Improve your commute with bikepools

hawthorne bridge scene

(Photo: Jonathan Maus)

We all know riding a bike to work is great, but bikepooling makes it even better. This is true especially for newbies who might need the buffer of a veteran (or just a friend) in order to start biking to work every day.

If you’ve never bikepooled, September is the perfect time to start. It’s Bike Commute Challenge month and in the spirit of competition, more folks than ever are getting to work on two wheels.

Southeast Portlander and PDOT staffer Kirsty Hall has planned bikepools each Wednesday this month.

The first one happened this morning (sorry), but if you’d like to join Kirsty and a friendly group of bikepoolers, you’ve got two more chances. They’ll meet at 7:30am at Common Grounds Coffee (SE 43rd & Hawthorne) on Wednesday the 19th and the 26th of this month. The ride will leave at 8:00 and arrive downtown by 8:30. Kirsty will have free bike maps, stickers, and even chocolate cupcakes. If this location is on your commute route, you’d be crazy not to join them!

If this bikepool doesn’t work for you, don’t fret, just click over to the Portland Bike Forums’ Bikepool section and connect with your fellow commuters. You can also join the forums and create your own bikepool if you’d like.

Riding with others is safer, more fun, and always seems to make the miles go by quicker. Happy bikepooling!

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor)

Founder of BikePortland (in 2005). Father of three. North Portlander. Basketball lover. Car owner and driver. If you have questions or feedback about this site or my work, feel free to contact me at @jonathan_maus on Twitter, via email at maus.jonathan@gmail.com, or phone/text at 503-706-8804. Also, if you read and appreciate this site, please become a supporter.

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heather andrews
heather andrews
16 years ago

Kirsty\’s bikepool this morning was awesome! It\’s always nice to have a slower, sociable ride (or half-ride) in.

matt
matt
16 years ago

Ohhh boy. I hope the amazing chocolate cupcakes were there too. Those things she bakes are to die for.

Geoff
Geoff
16 years ago

are the cupcakes vegan?

Kirsty
Kirsty
16 years ago

Thankyou so much to the folks that came along to my first bikepool this morning.

I\’ll be out of town next week, so the bikepool will pick up again in two Wednesday\’s time. (But don\’t let that stop you – why not start your own bikepool from *your* neighbourhood coffee shop?)

Cheers, Kirsty
Kirsty.Hall@trans.ci.portland.or.us

ps – the cupcakes were indeed vegan!

Steven Vance
16 years ago

Some Chicagoans organized a bike pool last week. They called it the Milwaukee Express because of the only street they rode on: Milwaukee Ave.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dumptruck/1203812566/