Tuesday brings many casual ride options including one featuring Vancouver’s heritage trees and another highlighting Southeast Portland’s water features. Wrap it up by rockin’ out at Col Summers Park or Oak Park Roller rink.
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10:00am The 9 to 5 Ride (aka The Pink Slips Ride)
Join the recently unemployed for this fire themed casual ride beginning at the Firefighters Memorial Park at NW 18th and Burnside. Start time is 10:00am.
4:00pm Demolish I-5, Build Park
Meet at east side of Steel Bridge bike path and review previous and current plans to remove the I-5. Discuss potential for further human friendly modifications.
4:45pm Tour d’Hawthorne
An amusing celebration of this twice daily local race meets at the abandoned on ramp situated at SW Naito Parkway and Jefferson. Cheer for your favorite agromuter. Why not bring mechanical counters and compare tallies? Stay until 6:15 or so.
5:30pm SE Portland Ponds
Meet at the Reed College north parking lot for a ten mile tour of Southeast Portland’s most beautiful water features.
5:30pm Portland Pinko Ride
Beginning at Waterfront Park and ending at the Red and Black cafe, this ride will discuss capitalism’s failures and how a socialist political structure would change things in Portland.
6:00pm Discover Vancouver’s Heritage Trees by Bike
An easy and interesting, family friendly, four-mile guided tour of trees significant to the City of Vancouver, Washington. Please RSVP to jessica.antoine(at)ci.vancouver.wa.us.
6:30pm NE Hidden Connections
Start at Peninsula Park (Ainsworth/Albina) and discover handy shortcuts to make your bike travels easier. Goes until 8.
6:30pm Pedal Potluck Picnic
If it’s the third Tuesday (and it is) this must be a picnic. Bring eating tools and food to share. Some of the most enjoyable grub in town can pop up on these casual mystery rides.
7:00pm Bikey Singles Mixer
Cyclists tend to be really nice people and if you are looking to make friends, why not play the odds and meet up at the fire station on Eastbank Esplanade for a lovely waterfront tour followed by drinks at Crush. Goes as late as you like.
8:30pm Bike to Skate
Meets at Lucky Lab SE and pedals to Oak Park skating arena for some bike/skate/dance cross training. Skate session is $5.75. BYO skates or rent there for a bit more. Session goes until 11:30pm.
8:45pm Rock ‘n’ Jam Hosted by CrankMyChain!
A real live jam session with CrankMyChain!’s Dan Kaufman. Bring an instrument if you like, use theirs or just listen. Col Summers Park.
Today looks like a GREAT Pedalpalooza day.