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Encinitas Joy Ride Set for March 23

The free 9-mile ride will follow Highway 101's new bike lane.

The Encinitas Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee, in conjunction with the Leucadia and Encinitas Main Street Associations and The San Diego County Bicycle Coalition, are pleased to announce the upcoming community JOY RIDE, a free community bicycle ride to be held March 23rd at 11:30 a.m. beginning at Leucadia Roadside Park in Leucadia.

Patch Event Listing: Encinitas JOY RIDE

The JOY RIDE is a roughly 9-mile ride open to riders of all levels, celebrating recent safety improvements made for bicyclists along the heavily-traveled and widely-popular Highway 101 corridor in Leucadia and Encinitas.

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“For the daily commuters, recreational or expert cyclists, and even families wanting to experience their downtown and scenic coastline on bikes, the new bike lane and sharrows are long-awaited safety improvements for our community. We are grateful to the City of Encinitas for making this happen and prioritizing safety for the citizens,” said Brian Grover, Chair of the newly-formed Encinitas Bicycle and Pedestrian Committee.

The JOY RIDE will follow Highway 101’s new bike lane north from Leucadia Roadside Park up to La Costa Avenue, loop South down to the Cardiff Kook and back to Leucadia’s HapiFish/ Counter Culture restaurant located at 190 North Coast Highway 101. There the JOY RIDE celebration will take place, including a raffle with great prizes from local bike shops and athletic eyewear companies. Along the JOY RIDE route, bicyclists will stop at participating bike shops including HI-Tech Bikes Leucadia, Nytro Multisport Encinitas and Ride Cyclery/Pink Peleton for raffle tickets, snacks and refueling goodies that have been generously donated. Spy Optics and Arnette Eyewear will also be donating prizes for the raffle.

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To participate in the JOY RIDE, bring your friends, family and bicycle to Leucadia Roadside Park on March 23, 2013 at 11:30 a.m. The JOY RIDE is FREE. Bicyclists are encouraged to practice safe biking, obey all traffic signals and buy local in support of our local bike shops and other sponsors and businesses along the route.

—Encinitas Joy Ride


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