“Join us for a Second Sunday Funday ride every month. Meet at the fountain at the center of the Peninsula Park Rose Garden or the Gazebo (weather-dependent) at 2PM, roll out at 2:45PM. This is a slow-paced social mystery ride with a few park stops. Each month is lead by a different CORVIDAE member, and therefore will be unique. This is a NO DROP ride and NOT A LOOP. This is a safe environment for all; no aggressive, sexist, racist, or any other kind of bs will be tolerated. Please review our Corvidae Code of Conduct on our FB main page. We aim to promote bike safety and accessibility, using bikes as an alternative to fossil fueled travel within Portland. Follow @corvidaebc on IG & FB for more detailed events.”
corvidae bicycle club
Corvidae BC
“Join us for a Second Sunday Funday ride every month. Meet at the fountain at the center of the Peninsula Park Rose Garden or the Gazebo (weather-dependent) at 2PM, roll out at 2:45PM. This is a slow-paced social mystery ride with a few park stops. Each month is lead by a different CORVIDAE member, and therefore will be unique. This is a NO DROP ride and NOT A LOOP. This is a safe environment for all; no aggressive, sexist, racist, or any other kind of bs will be tolerated. Please review our Corvidae Code of Conduct on our FB main page. We aim to promote bike safety and accessibility, using bikes as an alternative to fossil fueled travel within Portland. Follow @corvidaebc on IG & FB for more detailed events.”
Corvidae BC
“Join us for a Second Sunday Funday ride every month. Meet at the fountain at the center of the Peninsula Park Rose Garden or the Gazebo (weather-dependent) at 2PM, roll out at 2:45PM. This is a slow-paced social mystery ride with a few park stops. Each month is lead by a different CORVIDAE member, and therefore will be unique. This is a NO DROP ride and NOT A LOOP. This is a safe environment for all; no aggressive, sexist, racist, or any other kind of bs will be tolerated. Please review our Corvidae Code of Conduct on our FB main page. We aim to promote bike safety and accessibility, using bikes as an alternative to fossil fueled travel within Portland. Follow @corvidaebc on IG & FB for more detailed events.”
Corvidae BC
“Join us for a Second Sunday Funday ride every month. Meet at the fountain at the center of the Peninsula Park Rose Garden or the Gazebo (weather-dependent) at 2PM, roll out at 2:45PM. This is a slow-paced social mystery ride with a few park stops. Each month is lead by a different CORVIDAE member, and therefore will be unique. This is a NO DROP ride and NOT A LOOP. This is a safe environment for all; no aggressive, sexist, racist, or any other kind of bs will be tolerated. Please review our Corvidae Code of Conduct on our FB main page. We aim to promote bike safety and accessibility, using bikes as an alternative to fossil fueled travel within Portland. Follow @corvidaebc on IG & FB for more detailed events.”
Corvidae BC
“Join us for a Second Sunday Funday ride every month. Meet at the fountain at the center of the Peninsula Park Rose Garden or the Gazebo (weather-dependent) at 2PM, roll out at 2:45PM. This is a slow-paced social mystery ride with a few park stops. Each month is lead by a different CORVIDAE member, and therefore will be unique. This is a NO DROP ride and NOT A LOOP. This is a safe environment for all; no aggressive, sexist, racist, or any other kind of bs will be tolerated. Please review our Corvidae Code of Conduct on our FB main page. We aim to promote bike safety and accessibility, using bikes as an alternative to fossil fueled travel within Portland. Follow @corvidaebc on IG & FB for more detailed events.”
Corvidae BC
“Join us for a Second Sunday Funday ride every month. Meet at the fountain at the center of the Peninsula Park Rose Garden or the Gazebo (weather-dependent) at 2PM, roll out at 2:45PM. This is a slow-paced social mystery ride with a few park stops. Each month is lead by a different CORVIDAE member, and therefore will be unique. This is a NO DROP ride and NOT A LOOP. This is a safe environment for all; no aggressive, sexist, racist, or any other kind of bs will be tolerated. Please review our Corvidae Code of Conduct on our FB main page. We aim to promote bike safety and accessibility, using bikes as an alternative to fossil fueled travel within Portland. Follow @corvidaebc on IG & FB for more detailed events.”
Reader letter: Let’s make our rides safe and fun for everyone
(Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)
This letter comes from Sole Fiumefreddo, a leader of Corvidae Bicycle Club, whose name is derived from the family of birds that includes ravens, magpies, and crows.
Dear Portland Bicycle Scene,
My name is Sole Fiumefreddo of Corvidae Bicycle Club, and I must ask you a favor.
I have been biking and commuting around Portland for more than 10 years. However, I didn’t find the community until 2015. When I did find you all, I completely immersed myself into weekly and monthly rides, curating the world I had been dreaming of with my wheels. There were freak bikes and battles and endless silliness. New pals, aimless summertime rides and secret Portland destinations lit up my life, and I am forever grateful that the light has grown with me.
Five years ago, I would’ve never thought I’d being a founding member of a growing bicycle club. With my best friends, we formed our club in 2017 striving for something different than the typical ride structure we’d all accustomed to. We aim to promote bike safety and accessibility, and to inspire biking as an alternative to fossil-fueled travel within Portland. But over the years, excessive alcohol and sloppy riders on big group rides turned me off from participating as much as I once did.