Posters, Web Links, and Other Project Resources

Lalla Grill at the Del Monte Center, Monterey, and

sister restaurants Lallapalooza on Alvarado, Monterey and Lalla Lounge and Elli’s Great American Restaurant in Salinas all Charter Participants of the HER Helmet Thursdays project.

Encourage more bicycling in Monterey County by sharing resources found on this page.  Below you’ll find:
“Section I – Web link information”
“Section II – Announcement Posters/Fliers”
“Section III – Special resources for HER Helmet Thursdays participating businesses and organizations”
“Section IV – for Bicycle Shops”

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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These San Francisco Bay Area visitors, Derrick Chao and Kyle Ingebretson, were glad to learn about Monterey County’s  bicycling resources and projects benefiting local and visiting cyclists–including bike-and-ride tips and HER Helmet Thursdays discounts.

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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 HER Helmet Thursdays logo be used in other media? You bet! The Naval Postgraduate School Cycling Club found the above-pictured way to get the word out:  HER Helmet Thursdays highlighted at Mazda Raceway, Laguna Seca, at the May 2011 Twilight Ride.

The NPS Cycling Club also highlights HER Helmet Thursdays on their website, and on their events calendar.

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Poster 1 (8.5 x 11) – Download PDF:

Charter Participants in HER Helmet Thurs – 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 – B and W

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.

Summary of CA Bike Laws flier, in English and Spanish – 4a

8-1/2 x 11.  Download it here:

en español y en ingles: Leyes de ciclismo de California – Laws for bicyclists in CA (Spanish and English) – Summary of bicycle section of CA Vehicle Code

en español – General info flier -  4b

8-1/2 x 11, formatted 2-to-a-page. Download it here:

información en español sobre las bicicletas

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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.

The Fishwife in Seaside

The Fishwife’s Turtle Bay in Monterey has a framed newspaper story about HER Helmet Thursdays on the wall inside the entrance, and they also display a laminated poster in their front window,  and in the restrooms too.  Think they are proud to be a Charter Participant?  You bet!

Fishwife at Asilomar, Fishwife in Seaside, and Turtle Bay in Seaside all display their HER Helmet Thursdays posters–and are all Charter Participants.

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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

Staff Reference Sheet is now provided on a separate page. Please 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

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.

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.

 

You’ll find that proud participant sign in  Erik’s DeliCafe in Monterey as well.

Section IV:   for Bicycle Shops

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

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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).


Posted by: marilynch on February 5, 2010.
Last revised by: marilynch on May 9, 2012.