Bike the Boulevard returns
Three miles, seven hours, lots of drinking and eating
That helix of wheels whirling and pausing on El Cajon Boulevard this Saturday? Well that’s Bike the Boulevard.
Billed as a chance for moderate drinking, responsible pedaling and eating (bring your night lights), all types of bikes participate in this support-a-single-street series (think cash mob meets taste of event meets friendly Critical Mass ride). It will cover just three miles in seven hours.
The ride takes off at noon from the Live Wire (which made the Superdiners’ list of favorite dive bars), collects dollar-pizza slices from Pizzeria Luigi, rallies to watch short films about bicycles at the Media Arts Center, guzzles $4 Green Flash specials at Tiger! Tiger! — a bike rider hangout posing as a popular North Park gastropub.
Then it’s off to other ride-related drink, food and entertainment specials at…
sd u-t, 21.02.12.
full itinerary here.
YUSSSS.
but in reality, El Cajon Blvd is a typical crappy socal “boulevard”—speeding cars, below-average streetlife, not very safe to cycle—far from the grand boulevards of Paris. but hey! make do with what you can in SD, right? as long as there’re drinks, food, and fellow cyclists..!
