21st Annual Santa Cruz County Bike Week: May 10 – 17, 2008

Go Green. Ride a Bike!
Each mile you bike instead of drive reduces one lb. of CO2 !

Be eligible to win $1,000 by filling out a Bike to Work Day breakfast site survey at any breakfast site on Thursday, May 15th, or complete our online survey now!

Go Green by participating in the 21st Annual Bike Week and Bike to Work/School Day. You can save money, improve your health and the health of the environment by cycling. Bicycling also helps reduce traffic congestion making our streets safer. Bike Week features many fun, informative, and inclusive bicycle-related events.

Schedule of Events - Most events are Free!

BIKE TO WORSHIP, on the day that you worship @ your place of worship.
Pedal to your prayer (a do-it-yourself event). For more information contact Batya @ 419-6574.

• Congregational Church of Soquel
  
• First Congregational Church (High Street)                 
  
• Quaker Meeting House  
  
• Santa Cruz Community Church  (American Baptist)                                  
  
• St. Philips Episcopal Church
  
• Inner Light Ministries
  
• Center for Conscious Living
  
• Chadeish Yameinu
  

SATURDAY, MAY 10

BIKE FEST JUMP JAM! 11:00am-4pm, @ Bicycle Trip Bike Park, 35 Pacific Avenue (across from the entrance to the Santa Cruz Wharf). Witness the best local and national freestyle BMX and MTN bike riders launch big air at the Bicycle Trip Bike Park. This pro and amateur contest is open to the public, with prizes, a live DJ, industry vendor booths, refreshments, a free raffle and more! Sponsored by Bicycle Trip and Barry Swenson Builder. Visit www.bicycletrip.com for more information or call 427-2580. Entry fee for Jump Jam participants.

KID’S BICYCLE SAFETY OBSTACLE COURSE, 10am @ Depot Park, 119 Center St. Kids 4-8 years old will receive on-bike traffic safety instruction and bicycle riding basics. Bring your bike; helmets required, some loaner bikes will be available. Free raffle for participants! Course brought to you by BikeSmart.org and the Bicycle Trip.

SUNDAY, MAY 11

BIKE FEST JUMP JAM! 11:00am-4pm, @ Bicycle Trip Bike Park, 35 Pacific Avenue (across from the entrance to the Santa Cruz Wharf). Witness the best local and national freestyle BMX and MTN bike riders launch big air at the Bicycle Trip Bike Park. This pro and amateur contest is open to the public, with prizes, a live DJ, industry vendor booths, refreshments, a free raffle and more! Sponsored by Bicycle Trip and Barry Swenson Builder. Visit www.bicycletrip.com for more information or call 427-2580. Entry fee for Jump Jam participants.

MONDAY, MAY 12

BIKE TO WORK IS EVERY DAY! Ride your bike to work as many days as possible during Bike Week and help the environment, get exercise, and save money! Employees of participating businesses who ride their bikes are eligible to win prize incentives. Employees track the miles you bike during Bike Week here. To see if your business is signed up, contact Bonnie at 831.426.5925 x 128 or email bmcpike@ecoact.org.

TUESDAY, MAY 13

COMMUTER RACE, Watsonville. An afternoon commute-hour friendly competition between a motorist, cyclist, electric bike rider, tandem rider and other sustainable forms of transportation. Check your local media to see who can navigate through traffic and reach their destination first.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 14

FOOD DELIVERY DAY, 10-5pm @ the HUB (703 Pacific Ave, entrance on Spruce St.). Call and volunteer to spend 1-2 hours transporting food to feed 4,000 people via bicycle for Bike to Work/School Day! Bring your bike and trailer, or use one of ours. Call Kelly @ PedX: 212- 1987 or email: Kelly@pedalexpress.com.

THURSDAY, MAY 15

BIKE TO WORK/SCHOOL DAY, 6:30-9:30am. FREE breakfast for cyclists at sites around Santa Cruz County as well as free massages by Cypress Health Institute and bike maintenance by local bike shops at most sites. See list of free breakfast sites.

FREE BREAKFAST for Cyclists at These Sites:

DOWNTOWN SANTA CRUZ

• Jamba Juice (Pacific Ave. @ Water St.). Sponsored by Noah’s New York Bagels, Peet’s Coffee, and Trader Joe’s.
• County Government Building (701 Ocean St.)

EASTSIDE

• The Buttery (702 Soquel Ave. @ Branciforte Ave.). Valet bike parking provided by People Power.
• Emeline County Facilities (1400 Emeline Avenue, Building K)
• People’s Coffee (1200 17th Ave. @ Brommer St.)

CAPITOLA

• Coffeetopia (3701 Portola Dr. @ 37th Ave.) Sponsored by the City of Capitola.

WESTSIDE

• The Seymour Center Aquarium at Long Marine Lab (end of Delaware Ave.)
• Santa Cruz News (1500 Mission St. @ Trescony St. near Bay St.) Sponsored by Jamba Juice and Rope Partner.

UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CRUZ

• UCSC Women’s Center, Cardiff House (near base of campus)
• UCSC “top of bike path” sponsored by UCSC Cycling Team
• UCSC Bike Coop (Bay Tree Plaza)

APTOS

• Cabrillo College, Aptos (6550 Soquel Dr., next to gymnasium)

SCOTTS VALLEY/FELTON

• Mollie’s Country Cafe, Scotts Valley (219-F Mount Hermon Rd.)
• White Raven Coffee & Tea House, Felton (6253 Hwy 9)

WATSONVILLE

• Cabrillo Watsonville Center (318 Union Street)
• FOX Racing Shox (130 Hangar Way, behind hospital)

School sites located throughout Santa Cruz County!

SATURDAY, MAY 17

RAIL AND TRAIL DAY – TRAIN AND BIKE RIDE, 10am, Santa Cruz Train Depot Park, (119 Center St. two blocks down from the Wharf). Celebrate train and bike travel with a train ride from the Depot Station in Santa Cruz to Felton. Bring your bike on the train for a fun group ride back down to Santa Cruz along scenic Highway 9. Make sure your bike is in good mechanical condition. We will have a CHP escort but the road will not be closed to traffic. All riders must ride in the right hand travel lane and obey all traffic signals. Roundtrip train ride available for those unable to cycle back. Tickets are: $6 one-way for adults and $3 one-way for kids under 12. Tickets are available at the HUB, 703 Pacific Avenue, and the Bike to Work office, 223 River Street. Check our website for other sales locations. For the bike ride, all kids 7 and under must be in a kid’s seat, trailer or attached seat/wheel and assisted by their parents. Kids 8 and older must be able to keep up with the group or they will be asked to sit in the support bike trailer. Helmet required. Co-presented with People Power, Santa Cruz County Cycling Club, and Friends of the Rail Trail (FORT).

Buy your Rail and Trail tickets at the following locations:

• Ecology Action – 223 River Street
  
• The Hub – 703 Pacific Avenue
  
• The Bicycle Trip – 1127 Soquel Avenue
  
• Another Bike Shop – 2361 Mission Street
  
• Watsonville Cyclery – 1202 Freedom Boulevard (Watsonville)
  
• White Raven Tea & Coffee – 6253 Highway 9 (Felton)
  
• Aptos Chamber of Commerce - 7605-A Old Dominion Court (Aptos)
  
• Santa Cruz Chamber of Commerce - 611 Ocean St # 1

Sunday, May 18
 
Santa Cruz Kinetic Sculpture Race - 10am, Riverside Bridge.  Kinetic Sculpture Racing is a competitive outdoor activity in which artists build sculptures on wheels to be raced.  Sculpture Racing is a ≤ mile race from the Riverside Bridge to the Water Street Bridge.  Sculpture Racing takes fine art out of the galleries and museums and into the streets.  The artist that crosses the finish line first is declared the worlds best artist, without dispute.  Sculptures will be accepted through submissions and juried in May.  There is a non-refundable submission fee of $10.  For more information, contact kaplanks@hotmail.com.

Bike to Work contact information: bmcpike@ecoact.org or call 831-426-5925 ext. 128