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(Photos © J. Maus)
12:45pm The Outer Limits
Join Hidden Portland author Carye Bye and Portland Native Kate on a daytime tour of Portland’s Outer Limits! We’ll start at the Fairley’s Pharmacy & Soda Fountain (still going since 1913!) at 72nd & Sandy. Then head East. Some adventures may include a visit to a fortune cookie factory, a rock museum shop, authentic german bakery, pioneer cemetery (or two!), a secret city and farm, a community-made labyrinth and a big old Jug! Come take the day off, and explore with us! We’ll end in time to join the evening Cully Bar Crawl!
2:00pm Broads with Babes
Attention Mothers! Come ride with your children, meet new women who ride with their children and love it. We may live around the corner or across town from each other, but we all like to ride. If you stay at home or work, if you have one child or twelve, show off being beautiful, hard working, fun and amazing. Get dressed up or come as you are, ride around with your children, mingle and park hop. Make sure you bring extra clothes, water, food, balls, blankets, music and anything else you may think of. Meets at Oregon Park, 2950 NE Oregon St for a 3 mile loop.
5:30pm Spinning Soul! A Yoga Bike ride!
Meet us at 5:30 PM at Colonel Summers Park on the corner or SE 18th and Taylor with your bike and your yoga mat (or a towel, we don’t care) to take a fun, easy ride thru four of SE Portland’s Parks for some awesome outdoor yoga! Maggie is your fearless leader for our fourth annual Pedalpalooza event, celebrating all things bikey with a cosmic ride, culminating with treats and music. All levels are welcome! www.thebhaktishop.com
the Cully Neighborhood.
6:00pm Cully Neighborhood Bar Crawl
2nd Annual exploration of the beautiful bars of Cully. Possibly featuring Peter’s 19th Hole, Dreams and Memories, Spirits, and more…. Meets at NePo 42 (5403 NE 42nd Ave)
6:00pm IPRC Zine Reading By Bike
Free and open to the public! This is a ride with frequent stops for zine readings! Meet at the IPRC (917 SW Oak St, #218 PDX OR 97205)
6:00pm A Free Vehicle Law Class For Bicyclists
When: Wednesday, June 15, 6:00 p.m.- 7:00 p.m.
What: Class on Oregon’s vehicle laws from a bicyclist’s perspective with Bike Lawyer Ray Thomas.
Where: Wilsonville City Hall – 29799 SW Town Center Loop E, Wilsonville, OR 97070
6:00pm Bike Lessons from Latin America
Two Portland Bicycle and Tricycle advocates ventured from Portland to Southern Chile by public transit and learned many lessons from our bikey brothers and sisters to the south. We met bike activists, politicians, and tricycle vendors along the way. We will share photos and stories of latin american Sunday Parkways, bike fun movements, tricycles, and bike sharing systems! Did you know that Guadalajara, Mexico has a Bike Fun movement that is arguably more robust than Portland? Or that Mexico City runs their Sunday Parkways past the National Cathedral, Presidential Palace, and the Zocalo? Location: 345 NW Everett St
6:15pm The Simpsons Streets
Lovejoy! Flanders! Quimby! Come tour the NW Alphabet streets with a pair of local history buffs and learn the story behind some of The Simpsons character names. Along the way we’ll regale you with priceless nuggets of NW Neighborhood pop culture trivia, stop into a historic mansion/castle or two, and visit scenes from Gus van Sant movies. Following the ride, we’ll convene at the NW Portland International Hostel on NW 18th to watch a few classic Simpsons episodes with bike/transit themes. Forbidden Doughnuts provided! (Duff 6-packs available at the Kwik-E-Mart around the corner.)
7:00pm Pommes Frites!
Meets at Potato Champion, SE 12th Ave and Hawthorne (Look for Sassy, the pink bike). Hopefully, we’ll hit up 4-5 places. I’ll give notice to shop owners. $ bring cash for fries. With empty stomachs, we’ll ride and eat a variety of fries. Fried potatoes, steak fries, wedges, potato wedges, frites, freedom fries, crinkle cut, and curly…there’s something for everyone!
7:00pm Bike for Your Right to Party
In honor of all things bike, the historic Hollywood Theatre (4122 NE Sandy), with support from Laurelwood Brewing Company, is pulling together a film series worth its weight in awesome, with BMX radness, Muppets, and a cult horror classic that proves what many bikers have long feared – that cars are evil sentient beings capable of world annihilation. Each screening will be followed by a bike ride to nearby food carts and a ceremonial pie fight (homage to Fight for Your Right to Party video). Tonight’s movie is The Great Muppet Caper. Tickets are just $5.
7:30pm Ukelele Karaoke Ride
What happens when you cross Karaoke from Hell with the Karaoke to Karaoke Ride, and toss in a Honky Tonk Prison? Hop on the Couch Bike along with our live ukelele band and pick your favorite Country Gold song to sing. We’ll also visit a place or two to slake our thirst and tone our vocal chords. Meets at Chopsticks Express II, 2651 E Burnside St
8:00pm Parks to Parks Nite Ride
Mellow ride from park to park all night long. Discover under-appreciated parks with plenty of play time at each. In past years we’ve had 30 people in one tree, a cuddle party in a miniature park, saxophone along the bluffs, skinny-dipping in a heated pool, among other adventures. This ride is not a loop, and it will go late. BYOB, hula hoops, blankets, and park gear. Douglas Adams says: Always remember your towel! Meets at Jamison Square (NW 10th and Johnson)
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Pedalpalooza runs until June 26th. View the full calendar at ShiftoBikes.org.
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More details on the Pommes Frites ride:
Well hit up 4-5 places, one in each quadrant. The course is roughly 5 miles, from start to finish. This may get longer if we end up with another ride. This is not a loop. Follow me @sandynomnom, I’ll be updating the interwebs with our whereabouts.
“If you stay at home or work . . .”
Gosh, for a guy who is a self-proclaimed language guru this is a pretty egregious faux pas. Who says moms who stay at home with their children don’t work?
First, these ride descriptions were written by the ride leaders, not Jonathan. http://bit.ly/iKZTXg
Second, Jonathan’s a lot of things but “self-proclaimed language guru” is NOT one of them.
Third, I can’t wait to lead the “Self-proclaimed Language Guru Egregious Faux Pas Ride” next year. Who’s with me!
Carl, I’m offended. You should have identified it as the “Ride featuring Egregious Faux Pas by Persons who Proclaim Themselves to Have the Qualities of Guruship.”
I’m unemployed (though involved in volunteer work) but still don’t feel the need to read too deeply into sentences out of context — and (can I say it?) am tired of tolerating ignorant statements from presumptuous parents who don’t respect my reproductive planning as a pro-choice individual (whoop there it is).
Frankly, in this depressed economy, it seems like staying at home to raise children is almost a luxury (although I know plenty of parents who can’t afford childcare for infants) but yeah what a lot of assumptions in that post. So – I’m up for a pro-choice ride. Stand by your choice, and don’t visit your resentments upon my choices.