Bicycling - Cheviot Hills History

Bicycling

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.

Santa Monica Cycle Path

Excerpts from Historian Nathan Masters’ The Santa Monica Cycle Path: L.A.’s First Bike Lane along with additional photographs and links.

“Riding a Wheel” – Westside Cycling History

At 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.

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. https://www.cheviothillshistory.org/home/westside-bicycling-history/bmx/