The Carlsbad Cycling Weekend Rolls into Town Sept. 7-8

The Swami’s cycling team presents the first annual Carlsbad Family Fun Ride on Saturday, September 7th, and the Carlsbad Grand Prix cycling races throughout the day on Sunday, September 8th, on Armada near the Museum of Making Music, and LEGOLAND.

Bring your family out to enjoy the FREE Carlsbad Family Fun ride from 10 AM- 4 PM on Saturday, September 7th.  The all day event begins at Holiday Park on Pio Pico Avenue, with a cycling route through the Village, a Bike Rodeo with safety checks for helmets and bikes, and a family-oriented healthy lifestyle expo.  There will be entertainment, food, live music, games, a fitness course and demos.

Sunday’s events feature exciting, high-speed criterium cycling races for every category from Junior and Master’s level racers to top-level professional cyclists. Free entries will be provided for the first 5 racers to email jfmuir@swamis.org.

The Carlsbad Cycling Weekend provides numerous opportunities for riding bikes and spectating in the city.   

The line-up of activities for Saturday include:

·  Bike Rodeo by RIDE Cyclery

·  SKLZ Fitness Course

·  The Ga Ga Court by the Ecke YMCA

·  Bike Sprint Competition

·  Frisbee Golf by Discovering Disc Golf

·  Interactive Music Making by NAMM

·  FitKids Class by La Costa Resort and Spa

The Carlsbad Family Fun Ride event starts at Holiday Park and loops through the Carlsbad Village before returning to the park. Participants locate 5 destinations (given a map) to pick up wristbands and complete a 2-mile circuit of downtown Carlsbad. There is a bonus destination which adds an additional 8 miles.  Wristbands are exchanged for poker cards and the best 5 card hand wins! Participants who get 6 cards (one extra for the bonus destination) - use the 5 best cards.  Ties will be decided by one card playoffs and the highest card wins (Ace, King).

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Grand Prize includes 2 Haro BMX Bikes for 2 lucky winners!

As Swami’s cycling team, race director Fred Muir says, “Our Carlsbad Family Fun Ride is the perfect vehicle to get the word out that cycling in the Village is a healthy alternative to driving.  With added bike lanes, and 100 newly installed bike racks, it’s a wonderful place to take the family on weekends.”

For more information visit carlsbadgrandprix.com or facebook.com/CarlsbadGrandPrix, or email jfmuir@swamis.org.

–Carlsbad Grand Prix press release