Bike the Coast, Taste the Coast

Cyclists usually look for great food after they get home from cycling events, but that’s all changed with the second year of Bike the Coast – Taste the Coast, set for Saturday, Nov. 5 at the Oceanside Pier.

This unique event – featuring 7, 15, 25, 50 and 100-mile bicycle rides along the San Luis Rey Bike Trail and through the spectacular San Diego North County beach towns — has again joined forces with Main Street Oceanside (MSO) to provide participants and spectators with an array of culinary delights at the Taste The Coast festival that will surround the start and finish of the bike tour at Oceanside Pier.

MSO, producers of the weekly Farmers and Sunset Markets, will bring in a range of popular local food providers from their weekly markets.  Booths will offer a wide variety of choices, ranging from handmade ice cream, street tacos and hamburgers to Mediterranean, Philippine and Cuban cuisine.  Meanwhile, music, a beer garden and a sports expo in the beachside bandshell area will provide a lively festival atmosphere that received rave reviews in 2010.  This year’s event extends the Expo, Food & Music to Friday afternoon and early evening.

The Taste the Coast festival also features sports and fitness booths for both riders and spectators.  Bike the Coast – Taste the Coast, produced by Event Media, Inc., has partnerships with the Oceanside Bicycle Committee and Main Street Oceanside along with Visit Oceanside.  These groups are bringing together the cycling and business communities in Oceanside to promote bicycling and offer a fun day at the Oceanside Pier.  The Saturday Festival starts at 9:30 a.m. and continues until 4:00 p.m.

Schedule of Events

6:00am. Registration opens at Bandshell under the Pier for 100 & 50 mile courses.

6:50am. 100-mile wave starts.

7:00am. Registration opens for 25 and 7/15 mile at Bandshell under the Pier. First riders leave on 50 mile ride.  All 50 mile riders should be out by 7:30am.

7:30am. First riders leave on 25 mile ride.  All 25 mile riders should be out by 8:00am.

8:30am. All riders leave on 7/15 mile ride with lead rider Pete Penseyres – Co-founder of host Oceanside Bicycle Committee.  Registration closes for all riders. Last riders out – outbound course closed.

9:15am. First 7/15 rider arrives.

9:30am. Expo opens.

10:00am. Beer Garden opens at Taste The Coast Expo under The Pier.

4:30pm. Last 100 mile Rider arrives – Taste The Coast Expo Closes.