Women on Bikes SoCal May/June 2013

News & Media

Thank you for wanting to learn more about what we're up to! Here you'll find our latest news and press releases, media clips, images and more. Please contact us at (562) 221-9672 or email us at wobsocal@gmail.com.

For Immediate Release

May is National Bike Month! Let's Celebrate!

05/17/13 - Women on Bikes SoCal Rolls Out the Low Cost Short Sweet Female Friendly “Street Savvy” Adult Novice Bicycle Education Classes Just in Time for Summer!

05/01/13 - For Immediate Release - Vintage Fashion and Biking Passion Celebrated at 5th Annual BikeFest with Looks & Bikes from the Roaring 20's thru the 1990's!

04/09/13 - Two Stylish, Fun and Free Events for May’s National Bike Month in Long Beach!  The Cyclone Coaster Vintage Bike Ride on Sunday 5/5 + BikeFest with Three Special Vintage Events on Saturday 5/11!

BikeFest Promotional Images

Promotional Image #1 for BikeFest. Image: Mike Spaziano. Classic home restorer and "finished" work specialist and passionate vintage collector Cliff Shirk rides his mid 1930's Sears Elgin wearing apparel from the late 20's and early 30's. The car is a 1926 Model T owned by photographer Spazioano. Please do not pick up the image without crediting the photographer, model and the DLBA's BikeFest.

Promotional Image #2 for BikeFest. Greta Garbo in the 1930's inspired this gorgeous look created for the "Vintage Bike + Fashion Show." The talented creative team included: Model Andrea Svenneby, Hair and Clothes Chelsy Watson, Makeup Amanda Chy and image by Yvette Jessica Marthell. Please do not pick up the image without crediting the photographer, model and the DLBA's BikeFest.

Promotional Image #3 for BikeFest. Image by: Allan Crawford. Models from left: Kitty Marie Wyman and Bernard C. Serrano. Please do not pick up and distribute image without crediting the DLBA's BikeFest, Allan Crawford and models. For a print quality image please contact Melissa Balmer at (wobsocal@gmail.com).

Promotional Image #4 for BikeFest. Image by: Kirk Saylin. Models from left: Miss Teen Long Beach Antonia Molina and her Mother Michelle Molina of PeacePartners show off current hippie bohemian chic by the local Long Beach boutique Twig & Willow. Vintage 70's bike on the left courtesy of The Bicycle Stand, on the right our editor Melissa Balmer's vintage 70's ride. Please do not pick up and distribute image without crediting the DLBA's BikeFest, Kirk Saylin and models. For a print quality image please contact Melissa Balmer at (wobsocal@gmail.com).

Shown above: Long Beach City Council Member and Women on Bikes SoCal spokeswoman Dr. Suja Lowenthal will give the opening remarks at the "Vinage Bike + Fashion Show" at BikeFest. Above Suja shows off her own fabulous sense of street style on a Linus Bike. Bike courtesy of The Bicycle Stand Long Beach. Image: Allan Crawford. For a print quality version of the image click here.

Recent Media Clips

Women on Bikes SoCal member Katie Taylor and why she loves Long Beach!

To see the complete three minute video please click here.

Program Director Melissa Balmer interviewed during BikeFest 2012

Cycle Chic Hits the Cat-bike-walk in Long Beach from Streetfilms on Vimeo.

05/14/2013 - IN PICTURES: BikeFest Long Beach 2013 in LBPost.com

03/10/2013 - Balmer Ditches Vehicle for Bike Advocacy in Gazettes.com

01/07/13 - How a Crop of Women Activists is Making Long Beach Safer for Bicyclists, Everyone on L.A.Streetsblog

12/08/12 - Women on Bikes SoCal's Melissa Balmer with scholarship recipients Maria Sipin of A Healthy Design and Elizabeth William's of Cali Bike Tours on KPFK's BikeTalk on the First Female Only LCI Class

12/06/12 - Women on Bikes SoCal Program Director Melissa Balmer on Frank Peters' cdmCyclist

12/05/12 - Long Beach Post Names LB Cyclist "Person of the Year"

12/03/12 - First All-Female LCI Training a Huge Success in League of American Bicyclists Blog

11/13/2012 - Pedal Perfect: Bikers shed spandes to inspire new riders CNN blog

10/05/2012 - Cycle Chic: Past, Present & Future fall fashion show in Apparel News

10/03/12 - Cycle Chic: Past, Present & Future fall fashion show in Momentum Magazine

9/20/2012 - Cycle Chic: Past, Present & Future fall fashion show video courtesy of L.A. Streetsblog Lite

9/13/2012 - Fashion in Motion - Electra Bicycling Company Blog

9/7/2012 - Psychic Temple - Meet Melissa Balmer, Long Beach Cycling Advocate.

8/13/2012 - Long Beach's Suja Lowenthal Takes Her "One Shot" to Create Inclusive Transportatin - Streetsblog L.A.

8/11/2012 - National Bicycle Conference Comes to Long Beach - The Press Telegram

07/15/2012 - Momentum Magazine July/August 2012

05/2012 - Momentum Magazine May/June 2012

5/20/2012 - Long Beach Moves Up to 19 in Bike Friendly Cities - Bicycling Magazine

05/11/2012 - Getting More Women On Bikes - The Atlantic Cities

02/08/12 - Group Promotes Increasing Number of Women Using Bicycles - Gazettes.com

02/08/12 - Long Beach Launches Program Aimed at Increasing Female Bike Ridership - Press Telegram

02/07/2012 - Getting More Women to Ride Bikes - "Let's Double the Number of Women & Girls Riding Bikes" campaign + LB Vice Mayor Suja Lowenthal in L.A. Observed

02/07/2012 - Sisterhood of the Traveling Bikes - Overview of the female bike movement in L.A. including Women On Bikes SoCal + LB Vice Mayor Suja Lowenthal on Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky's blog

01/24/2012 - Women on Bikes SoCal #GirlBikeGangs - The Bird Wheel Blog

01/11/2012 - Cycles and Cents: Long Beach Proves Bikes Are Good for Business in Grist Magazine featuring WoBSoCal "Bikes Mean Business" columnist April Economides

01/11/2012 - WoBSoCal Editor Melissa Balmer profiled in the new Pro Walk/Pro Bike Newsletter

12/20/2011 - Sunset Magazine features Long Beach's East Village by Jennifer Volland

12/01/2011 - Bicycle Retailer "Website Aims Bicycle Advocacy to Women"