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Join C.I.C.L.E. and friends for a magnificent evening of art and bicycles.



Cyclists and art lovers alike will enjoy this relaxing and engaging bike tour of Pasadena's large collection of art galleries and museums, all open for free for this evening on Fri., March 14, 2008.

This event only happens twice a year... you won't want to miss it!!

The Pasadena Art Ride is a fun social event that is open to all skill levels. The pace is relaxed and easy, and beginning bicyclists should feel free to join the ride. Ample time has been arranged to visit each location. Supervised parking is available, however each rider is asked to bring his or her own bicycle lock.

Where:

Meets at the One Colorado Courtyard

One Colorado is one city block bounded by Fair Oaks, Colorado Boulevard, DeLacey and Union Street in Old Pasadena.

When:

Friday, March 14, 2008

Ride meets at 6:00 PM and will depart at 6:30 PM Sharp

What to Bring:

A bicycle in good running order, lights for night riding, a bike lock. All participants under 18 must wear a helmet. Children under age 9 should be on a tag-a-long, bike trailer, tandem, or other safe child-carrying device.

NEED MORE INFO?

Visit www.BikeNow.org

urbanknight

If only my wife rode, she'd be all over this. I might just go this year to make her jealous of all the free admissions. Will I need walking shoes?

alicestrong

From the LA Times:


Bicyclists take up pedaling art

Published March 6, 2008 by LA Times
By Mindy Farabee
ACCORDING to Josef Bray-Ali, "You haven't lived until you've seen a 35-year-old mother beating down a burning piñata."

And he should know. For the last two years, Bray-Ali (who runs Bike Oven, a repair shop/art gallery) has conducted Spoke(n) Art, a biking tour of Northeast L.A.'s art galleries. Largely conceived as an exercise in fun -- think after-parties with flaming piñatas -- Spoke(n) Art regularly attracts eclectic groups of 60 to 70 people every month. But it's far from the only cycling gallery tour to be gathering speed. Somehow, it seems, bikes and art just go together.

"Bikes can go where cars can't take you," says Alex Amerri. A recent Sci-Arc grad, Amerri created RIDE-Arc with some schoolmates in July 2005. Designed with advanced riders in mind, RIDE-Arc follows the architecture -- distances and exotic locales (Watts at night!) be damned. Thoroughly researched, and featuring expert speakers (from halfway house residents to academics) and unique themes (e.g., "The Sex Ride," "As Seen on TV"), Amerri's tours attract around 100 people every time. "It's really a dialogue about how all these design elements are related," he says. On a bicycle, these connections become apparent: "You're constantly being stimulated by everything around you."

Whole cities are getting in on the action. Next week, Shay Sanchez and Liz Elliott are reprising Pasadena ArtRide, a five-gallery sampler of Pasadena ArtNight, the biannual extravaganza featuring the city's many theaters, museums and galleries. The duo -- co-directors of Cyclists Inciting Change thru Live Exchange, or C.I.C.L.E. -- have made a point of designing a scenic, leisurely paced itinerary. Putting people on bikes, they've found, freed strangers up to mingle. "Cycling is about engagement," says Elliott. "Art does something to you emotionally, it enlivens you, wakes you up. And that's what this ride does."

And participants can take that engagement to whatever level they'd like. "Last month I rode in [to Spoke(n) Art] on a rickshaw with sound bending equipment," says Bray-Ali. "We're part of the art show."


SPOKE(N) ART RIDE

WHERE: Meet at the intersection of York Boulevard and North Figueroa Street, Highland Park



WHEN: 6:30 p.m. Sat.



PRICE: Free



INFO:www.bikeoven.com/ spokenart; www.nelaart.com



RIDE-ARC

WHERE: Location and theme TBD



WHEN: 9 p.m. Fri.



PRICE: Free



INFO:www.ridearc.org



PASADENA ARTRIDE

WHERE: Meet at One Colorado Courtyard, Pasadena



WHEN: 6 p.m. March 14



PRICE: Free



INFO:www.cicle.org

alicestrong

Walking shoes? LOL

I mean , you do have to walk through the museums and look at the art...but we park the bikes right near by and guard them...

Doesn't she ride at all? This is a very easy ride.

buck65

I am SO there. (=

roadfix

I might be up for the Sat evening art ride but definitely not able to do the Friday evening ride.

alicestrong

Cool! Invite your friends, too...

alicestrong

Too bad. We could use another bike wrangler on the Friday ride...you would be perfect.

You missed a wild party Saturday...

buck65

I would, but none of the have bikes....my friends are slackers.

roadfix

I'm a cyclist and a poser, but not a party animal.

tombunn

What's a bike wrangler?

alicestrong

I have a feeling that may change soon...

alicestrong

An experienced cyclist who would like to keep an eye out for the less-experienced, assist our sweep, help watch that parked bikes remain unmolested...

tombunn

I can probably do that.

urbanknight

I should have been more clear. I meant to ask if the walking is little enough to do on cleated road shoes or if I should bring something to change into, or cleat covers... or if I can ride the bike through the museum and track stand at each exhibit.

She doesn't even have a bike and she is not interested in riding anywhere the distances that we do, but she has been warming up to the idea of getting a tandem after we rented one in Santa Barbara.

alicestrong

That would be great ! I'll PM you the details...

alicestrong

haha...track stand...no...

hey a tandem would be great for this ride.

Anyway the cleat thing is more whatever you want. There will be five stops, each about 20 minutes, so...how comfortable are you walking around in them?

buck65

I think I'm going to be lazy and just use the cleated shoes...I can't stand carrying around extra shoes and other stuff.

roadfix

Mountain biking shoes. Problem solved.

buck65

Precisely....hey fix, can you take some pics if you go on Saturday?

alicestrong

Link to the route...

One Colorado
Armory DigitalForum
Bruce Yonemoto — Recent Videos

Norton Simon Museum
Maillol's Miniatures and Tales of the Blue Lord

Pasadena Museum of History
The Purse and The Person

Pasadena Library
Celebrating Green

Pasadena Museum of California Art
A Seed of Modernism
The Art Students League of Los Angeles

Pacific Asia Museum
Chinaman's Chance:
Views of the Chinese American Experience

buck65

Awesome, thanks for the info Alice! A colleague of mine was at the Norton Simon - Maillol opening and she commented that the statues are exquisite. This should be a good.

alicestrong

Slight change:

The route worked out wonderfully, though we did make one simple
adjustment.

As we depart One Colorado on Union, we will be taking an immediate
left turn onto DeLacey St.rather than continue down Union St. to St. John.

Here's the new gmaps route:
https://www.gmap- pedometer. com/?r=1693758

And the written directions are listed below.

It's going to be a great ride! See ya all on Friday.

Shay

Pasadena ARTRide Route
Depart: One Colorado
West on Union St. (one way)
South/Left on DeLacey St.
West/Right on Colorado Blvd.
Arrive Norton Simon Museum 30 Min.
Depart Norton Simon Museum
Continue West on Colorado Blvd.
North/Right on Orange Grove Blvd.
East/Right on Walnut St.
Arrive Pasadena Museum of History 20 Min.
Depart Pasadena Museum of History
Continue East on Walnut St.
South/Right on Raymond Ave.
Arrive Armory Center for the Arts 20 Min.
Depart Armory Center for the Arts
Continue South on Raymond Ave.
East/Left on Holly St.
North/Left on Garfield Ave. (at City Hall)
West on Walnut St.
North/Right on Garfield Ave.
Arrive Pasadena Library 20 Min.
Depart Pasadena Library
East/Right on Corson St. (one way)
South/Right on Madison Ave.
West/Right on Union St. (one way)
Arrive Pacific Asia Museum and Pasadena Museum of California Art 45 Min.

Optional escort back to One Colorado via Union St.)

urbanknight

Problem is then I'd need mountain bike pedals. I'll pick up some cleat covers.

alicestrong

That sounds like a good idea...