From the 19th century Santa Monica Cycle Path to the 20th century Birthplace of BMX at Palms Park, the Palms section of West Los Angeles has a rich bicycling history. Los Angeles to Santa Monica Bicycle Race (1891-1902)The Fourth of July bicycle race between LA and Santa Monica was held from 1891-1902. Read More Santa Monica Cycle PathExcerpts from Historian Nathan Masters’ The Santa Monica Cycle Path: L.A.’s First Bike Lane along with additional photographs and links.Read More “Riding a Wheel” – Westside Cycling HistoryAt the end of the 19th century, in the heyday of what historian Luthor Ingersoll called “cycle fever,” it seemed that everybody was “riding a wheel” in West Los Angeles.Read More Birthplace of BMX (1969)The first sanctioned BMX bicycle racing in the United States, if not the world, ran around a track at Palms Park on July 10, 1969.Read More
