Check out the Bike Month 2024 activities!
Join the Love to Ride Bike Challenge!
Brought to you by Love to Ride, the League of American Bicyclists and locally the Humboldt County Association of Governments, the #MakeEveryRideCount initiative aims to champion bike riding while harnessing the pedal power of bike riders across the country to generate data that will make biking better for everyone.
So, how does it work? Once someone downloads the Love to Ride app and enjoys a bike ride, they can use the Rate My Routes feature to show how comfortable they felt on different streets and paths. This feedback, paired with anonymized trip data from other users, can pinpoint the prime spots in your community calling out for better biking infrastructure!
It’s totally free (and optional) to download the app. You can also take part in the Bike Month Challenge through the web – simply create a free account on the Love to Ride website. You can sync with Strava or another fitness app to track your miles, or manually log your rides. There are prizes up for grabs for anyone that logs a ride, and even more can be won if someone encourages others to join! This May, let’s #MakeEveryRideCount.
Events and Happenings
- Saturday April 20: Zero Waste Market at Arcata Co-op
- Sunday April 21: Decolonizing Economics Summit at Pierson Park McKinleyville
- Friday May 3, 10, 17, and 24: TGIF Friday rides with Humboldt Bicyclists Club! Happening every Friday through spring (except the last Friday of the month which is the Critical Mass ride). Contact HumboldtBicyclists@gmail.com
- Saturday May 4: Bike and Hike Day on Newton B. Drury Parkway at Prairie Creek State Park. The parkway is closed to cars. (Bonus points for Star Wars costumes #Maythe4thbeWithYou)
- Saturday May 4: Mad River Brewing Company Bike Clinic and Bike Rodeo. 1 PM – 5PM at 195 Taylor Way Blue Lake. Get patch kits, safety inspections, do the obstacle course, and pick up a free kid’s helmet!
- Sunday May 5: Street Story Safety Ride with the Coalition for Responsible Transportation Priorities. Meet at 11 AM in front of the Creamery Building on 9th between L and M Streets in Arcata. Contact Kelsey@transportationpriorities.org
- Wednesday May 8: National Walk, Roll or Bike to School Day! Start the day with a Bike thru Breakfast at Revolution Bicycles on G Street Arcata at 8:30 AM!
- Sunday May 12: National Ride a Bike Day. Show us how you #bikethere! Join the Andy Feinstein with Friends of the Arcata Marsh for the Second Sunday Bike Ride. Meet at the Arcata Marsh Interpretive Center at 2 PM!
- Week of May 13th – 17th: Bike to Work (or Wherever!) Week in Eureka
- Saturday May 18, 11 AM to 2 PM: Bicycle Celebration and Expo! RSVP here! Join us for a free, festive and family-friendly day at the Jefferson Community Center, located at the park at 1000 A Street Eureka. Connect with bicycle and health advocacy groups, get a tune-up from a bike mechanic, or take an e-bike for a test ride. There will be a food truck, games, raffle prizes and pedal-powered music. Join a group ride meeting at the Arcata Plaza at 10:15 AM and riding to the Jefferson Center and back!
- CANCELLED – Sunday May 19 Bike Rodeo at Arcata Plaza. Unfortunately, current volunteer and staffing capacity didn’t allow us to plan an event of the caliber we all would like. Stay tuned for next year as we work on bringing you an excellent bike rodeo!
- Tuesday May 21, 5:30 pm: Eureka Mural Ride! Meet under the Samoa Bridge.
- Wednesday May 22, 5:30- 7:30 PM. Pizza and Bike Movie Night at Revolution Bicycles in Henderson Center Eureka.
- Friday May 31: First day of the Eureka Friday Night Markets and last day of the Bike Challenge. Show off your new biking habit muscles and ride over to Old Town to enjoy the market! Or if you’re in Arcata, join the Critical Mass Arcata – Dookie Ride
- Saturday June 1: Trails Summit from 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM at the Sequoia Conference Center. Also, the City of Blue Lake is hosting a Bike Rodeo from 12 -4 PM at City Hall!
