A project of the Spokane Bicycle Club is the annual planning and hosting of Bike Everywhere Spokane festivities, which includes a month’s-long series of guided group rides, cyclist networking events, a free Bike to Work Week breakfast, and a final party, all with the goal of increasing cycling participation and awareness of what a great place Spokane is for riding a bike.

The Spokane Bicycle Club is encouraging area cyclists to find any excuse to leave the car at home and get on bikes during the month of May.

Free Bike Everywhere Spokane events for May 2022 include:

• Bloomsday Bike Corral: Sunday, May 1, with free, secure bike stowage for Bloomsday participants.
• Latah Creek Trail Ride: Thursday, May 4. Explore Latah Creek paths, Highbridge Park, and quaint Vinegar Flats neighborhood on a guided group ride.
• Mothers Day Bike and Hike Ride: Sunday, May 8. Seven-mile ride on the Centennial Trail and residential streets to Drumheller Springs Park for snacks and a hike in this historic, little-known natural area.
• Ben Burr Trail Ride and Knitting Klatch: Monday, May 9. Seven-mile bike tour of three recently created natural areas on the southside, plus the Ben Burr Trail with a finish at a coffee shop with optional knitting.
• Children of the Sun Ride: Wednesday, May 11. Ride the Children of the Sun Trail to its southern terminus in Hillyard (nine miles).
• South Hill Natural Areas: Sunday, May 15. Tour five natural areas plus the Ben Burr Trail (about nine miles).
• Bike to Work Week: May 16-22. Includes multiple cool events detailed below, but the main point here is to get you all riding your bikes to work for the week.
• Pancake Breakfast in Riverfront Park: Monday, May 16. Kick off Bike to Work Week with Roast House coffee and blueberry pancakes in Riverfront Park with others riding their bikes to work.
• Ride of Silence: Wednesday May 18. A silent procession in Riverfront Park to honor cyclists killed or injured on the road.
• Energizer Stations: Friday, May 20 (National Bike to Work Day). Grab free snacks, coffee, and other goodies at energizer stations around Spokane just for riding your bike to work! 
• Bike Tour of Historic Corbin Park Neighborhood: Sunday, May 22. Join Spokane’s Historic Preservation Office for a bike tour of Spokane’s historic Corbin Park Neighborhood (4.5 miles).
• Bike Everywhere Wrap-up Party: Friday, May 27. Bring along your dinner and celebrate Bike Everywhere Month at Manito Park (ice cream treats, water, and prizes provided). 
• Ben Burr Trail Ride: Sunday, May 29. Enjoy the paved Ben Burr Trail, University Bridge, and bike/ped trails in the East Central area (nine miles).

Find all the event details at Spokanebicycleclub.org.

Learn more about the Spokane Bicycle Club in this story from May 2019.

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October 26th Agenda:

• Introduction (11:00 – 11:30 AM)
• Group Rides & Bike Safety Check (11:30 – 12:30 PM)
• MTB Skill Games(12:30 – 1:00 PM)
• Chili Pot Luck (1:00 – 1:45 PM)
• Clean-up/Q&A (1:45 – 2:00 PM)

Contact: spokanevalleymoose@gmail.com, or youthmtbspokane@gmail.com

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For the eighteenth year, the Spokane Bicycle Club is providing a bike corral for Bloomsday participants. The Club is providing secure attended FREE bike parking for anyone who would like to bike to the start of the race. We’ll be accepting bikes at our bike corral in Riverfront Park, from 7:30 AM, until 2:00 PM. Riders are welcome to leave warmup clothes, picnic baskets, etc. with their bikes. We’ll take care of it all. Post-race, Bloomies can hop on their bikes, get the weight off their feet, and quickly pedal out of the Park.

Corral location: Central Meadow in Riverfront Park, east of the former YMCA building, and adjacent to Howard Street.

When: May 1, 7:30 AM until 2:00 PM.

We are proud of our good service and would love to have lots of customers.

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Here’s reminder that you can ride your bike to Bloomsday and park it for free, thanks to the Spokane Bicycle Club:

Bloomsday Bike Corral – Sunday May 2, 7:30 AM to 1:30 PM
The Spokane Bicycle Club is looking for corral users, also for volunteers to man the corral. For the 16th year, the Spokane Bicycle Club will be hosting free, attended bike parking in Riverfront Park during Bloomsday. We set up a fenced area just south of the old YMCA. Bloomsday attendees can park with us, and count on their bikes not being stolen or vandalized while they are out doing the race. It’s that simple. Corral users are most grateful for our assistance and it is positive free publicity for our club.

Over the years we have seen people get pretty inventive about how they incorporate the Bike Corral into their traditional Bloomsday activities. People often check their warmup clothes or picnic coolers with us as well as their bikes. One year a family brought in a tandem towing a trailer, with backpack gear to tote the younger kids around the Bloomsday course. Another time, an obliging spouse racked his wife’s bike onto the back of his own (Exercycle extension required) so she could ride the bike in, but take the bus home. We’ve seen the gamut of bike values as well. One person will bring in a bike with tires half-flat and a year’s worth of dust on the frame. The next guy will bring in his titanium Lite Speed. We’ve been pressed into service to pump up bike and stroller tires. Last year, we gave a skinny, light-headed racer an emergency injection of coffee cake after the run.

Please consider- If you are participating in Bloomsday, getting to the start by bike will save you some hassle. You can ride right in, then stroll a block or two to the race start. Valley folks should use the Centennial Trail. Northsiders can approach from Howard Street. Southsiders may need to detour west to Lincoln, to get around the race lineup, but also are aiming for Howard Street.

If you are not running Bloomsday, but would like to help, I am looking for volunteers for two shifts, 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM, also 10:00 AM to 1:30 PM. Give me a call if you would like to assist.

Sally Phillips 448-6271

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