St. Paul Bike Walk to Work Day Celebration
Get your bike tagged by ZAP Twin Cities, try a hands-on demonstration of Metro Transit’s bus bike rack, learn how to use the Nice Ride bike sharing system and enter to win prizes like helmets, 24 hour Nice Ride subscriptions, a year long transit pass, a Civia bicycle.
The first 100 people to arrive will receive a free Chinook Book for the Twin Cities.
Brought to you by St. Paul Smart Trips, Travelers Insurance, Great Harvest Bread Company, Whole Foods and Chinook Book.
Thursday, June 13
6:30 - 9:00 a.m.
Rice Park
St. Paul, MN 55102
Questions: Contact Damian Goebel at [email protected]
Bloomington Bike Walk to Work Day Celebration
Free Celebration on Bike to Work Day!
Thursday, June 13
4:30 - 6:30 p.m.
REI Bloomington
750 W American Blvd
Bloomington, MN. 55420
Join us for food, music and networking ! The first 100 people to sign up for the Commuter Challenge at the event will receive a FREE Chinook Book with hundreds of coupons to local sustainable businesses.
Free bike safety check at the event (tire pressure and brakes with minor adjustments made on the spot).
Stay after the event for a free Bike Commuting Basics class starting at 6:45 p.m.
After enjoying the festivities, at 6:00 p.m. join a TCBC (Twin Cities Bike Club) group for a 22-mile, moderately brisk ride showcasing the highlights of the southwest suburbs. Experience Richfield’s recently constructed Two Wheels Through Town Trail; take in Edina’s promenade and the Bredesen Park Trail; bike the new roundabouts at the 494/169 intersection before passing through Hyland Park on the way to a great downhill on the return.
For more info go to www.494corridor.org
Enter to Win…
- A Commuter Bicycle
- $500 Visa Gift Card
- $500 Apple Store Gift Card
RSVP appreciated (so we know how much food to buy)
Contact Melissa Madison: [email protected]
Bicycle Education Class: Riding With Traffic
Wednesday, June 12
2:30 - 4:00 p.m.
Hennepin County Bar Association
600 Nicollet Mall, Suite 390
Minneapolis, MN, 55402
Put into practice what you learned in the Basics of Bicycling for Transportation! Take a 1.5 hour bicycle ride through downtown Minneapolis with two certified instructors as your guides.
We’ll practice roadway positioning, scanning, signaling and turning and changing lanes. We’ll also show you how to get to and from the major trail heads that surround downtown Minneapolis using recommended bicycling routes. Don’t have a bike downtown? No worries, we have a partnership with Nice Ride MN, which allows us to offer free access to Nice Ride bike for our guided rides.
Please RSVP to [email protected]
Bicycle Education Class: Basics of Bicycling for Transportation
Wednesday, June 12
1:30 - 2:30 p.m.
Hennepin County Bar Association
600 Nicollet Mall, Suite 390
Minneapolis, MN, 55402
This one hour classroom presentation will help you to develop the skills you need to use your bicycle for more of your trips - including your trip to work.
Participants will learn about riding a bicycle as a vehicle, safety, riding comfort, and good tips for getting into and around downtown. Join fellow people thinking about trying bike commuting and learn about how to become part of the cycling wave in Minneapolis.
Please RSVP to [email protected]
Brake for Breakfast
Brake for Breakfast!
Wednesday, June 12
7:00 - 9:00 a.m.
Greenway Building
2801 21st Ave S
Minneapolis, MN
After a two-year hiatus, the biggest bike-to-work breakfast celebrating Bike Walk Week in the Twin Cities is back! The Minnesota Environmental Fund, a workplace giving program for Minnesota-based environmental organizations, is sponsoring the resurrected event along with the tenants of the Greenway building that had organized the event from 2008-2010. The event will provide a free breakfast for bikers and walkers. Mayor R. T. Rybak and many other elected officials will join us.
For breakfast we will be serving pancakes, eggs, oatmeal, yogurt and muesli, granola bars, and Peace Coffee and juice. We are expecting between 300 and 500 (or more) walkers and bikers. The HUB bike co-op is also offering a free bike check clinic and handing out free bike patch kits. Additionally, Eureka Recycling will be working with us to compost and make this a zero-waste event.
This event is sponsored by Minnesota Environmental Fund (MEF) and Co-Sponsored by: Clean Energy Resource Teams (CERTs), Civia, Energy Center of Wisconsin, Envision Minnesota, Eureka Recycling, Great Plains Institute, Headwaters Foundation, Midtown Greenway Coalition, Nonprofits Assistance Fund, Peace Coffee, SOS Building Services, Inc., The Energy Conservatory, Wellington Management, Will Steger Foundation
For more information and to register for the free event go to http://brakeforbreakfast2013.eventbrite.com