This just in from Kidical Mass Headquarters…. Full details on this month’s ride (which happens on Sat, 11/20): Family Fun Bike Ride Plans Tour de Pie Portland, OR — November 9, 2010 — The Thanksgiving holiday is all about gathering with friends and family, giving thanks for our blessings, and eating pie. Lots of pie. … Read more
The ride heads down Alder, en route to a zombie-infested Pioneer Square.(Photos © J. Maus) Kidical Mass made its return to Portland in fine style on Saturday. The turnout was small (just a handful of families), but the group was fun and friendly. We met up under the colorful fall leaves of the South Park … Read more
How can the city say no to a face like this?-Slideshow below-(Photos © J. Maus) Last Friday, about 100 people — most of them families with kids in tow — rode to City Hall as part of a special edition of the BTA’s monthly Kidical Mass ride. The goal was to raise awareness about the … Read more
Ready to ride.(Photo © J. Maus) Kidical Mass continued to stoke the family biking revolution with several rides all over Portland tonight. I joined a healthy group of families at Peninsula Park for a pleasant, few-mile ramble over to Arbor Lodge Park where the kids played, the parents chatted, and everyone nibbled on potluck offerings. … Read more
What’s not to love about Kidical Mass?(Photos © J. Maus) Kidical Mass — that kindler, gentler, more family-friendly version of Critical Mass — seems to be catching on in Portland. It started last April in Eugene and then made its Portland debut a couple months later. And now, the ride is spreading from its downtown … Read more
Photo GalleryVideo below(Photos © J. Maus) It’s like Critical Mass without the attitude or the age. Portland’s first Kidical Mass ride (an import from Eugene) was a big success tonight. About 40 people (and about half were little ones!) showed up for a short loop through downtown. Ride organizer Angela Koch, the Safe Routes to … Read more
Paul Adkins and family (notice the kids in the trailer!) in Eugene.(Photo courtesy Paul Adkins)