<p>In memory of <a href="/tags/alexpretti/" rel="tag">#AlexPretti</a> and in unity with Minnesotans who bike, <a href="/tags/cycling/" rel="tag">#cycling</a> communities around the USA* will “RIDE TOGETHER, STAND TOGETHER" Jan 31, 2026. [*Update: Also in Canada and elsewhere; flyer template available at <a href="https://bikepacking.com/news/alex-pretti-memorial-rides/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bikepacking.com/news/alex-pretti-memorial-rides/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bikepacking.com/news/alex-pret</span><span class="invisible">ti-memorial-rides/</span></a> ]</p><p>In Monterey County, AMG Cyclery of Seaside, California invites you to join them Jan 31 for a casual-pace ride from their bike shop, 805 Broadway Ave, Seaside to Lovers Point, Pacific Grove and back (10 mi round trip). Meet up 1:30. Ride begins 2pm sharp. </p><p>"There is nothing more dangerous to a regime predicated on lies than witnesses who capture the truth."</p><p>From Angry Catfish Bicycle Shop of Minneapolis <a href="https://www.angrycatfishbicycle.com/articles/our-story-pg145.htm" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.angrycatfishbicycle.com/articles/our-story-pg145.htm"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.angrycatfishbicycle.com/ar</span><span class="invisible">ticles/our-story-pg145.htm</span></a><br>"Alex was one of us, could’ve been any of us, so as we mourn, all of us can come together in unity to remember Alex for what he was. A kind and caring soul put on this earth to be the light for others."</p><p>General tips for group social rides: <a href="https://bikemonterey.org/rideout-or-rude-out-make-your-bike-party-courteous-safer-legal-and-fun.html" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="bikemonterey.org/rideout-or-rude-out-make-your-bike-party-courteous-safer-legal-and-fun.html"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bikemonterey.org/rideout-or-ru</span><span class="invisible">de-out-make-your-bike-party-courteous-safer-legal-and-fun.html</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/biketooter/" rel="tag">#BikeTooter</a> <a href="/tags/montereycounty/" rel="tag">#MontereyCounty</a> <a href="/tags/montereybay/" rel="tag">#MontereyBay</a></p>
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![Warrior's Plume or Pedicularis densiflora https://calscape.org/Pedicularis-densiflora-(Warrior's-Plume) [edited from "Indian paintbrush” — thanks Nancy and Kathleen!] growing along a Monterey County roadside.](/proxy/post_attachment/234418/9c00575b26.jpeg "Warrior's Plume or Pedicularis densiflora https://calscape.org/Pedicularis-densiflora-(Warrior's-Plume) [edited from \"Indian paintbrush” — thanks Nancy and Kathleen!] growing along a Monterey County roadside.")
![Our bicycle is momentarily parked at the side of a Monterey County roadside so we can get a closer look at the burgundy colored "Indian paintbrush” [sic] growing along the opposite side of the road. Thanks to Nancy and Kathleen, we now know it’s actually Warrior's Plume
Pedicularis densiflora https://calscape.org/Pedicularis-densiflora-(Warrior's-Plume). We learn something new every day! :)](/proxy/post_attachment/234419/03580b59a8.jpeg "Our bicycle is momentarily parked at the side of a Monterey County roadside so we can get a closer look at the burgundy colored \"Indian paintbrush” [sic] growing along the opposite side of the road. Thanks to Nancy and Kathleen, we now know it’s actually Warrior's Plume
Pedicularis densiflora https://calscape.org/Pedicularis-densiflora-(Warrior's-Plume). We learn something new every day! :)")
![Pink wildflowers—whose name we’re not remembering — growing along a Monterey County roadside. [Edit - We now know it’s “probably wood mint,” thanks to Nancy’s help.]](/proxy/post_attachment/234420/b55d4f1779.jpeg "Pink wildflowers—whose name we’re not remembering — growing along a Monterey County roadside. [Edit - We now know it’s “probably wood mint,” thanks to Nancy’s help.]")
