Tips for Tourists/Locals
Tips for Bicycling Monterey County
Tips for Bicycling Monterey County© is a 20-section guide for tourists and locals. The guide includes links to over 300 posts and 65 webpages of biking information published on the Bicycling Monterey site.
Bicycling Monterey and the Tips guide were created by Mari Lynch, a bicyclist and county resident since 1981 and winner of a Transportation Excellence Award from the Transportation Agency for Monterey County.
This original content is provided free of charge, as a courtesy to Monterey County visitors and residents, for personal use. For all other use, please refer to to the copyright information page.
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Access the 20-Section Guide here.
Click on a title below to go to that section of Tips for Bicycling Monterey County.
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 and Adults
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
13. Bike Valet and Other Bicycle Parking–including Etiquette and Laws
14. Hotels, Entertainment, Educational Venues, Restaurants
15. More Bicycle Safety: High Visibility
16. What to Do in Salinas, the Monterey County Seat
18. Serious Cyclists: MTB, Road, BMX, Touring (Clubs, Group Rides, Camping, More)
20. Bicycling and Ecotourism/Good Earthkeeping Right at Home
Also on this site: A wealth of local biking information!
As the 20-section guide’s Overview and Index indicate, links in the guide lead you to a large volume of Bicycling Monterey content, along with some links to other resources.
A list of bicycle shops, services, clubs, and resources and a compilation of Spanish language bicycling resources are also provided at Bicycling Monterey.
Bicycle culture and youth, tips for local college students; kids biking to school, and bicycle advocacy, and what you can do to help will be of particular interest to local residents.
Also on this site are tips on biking to the beach, to camping sites, to wineries; tips specific to biking various local communities, e.g., Carmel, Castroville, Pebble Beach, Salinas, Seaside; and biking to special events like the Monterey Jazz Festival.
This site is home of the discounts-for-bicyclists project, HER Helmet Thursdays. Males and females get discounts at Hotels, Educational and Entertainment venues, Restaurants, and related places on Thursdays year-round. Why? To encourage people to help HER, Mother Earth, by biking.
For tips on navigating this site, click here. Questions? Contact me (831-375-6278).
Photo above: Irene and Jeff Dibble of Sonoma County. Irene and Jeff found that biking to the Aquarium was a great way to skip traffic and parking concerns, while having much more fun too!
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This guide was first published on this site May 15, 2009.
