Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition
Volunteer Opportunities LA County Bicycle Coalition
October 2010
OCTOBER Volunteer Opportunities
:: CicLAvia Bike Ride with LACBC
:: Simi Valley Living Green Expo
:: Tour de Fat
:: CORBA Fat Tire Fest
:: Long Beach Bike Counts
:: LA River Ride for Volunteers

lacbc gear logoCongratulations, Vince Chang, winner of the Membership Referral Drive!


LACBC has plenty of fun opportunities this month and we need your support! Remember, all it takes is your participation in 4 tabling events per year to keep your membership active! And there is a volunteer raffle this month: if you help out at one of our booths, be sure to fill out a raffle ticket!

Join us in creating a more bike-friendly LA!

Erica Yoshimoto

LA County Bicycle Coalition

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Oct 10 10am-3pm
CicLAvia Bike Ride 10am

Start: Hollenbeck Park

End: Bicycle Kitchen

Pace: Leisurely!

Approx. 1 hour ride

Pitstop: MacArthur Park

We want participants to bike with us through the 7-mile temporary open space created for Angelenos to enjoy on bike, skate, or foot.

Consider this ride our monthly social for October!!! We don't always coop ourselves in the office for our mixers!

Tour with us, help us spread the word about LACBC, and enjoy refreshments afterward!
For updates on the ride and to rsvp:

Sat, October 16 10am-4pm
Simi Valley Living Green Expo
1555 Simi Town Center Way


To volunteer at the LACBC booth, please rsvp to erica@la-bike.org
Join LACBC and dozens of green vendors for give-aways, raffles, kids' activities, and workshops to learn green, live green and lead green.
  • Discuss challenges to increasing bicycle use as a viable transportation alternative in the Simi Valley suburban environment
  • Learn how increasing cycling can help Simi's environment, improve your health and add a low cost bonus to the local economy
  • Complete a survey to be delivered to the City Council to update resident's attitudes toward cycling in Simi as reported in the original 2008 Bicycle Master Plan and be entered in a drawing for a REI Novarra Commuter Backpack.

October 23 9am-4pm
The First Los Angeles Tour de Fat
LA Historic Park

Tour de Fat Tour on your bike with the famed New Belgium Brewing Company that brought us Fat Tire beer! Join thousands of bike and beer enthusiasts for a ride parade, beer, live bands, entertainment, face painting, shirt screening and most notably the Car-for-Bike Trade celebration. All proceeds go to C.I.C.L.E., Bike Kitchen, and LACBC!
LACBC needs 40 volunteers to help with registration at 9:30am and ride marshals following registration. Plus 6+ volunteers at the LACBC booth!
You get a free tee-shirt and beer tokens!

October 20th 6-7pm: Volunteer Orientation for shift leaders at LACBC Headquarters
634 S Spring Street, Edison Room
Los Angeles, CA 90014

To volunteer, rsvp with your tee-shirt size to erica@la-bike.org

Sunday, October 17@ 8am-4pm
CORBA Fat Tire Fest at Lake Castaic

Volunteer at the LACBC booth! Email erica@la-bike.org
Corba logoRide for the trails.

Join us for a fun-filled day of riding, exhibitions and events for mountain bikers and their families to raise much needed funds for trail maintenance and raise awareness on trail access.

  • Exhibitors
  • Demo Bikes
  • Huge Raffle
  • Poker Ride
  • NEW! REI Classes and Beginner Poker Ride
  • Skills Clinic with Guest Pro
  • Food
  • Bike Riding Contests
  • Kids Activities
  • NEW! XC Advanced ride route
  • NEW! Light & Motion night ride
    demo
  • NEW! Cyclocross Races
  • Fun for the Whole Family!

Thurs, Oct 14/Sun, Oct 17
Third Annual Long Beach Bike Count Volunteers needed!

LB Bike Counts
Click the image to register online now!
Enjoy cycling? Want to make Long Beach the most bike-friendly city in the nation? Volunteer to conduct BIKE COUNTS on Thursday, Oct. 14th 7-9am or 4-6pm and Sunday, Oct. 17th from 12n-2pm.
As a thank you, you'll receive a $10 dollar gift card to a local bike shop (think Jax, Jones, City Grounds).
The City of Long Beach and Cal State Long Beach are coordinating the city's Third Annual Bike Count. We are seeking 300 volunteers to help conduct bike and pedestrian counts at more than 35 locations throughout Long Beach. Senior high school volunteers are welcome to participate with parent permission.
Register online at: www.csulb.edu/rideshare (Click on "Bike Counts" in center of page)
OR call 562-570-6667.

SAVE THE DATE: Sun, Nov 14
Volunteer LA River Ride!

Start: Griffith Park @7:30am

(Various Pick Up Times at each Pitstop)

Lunch in Long Beach and ride back or take the Blue Line home. More details to come!

LA River Ride Volunteers!la river ride Join us for a free informal group ride on the LA River Ride route! We'll stop at each pitstop, so you can join us at any point. Great training ride for new volunteers!!

To help with the ride: erica@la-bike.org