{"id":10106,"date":"2019-11-12T05:59:43","date_gmt":"2019-11-12T13:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=30000004201"},"modified":"2019-11-13T08:10:05","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T16:10:05","slug":"tonight-you-should-pedal-by-moonlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/tonight-you-should-pedal-by-moonlight","title":{"rendered":"Tonight, you should&#8230; pedal by moonlight"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>TUESDAY, NOV. 12<\/h3>\n<p>The full moon ascends tonight and with it the monthly full-moon bike ride, Moonlight Mash. For the last four years, this monthly ride-out has descended upon the streets of Long Beach, all for the love of the two-wheeled cruise. And what\u2019s not to love? A bike-ride illuminated by the glow of the full moon, everyone wheeling in unison, all without the stress of daytime traffic.<\/p>\n<p>What started as a modest group of about 20 or so friends coming together to pedal the streets of downtown has grown to several hundred participants, drawing people from all over Southern California. Rolling alongside bicyclists you\u2019ll see four-wheeled compatriots and even the occasional scooter.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Moonlight Mash Long Beach - Full Moon Bike Ride!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yPM5TcAEV3s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What can you expect at Moonlight Mash? A safe, coordinated group ride that\u2019s more or less like a costume party on wheels. Every month is a new theme, encouraging participants to come dressed in their monthly motifs (responsibly, you are riding a bike after all). Last month\u2019s theme was cats where riders dressed in their feline finest\u2014which was mostly a lot of headbands with cat ears. There\u2019s also a ton of music playing as many participants bring speakers and boomboxes.<\/p>\n<p>This month\u2019s theme celebrates the Nordic countries. Come dressed as a Viking or Elsa from \u201cFrozen\u201d or Henrik Ibsen, whatevs.<\/p>\n<p>So if you\u2019ve been cycling for a while now but don\u2019t have any riding buddies, this is the ride for you. New to the world of cycling? This event is great for beginners to grow more comfortable riding on the street where you can learn the rules and courtesies of the road from veteran cyclists.<\/p>\n<p>While the ride is free to join, this month the Moonlight Mash asks participants to bring one canned food item to contribute to their food drive. All donations will be given to a local shelter.<\/p>\n<p><b>Another great thing<\/b>: If you want to ride but don\u2019t have any wheeled transport, the event has teamed up with Long Beach Bike Share to offer discount rides on those baby blue bikes you\u2019ve likely seen around town. If you use their promo link, which you can find on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2479096755531508\/\">Facebook event page<\/a> you can get your first hour-long ride for $2.<\/p>\n<p><b>Giving us a moment\u2019s pause<\/b>: Might we suggest you brush-up on your directional hand-signals.<\/p>\n<p><i>Moonlight Mash meets tonight at 7:45 p.m. at the Bike Station; 223 E 1st St. At 8:15 p.m., they roll out. For more information, visit their Facebook page, <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2479096755531508\/\"><i>here<\/i><\/a><i>.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moonlight Mash is a monthly full-moon bike ride that&#8217;s more or less like a costume party on wheels. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":70651,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7950,2],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[8767],"class_list":["post-10106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","tag-do-this","tag-the-7","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10106"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10106\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10106"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=10106"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=10106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}