Get ready to ride! Photo: CICLE Official Facebook

More guided bicycle rides are scheduled for this fall, mark them down on your calendars now! All rides are free and open to the public. The rides are sponsored by Metro and led by CICLE. Explore a new neighborhood, discover a new route and meet other cyclists at one or all of the fall rides:

Saturday, September 21 — The Made in LA Ride III: LA River Edition
Meet at the Los Angeles River Center and Gardens at 10:30 a.m. (near Metro Gold Line Lincoln/Cypress Station)
Ride leaves promptly at 11 a.m. and returns to the starting point at 1:30 p.m.

Sunday, October 20 — The Pomona Pumpkin Patch Pedal
Meeting place TBD at 10:30 a.m.
Ride leaves promptly at 11 a.m. and returns to the starting point at 2 p.m.

Saturday, November 16 — The Northridge Diners & Delis Ride
Meeting TBD at 10:30 a.m.
Ride leaves promptly at 11 a.m. and returns to the starting point at 1:30 p.m.

Metro sponsored rides provide an opportunity to bicycle to fun destinations and emphasize riding comfortably and lawfully with traffic, riding safely in a group, and becoming acquainted with bikeways and bike-transit options in Los Angeles County. CICLE rides are leisurely, family-friendly and led by fully-supportive and trained Ride Leaders and volunteers.

Want to brush up on bike traffic safety before riding out? Metro offers free traffic safety skills classes through September. Reservations are required, so make sure to sign up before the classes are full!

For a full schedule of events and list of available traffic safety classes, visit the Bike Metro events page.