No Peacock Lane. No Bike the Lights. Check out Starkwood instead!
(Houses with holiday lights in the Starkwood neighborhood. Photos by Tom Howe)
Rides/Events
NOTE: Our calendar is down for maintenance. We hope to release a new one soon. For ride and event information, see our coverage below and sign up for our Weekend Event Guide and Weekly Reader emails.
For details on great rides, check the Shift Calendar.
No ‘Bike the Lights’ night at Winter Wonderland this year due to virus fears
“Social distancing from the comfort of your car.” That’s how the folks behind the annual Winter Wonderland event at Portland International Raceway are marketing this year’s event. Since 2009 organizers have set aside one night of the five-week event where bicycle riders could enjoy the lights and festive vibes without the toxic emissions, noise, or … Read more
First ‘Bike the Vote’ ride set for Tuesday
This election has many of us on edge. And what better activity to help our moods than a bike ride? Especially one that combines our election enthusiasm with cycling. Portlander and creative bike activist extraordinaire Kiel Johnson is organizing a ‘Bike the Vote’ ride that will be a combination get-out-the-vote and political advertising campaign. Riders … Read more
41st annual Seattle-to-Portland ride will be a ‘virtual challenge’ this year
One of the largest and most well-known group bike rides in the Pacific Northwest won’t let Covid-19 get in the way of its 41st year. Cascade Bicycle Club announced today that the 200-mile Seattle-to-Portland (STP) ride will be a “virtual challenge” this year. 2020 will be only the second year the ride has been cancelled, … Read more
Transit feedback session planned for Metro’s transportation bond measure
Climate change activism group Sunrise PDX is hosting an info session tomorrow (6/17) on Metro’s Get Moving 2020 transportation funding bond measure. It’s been easy to forget with the pandemic and protests dominating the news since March, but Metro still hopes to put this measure on the ballot in November. If all goes according to … Read more
Last night we all rode together thanks to Black Girls Do Bike
(Photos: Jonathan Maus/BikePortland)
