Recreational and competitive cycling is set to take over the streets of Downtown Long Beach for a three-day event, May 7, 8, and 9, 2010. The annual Long Beach Bicycle Festival consists of anything and everything bicycle-related: from Fixed Gear Fest contests to bicycle polo, a charity benefit Tour of Long Beach ride, USA Cycling Bicycle Grand Prix to the CYCLESTYLE Fashion Show, vendors, food, music and much more. The event represents the ongoing Bike Long Beach campaign, an innovative plan to make Long Beach "the most cycling friendly urban city in the United States."
The Bicycle Festival is produced by the Downtown Long Beach Associates.
The weekend kicks off from 6 to 11 p.m. Friday in the East Village Arts District (First Street between Elm and Linden avenues) with the Fixed Gear Fest, featuring freestyle riders, tricks, track stand and skid contests and Gold Sprints competitions.
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The event will start off with the return of the City Council Tricycle Race, pitting members of the city council against one another in a light-hearted one-lap tricycle race.
At 8 a.m. Saturday the Tour of Long Beach (www.touroflongbeach.com), a new component to this year's event, invites amateur cyclists and bicycle enthusiasts of all skill levels to ride on a a four-mile family fun ride or a 30-mile open course along bike paths throughout the city.
Tickets are $20 per person for the family fun ride and $45 per person for the 30-mile open course. Registration information, www.touroflongbeach.com.
Proceeds from the tour benefit Miller Children's Hospital.
Beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, competitive USA Cycling for amateurs and professionals takes center stage as the Long Beach Bicycle Grand Prix offers more than $17,000 in cash prizes. The race is expected to draw more than 600 riders to compete in eight events, including men's and women's pro and amateur events, three kids races and a police, fire and armed services competition. Register at www.socalreg.com.
The .83 mile closed course
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