or Entertain or Restaurant or other food-bev participant

This 8-1/2 x 11 poster is for all non-lodging participants:  “E/educational/entertainment and “R”/restaurant participants, and related venues, such as wineries.

It may be laminated or framed and displayed.  Some participants print it on clear or white decal paper–voila! a window decal.

A mini is also available:

MINI – Any HHT Educ or Ent or Restaurant participant

The Fishwife in Seaside–and in Pacific Grove and at their Turtle Bay Taquerias too–proudly announces their participation.

Displaying the posters prominently…

helps build a reputation for Monterey County as one of the most bike friendly places in the country!  Please help in this regard.  The posters may be framed or otherwise displayed.  Some people like to laminate them.

One more option:  In section II above, you’ll find Poster 1, which lists all Charter Participants.   If you are a Charter Participant and your logo is not on this poster, please email me a jpg image of your logo, and I will be happy to prepare a custom poster for your location.  Contact me with any questions.

Section IV:   for Bicycle Shops

Questions?  Need help? Call Mari Lynch 831/375-6278

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