More bike month events: Bike to Market Day, PSU gets busy, and clinics galore

(Photos © J. Maus)

I can’t really keep up with all the bike events these days — but below is an attempt to share a few that have come to my attention.

By the way, in case you haven’t noticed, May is National Bike Month and it’s an ideal time to spread the word about biking to your friends and neighbors and prod them into showing up at an event to learn more or meet other newbies.

Here are some great events coming up in the next few days…

Tomorrow (5/14), the very bikey People’s Co-op (3029 SE 21st Ave) wants to thank Portlanders who go by bike — so they’re hosting Bike to Market Day. They’ll have free bike tune-ups, free workshops on how to repair your own bike, live music and free snacks.

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The BTA will share the ins-and-outs
of family biking.

The BTA continues their work to make biking an option for families with their Getting Started in Family Bike Commuting workshops. The workshops discuss “the common challenges that families face when considering bike commuting. They are also a place for seasoned bicyclists to learn more about commuting with kids and share what they know about commuting with new riders.”

One workshop was held last night but two remain: Thursday, May 15 in Downtown Portland and May 22 in outer Southeast. Visit the BTA Blog for more details.

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Portland State University will also celebrate bikes on Wednesday (5/14). Roll over to the South Park Blocks for free bike adjustments by the PSU Bike Co-op, $10 bike helmets from Protect Your World, and a Bike/Truck Safety Demo from the folks at PDOT.

Also on Wednesday — in collaboration with the PSU Women’s Resource Center, and PDOT Transportation Options — PSU will host a Women’s Bike Clinic at 5pm at the PSU Urban Plaza Info Center (across from the bookstore).

But wait, there’s more!

Also on Wednesday at PSU, they’ll begin a weekly ride series called Creating Safe Routes to PSU (the brainchild of Bike Co-op staffer Drew Meisel). These rides are designed to evaluate the existing bike routes leading to PSU and form recommendations to be added into the Portland Platinum Bicycle Master Plan. Rides meet at 5:30pm in front of Millar Library (1875 SW Park).

On Friday (5/16) PSU’s bike research guru Jennifer Dill will give a presentation to share results of her Riding Behavior in PDX study from last year. The presentation is from 12-1:00 at the Urban Planning building room 204.

More info on PSU’s events this month can be found here.

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If I left anything out, feel free to mention events in the comments below.