You could start and finish today’s bike fun in Southeast near the Cartopia food cart cluster. That is, if you don’t get too tired riding to Camas, roasting coffee beans, eating hors d’ouvres on I-5, walking in Northeast, cruising in heels, climbing some hills, eating some pizza, doing sunset yoga, singing karaoke or watching bike erotica.
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For complete details and last minute changes, keep an eye on the official Pedalpalooza calendar. Enjoy!
7:30am Ken’s Passenger Parade to Freedom Join in defense of a questionable ticket for carrying a passenger on a rear bike rack. Meets at Tiny’s (12th/Hawthorne) and rolls to court at 8. Double a friend if you dare.
12:00pm PDX 2 Camas From Gateway Transit Center to Camas and back. A paper-themed 30 miler. Helmets required in WA.
2:00pm Roast Your Own Learn to roast your own java beans starting at AJ Java, 6425 N. Albina. Bring $3 to cover costs. Ride leaves from there, beans in hand, to small private roasting demo.
4:00pm Mocktails on the Bridges Celebrate the Vancouver afternoon commute with snacks and drinks at the WA side of I-5, I-205 bridges.
5:30pm Perception Ride and Walk Begin at Oregon Park (NE 29th/Oregon) with a short ride, then secure your bikes and walk the remainder. Finish with snacks and discussion of perception via different modes.
5:30pm High Heels Ride Demonstrate that cycling does not require specialty gear by sporting your finest heels or going barefoot. Leaves from Salmon St. Ira Keller Fountain, SW 3rd/Clay.
5:30pm High Points PDX Feeling sportier than a casual cruise in heels? Grab a helmet and lights and prepare to climb to some scenic high spots. Meets at Salmon St. Fountain.
5:45pm Epic Pizza Ride RSVP and throw down your $10 for this tour of local slices. Too popular for its own good last time, now limited to 50 people.
5:45pm Pizza Protest Ride Just follow the link and read the full description. I am laughing too hard to re-type it all.
6:30pm Sunset Yoga Ride Local yogini and cycling author, Ellee guides you from the Esplanade to Mt. Tabor for some biker-specific sunset stretching.
7:30pm Pedalcar Karaoke Have you seen Damon’s musical pedal car? Jump in on the fun and roll around town singing from his mobile stage.
9:00pm Bike Porn 4 PLAY An 18 and over viewing of bike erotica at Clinton Theater. $6.
11:59pm LateNite Food ride Cartopia at 12th/Hawthorne is the start for this tour of post-midnight eateries. Bring dollars to match your appetite.
High Heels Ride leaves from *Ira Keller* fountain!! A switcheroo was pulled at the printer, so High Heels Ride location got switched with High Points Ride location. Wow, Portland loves to be High.
High Heels Ride = Ira Keller Fountain (SW Clay&Third)
High Points Ride = Salmon St Fountain (Naito&Salmon)
Both rides meet at 5:30
Hope to see you on the streets!!
The “Roast Your Own” ride starts at AJ Java, but that is not where we do the roasting. We’ll just pick up some beans there and then go to an undisclosed location (a North Portland garage) to roast! See y’all soon.
Ran into both the “High Points PDX” ride and the “Yoga” ride while grinding up Mt. Tabor last night… very fun! I declined the invite to do more hills from the first group, but my friend and I did join in with the yoga for a few minutes. It was certainly a great evening to be out on a bike!