Get out your calendar because bike season is in full spin. Check out these hand-picked rides and events that will keep you pedaling every day of the week.
MONDAY:
The mythical Noon Time Ride from downtown Portland is a regular ride that brings together the city’s sharpest minds and strongest legs. Be ready for a short, fast ride with lots of climbing and mid-day stress relief. Meet at the SW corner of Pioneer Courthouse Square around noon. Call Ray Thomas at (503) 228-5222 for more info.
TUESDAY:
Portland’s newest bike industry company is a leader in green manufacturing practices. Come see Chris King’s VP Matt O’Rourke for a talk on the theory and practice of building quality bike parts locally and sustainably. Smith Hall, Room 238, PSU Campus 5:15PM, free. More info at (503) 972-4040.
WEDNESDAY:
Make up your own ride…be creative!
THURSDAY:
The Community Cycling Center is having a sidewalk sale. 6-9PM, 1700 NE Alberta…and you can keep walking ‘cuz it’s Last Thursday ArtWalk on Alberta too.
FRIDAY:
"Breakfast on the Bridges" on the Broadway and Hawthorne Bridges, 7-9AM…ride to work, stop when you see nice people, chat, drink hot coffee, eat pastries, continue riding to work (with warm, fuzzy, I’m-so-glad-I-ride-to-work feeling).
SATURDAY:
The Organ Donor Invitational, put on by our very own non-denominational bike cult, C.H.U.N.K. 666. If you’ve ever wondered about tallbike jousting (and I know you have) come out to Colonel Summers Park at 3PM and see what all the fuss is about. (SE Belmont and 20th)
SUNDAY:
The Roadrunners…a biking and birding ride on the Springwater Trail with birding experts from the Portland Audubon Society. A mininum $35 pledge is required. Contact Marjorie Morales at The Bike Gallery for more info – (503) 281-9800.
…whew…what a week!