Saturday, June 1, 2024
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Featured Event
Family FriendlyNorth Park Blocks, NW Park Ave and NW Flanders St
Gather near the North side of the North Park Blocks. There's an enclosed playground between NW Couch St and NW Davis St
Alexis and Nanette
Sat, Jun 1, 2024, 3:00 PM
Meet at 3pm, ride at 5pm.
End location: Laurelhurst Park
This is the official ride that kicks off the festivities every year. Volunteers will be selling Bike Summer merch from 3:00pm to 4:30pm. We will have a limited amount of pennants, stickers, tote bags, and special-edition posters for sale at the park, as well as shirts for you to try on before you buy online. If you ordered merch in the first pre-order, you need to pick it up by 4:45pm at the latest. No 2nd order pre-merch will be available for pick up. We'll also have Ride Leader pennants to give away - first come, first served. Volunteers on site will help affix pennants to bikes. Donations welcome! Ground Score Association will be onsite leading up to the event helping clean up the park and during the event to tell us about the work they do. Street Roots will be onsite handing out Rose City Resource Guides and their vendors will be selling newspapers. Street Books will be down there with their free library on wheels. All organizations will be riding with us. Please bring cash to donate to them. We are so grateful for all of the work they do. Kidical Mass is leading a feeder ride to the North Park Blocks from Laurelhurst Park at 3:30pm (details here: https://www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/event-18985). We'll make an effort to have kids ride at the front of the ride with the leaders. Show up early to catch the Drag Show at the Cart Blocks (770 W Burnside St), enjoy tacos and beverages at De Noche (422 NW 8th Ave), and discover gluten free phở at Butterfly Belly (323 NW Park Ave). GO SUPPORT THESE LOCAL BUSINESSES. Be ready to enjoy tunes leading up to Kickoff by DJ Lo and Portland Samba! Timeline: 3:00pm - Event starts, DJ Lo starts (ends at 4:30pm) 3:00pm - Drag show at the Cart Blocks (ends at 4:00pm) 4:30pm - Portland Samba starts (ends at 4:50pm) 4:30pm - Sales end at merch booth 4:45pm - Last pick up for pre-ordered items 5:00pm - Ride departs 6:00pm - Picnic and hang at Laurelhurst Park with DJs and Olive & Dingo entertaining us with bike-themed songs, books, and silly balloon creatures We depart at 5pm on-the-dot for a family-friendly cruise, lasting about an hour. You are encouraged to dress yourself and your bike up. If you're leading a ride this Bike Summer, consider promoting your event onsite with fliers, etc. See the full route for the ride here: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/46889905 Check our Instagram or Facebook pages for details (www.instagram.com/PedalpaloozaPDX). Please note: The Starlight Parade is happening downtown the same day. They will have most of downtown blocked off south of Burnside (see closure map here -> https://www.rosefestival.org/events/2024/starlightparade). Do not plan on driving downtown. Take public transportation if you are unable to bike down. Come closer to 3pm, as streets and bridges will start closing around 4pm. Broadway and Steel are your best bet for bridges into the city from the East side. As always, be courteous to pedestrians. Happy #BikeSummer, Portland!
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