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Bike Week LA


Celebrate Bike Week LA 2010 and ride your bike all week long. We expect a record number of participants to enjoy a relaxing, healthy and green bike ride to work, to school, or anywhere.

Be part of the solution! Check out the local events happening near you.

Metro Bike Week LA

  • Monday, May 17, 8am
    Kick-off the week with a celebration at the LAPD's new headquarters. The LAPD has partnered this year with Metro, LADOT and LACBC to promote bicyclist safety throughout the city.

  • Tuesday, May 18, 8am
    Blessing of the Bicycles at Good Samaritan Hospital.
    For more information go to goodsam.org.

  • Wednesday, May 19, 8am Downtown LA Bike Ride. Meet at Olvera Street and ride through downtown with other bike enthusiasts and supporters. Click here for more information.

  • Thursday, May 20 - Bike to Work Day
    Be one of thousands of LA county residents participating. Visit pit stops, hop on a free ride sponsor, and get entered to win prizes. pit stops, free transit rides, and get entered to win prizes.

  • Friday, May 21 - Bike to School Day

  • Pledge online and be entered entered to win fabulous prizes!

  • Downloadable pledge form English | Spanish

Additional Events


Let’s celebrate the bicycle as a healthy, non-polluting method of commuting to work. Surveys show that over 30% of participants are likely to continue bicycling. Here’s your chance to learn what they already know!

Here are some helpful tools to gear up for Bike to Work Day or any of the other events happening during Bike Week.

Google Bike Map

Bike Training Presentation

Bicycle Commuter Act

Bikes on Metro

Metro Bikes Lockers and Racks

Los Angeles County Bike Map

10 Steps to Riding Your Bike to Work

Los Angeles County Bike Coalition Biking Resources

California Bicycle Laws and Safety

LADOT Bicycle Services


2010 Prizes & Give-Aways

Prizes for Pledge Drive Drawing

  • 2 Night/3 Day Signature Package for 2 to the Red Mountain Resort 
    and Spa in Utah (valued at $1,500)
  • Folding Bike from REI (valued at $700)
  • $100 Macy’s gift cards (10 total)
  • $50 Target gift cards provided by Raytheon (10 total)
  • $20 REI gift cards (20 total)
  • Disneyland 4-Ticket Park Package (valued at $500)
  • 2 Ski/Snowboard Lift Tickets to Mt. Baldy
  • 100 Musette Bags from Dahon
  • 150 Scarves from Kaiser Permanente
  • 10 tickets to the LA County Fair from Fairplex

Give-Aways distributed at Pit Stops on Bike to Work Day

  • 15,700 Clif Bars (Builder Mini bars, Clif Mini bars and Mojo Mini bars)
  • $3,500 in coupons from Subway
  • Bike Patch Kits from Metro

Bike to Work Day 2010 Sponsors

Pit Stop Sponsors

  • AIDS/LifeCycle
  • Alaska Airlines
  • Burbank TMO
  • Cal State Long Beach
  • Cal State Los Angeles
  • City of Claremont and Foothill Transit
  • City of Covina
  • City of El Monte
  • City of Long Beach
  • City of Los Angeles
  • City of Pasadena
  • City of Santa Clarita
  • City of Santa Fe Springs
  • City of Santa Monica
  • City of Torrance
  • City of West Hollywood
  • City of Whittier
  • Eastside Bike Club/The Voice Newspaper
  • El Maestro Bike Shop
  • Fairplex
  • GE Aviation
  • Glendale TMA
  • Helen’s Cycle and I. Martin Bicycles
  • IDS Real Estate Group-Crown City Center
  • illuminateLA
  • Jennie Cooks Catering
  • LA County Sheriff’s Department
  • Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition
  • Long Beach Cyclists
  • Los Angeles Trade Tech
  • Los Angeles World Airports
  • Metro and Clif Bar
  • Montrose Bike Shop
  • Newhall Bicycle Company
  • One West Bank
  • Pasadena Athletic Association (PAA)
  • Pasadena Towers
  • Polytechnic School
  • Raytheon and Aerospace Corporation
  • REI Arcadia
  • REI Northridge
  • REI Santa Monica
  • Shops on Lake
  • Subway
  • The Bicycle Mart
  • The National Multiple Sclerosis Society
  • UCLA Transportation
  • Western Asset Management Company
  • Maguire Partners
  • Maguire Properties

Free Rides Sponsors

  • Beach Cities Transit
  • Commerce Municipal Bus Lines
  • Culver CityBus
  • Gardena Municipal Bus Lines
  • Glendale Beeline
  • LADOT Commuter Express & DASH
  • Metro
  • Norwalk Transit
  • Pasadena ARTS Bus
  • Torrance Transit

In-Kind Sponsors

  • Clif Bar
  • Dahon
  • Fairplex
  • Kaiser Permanente
  • Macy’s
  • Mt. Baldy Ski Lifts, Inc.
  • Raytheon
  • Red Mountain Resort & Spa
  • REI
  • Subway
  • The Walt Disney Company

Partners

  • Bike It at SAMOHI
  • California Bicycle Coalition
  • Caltrans
  • City of Los Angeles
  • Good Samaritan Hospital
  • LADOT Bike Program
  • Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition
  • Los Angeles Police Department
  • Safe Routes to School
  • Youth Educational Sports, Inc.