a crowd to Colonel Summers Park
this afternoon.
More photos here
(All photos © J. Maus)
This is not a drill. This is the first big weekend of Pedalpalooza and there is no excuse for not getting out and partaking in all the fun.
Below is a listing of all the rides this weekend. The choices are many: discover urban farms, ogle bike art, learn the finer points of bike jousting, get naked (day or night), shred some urban singletrack, show off your panties.
Grab some friends and choose a few events. Then make them yours.
Need some inspiration? Check out my constantly updated, 2008 Pedalpalooza Photo Gallery.
Saturday June 14
Cycle The Well Field
9500 NE Sandy Blvd, Parkrose TC
9:00am – 1:30pm
Join us for a bicycle tour through Portland’s Groundwater Protection Area. Space is limited so register early!
Katie, katie.meckes@columbiaslough.org
Wild Plant Lore Bicycle Tour
5040 SE Milwaukee Ave (Oaks Bottom Parking Lot)
9:00am – Noon
Join us for a tour of which plants are edible, poisonous, medicinal, or useful for fiber, shelter, or fire making.
Shaun, www.trackersnw.com
even meet him yourself) on the Cycle Seen ride.
Cycle Seen Bike Art Ride!
Stumptown Roasters, 4525 SE Division St
10:00am
Ride around Portland and check out all of the bike art that locals have put in the show! 20-30 miles.
Ashley, www.cycleseen.org
Urban Farms & Edible Gardens Tour
Cully Neighborhood, rsvp for start location
11:00am – 3:00pm
This ride will meander from Cully to Sunnyside taking in half a dozen gardens on the way.
Jacqueline Authier, jacqueauthier@gmail.com
Sunny Nekkid Ride
Glisan & NE 39th Ave (Joan of Arc Statue)
2:00pm
Because riding nekkid when it is SUNNY and WARM is sublime. Finishes at the Stumptown Joustdown.
Track Bike Ride!!!
Salmon Street & Waterfront Fountain
2:00pm – 3:00pm
Get out your flipped risers, top-tube pads, color-coded wheelset, american apparel hoodies, and radical skids for this ride. 21+
Comrad Wheelie, comradwheelie@bikeyourself.com
Stumptown Joustdown
Col. Summers Park, SE 20th & Belmont
2:15pm
The day-long jousting tourney will be open to all bikers, and all types of bikes. Grab a bike, grab a lance, and get bruised.
Solid Gold, corey7e@gmail.com
Cirque du Cycling Family Ride
3920 N Kerby Ave
4:00pm – 5:00pm
Free group ride for families! Slow, escorted, safe with a yummy Cherry Pit rest stop of treats for kids. Helmets are required.
www.CyclingCircus.com
Cirque du Cycling Parade
Mississippi Ave
4:00pm
Bring noisemakers and be prepared to strut your velo stuff right down the middle of Mississippi. Registration required to participate.
www.CyclingCircus.com
Cirque du Cycling Criterium
Mississippi Ave
6:30pm – 9:00pm
Come watch the area’s fastest bike racers on the unique two-way course at the Mississippi Avenue Criterium.
www.CyclingCircus.com
Bike-in Outdoor Movie at Rerun
707 NE Fremont St (2 Blocks East of MLK)
7:30pm – 10:00pm
FREE MOVIE and POPCORN. Outdoor film showing featuring the movie BREAKING AWAY. Family friendly! Cartoons for kids start at 7:30 pm.The main feature starts at 8 pm. Walk or Bike to Rerun and bring a blanket to sit on in case we run out of chairs. (This event will cancel if there is RAIN)
Pedalpalooza Kickoff Dance Party
NW 30th Ave & Industrial St
9:00pm – 4:00am
Dance party with Fleshtone, Elite Beat, Hot Mess, DJ Gray, and DJ Solomon. World Naked Bike Ride at midnight!
World Naked Bike Ride
NW 30th Ave & Industrial St
11:59pm
The name says it all. Portland has the largest naked ride in North America … the ride is as naked as you want to be.
www.worldnakedbikeride.org
Sunday June 15
Father’s Day Trailer Kids Parks Tour
Wilshire Park, NE 35th Ave & Skidmore St
10:30am
Hitch up the trailer and grab the kids, we’re going to the park by bike!
Patrick, patrickb@portlandrainbarrels.com
Leo’s Ride
Share-It-Square, SE 9th & Sharrett
11:00am
A family-friendly bike ride showcasing a variety of City Repair Project sites and benefiting recent transplant patient Leo Westwind.
Kyr Westwind, bikeblender@gmail.com, Friends of Leo
Ridiculous MTB Ride
SW Naito & Salmon St (Fountain)
11:00am – 5:00pm
Epic urban trail adventure. Approximately 50 miles exploring every last bit of singletrack in the Portland area.
Scott, snowicki@gmail.com
Great Tricycle Race
215 W 4th, Vancouver, WA
11:00am – Noon
Join the Dread Pirate Roberts for fun and mayhem. Tricycles, how fast or funky are you?!
Dread Pirate Roberts, stucat@gmail.com
Pretty Panty Ride
Esther Short Park, W Columbia St. & 6th St., Vancouver, WA
12:30pm – 1:30pm
The Second Annual. Show off your pretty panties-the ones you keep hidden all year!
Leah Jackson, leahatsea@gmail.com
Awesome Park 2 Park
Wellington Park, NE 67th Ave & Mason St
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Make your inner kid an outie for the day! We’ll ride park to park in NE PDX. Get ready for fun–it’s time to PLAY!!
Jenny, editrixpdx@hotmail.com
Ethnic Market Tour
Don Pancho’s, 2000 NE Alberta St
1:00pm
Come check out some great ethnic markets in Portland’s East Side and meet others who love international cooking.
Loriann, loriann@wettern.com
2007 Grant Petersen ride.
Grant Petersen Style Ride
Peninsula Park, N Ainsworth St & Borthwick Ave
2:00pm
Bring your lugged-steel, tweed, shellac, cork, and francophile tires… a rolling bike show with plenty of interesting discussion.
Mini Bike Life Drawing
Col. Summers Park, SE 20th Ave & Belmont St
4:00pm – 6:00pm
Draw action-packed poses by some of your favorite minibike dancers! Bring everything you’ll need to do your art.
Erin, erin@phloxie.com
Zoobomb
SW 10th Ave & Oak St (Zoobomb Pyle!)
9:00pm
Everyone welcome! We like to ride kid’s bikes down hills at night, it sounds silly and it is silly.
www.zoobomb.net
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If you\’re considering doing the World Naked Bike Ride for the first time, but are a little nervous about the whole idea, it\’s a LOT of fun! Portland\’s Freakity Uppity Cycling Kids wrote this AWESOME little article for first-time riders to the event. Read it, it\’s a great little piece!
http://www.shift2bikes.org/wiki/pedalpalooza:dance_party:your_first
Also, watch this GREAT video about how London planned and hatched its awesome World Naked Bike Ride!
http://youtube.com/user/highaltitudefilms
CNN.com has a piece on the nude bike riding. And they have a t-shirt to match:
http://www.cnn.com/tshirt/?headline=Bicyclists%20ride%20naked%20to%20make%20point&fhash=f7f2ccb622e87c6af4333feee7f8f46b&date=1213534044000&hash=e5fab5e4ee9440859240db8b615ba6a2&return_uri=http://www.cnn.com/video/%23/video/offbeat/2008/06/15/dnt.naked.gas.protest.mxf.kusa
Mini Bike Life Drawing was loads of fun and very challenging. The models were great and did some excellent 30 second, one minute, five minute and fifteen minute poses, with mini-bikes, of course, and a Bakfiet. There was a good sized group of us in the pavilion at Col. Summers Park. I don\’t know exactly how many were there, too busy drawing! Glad I\’d brought my vine charcoal which is very forgiving. Erin has said she wants to make this an ongoing event. Yay!
The daytime ride was awsome!
The nighttime ride was awsome!!
I recommend both ;->
any ideas on the total tally for the naked bike ride? I am guessing over a thousand easy. It was a blast!