Social Rides, Challenges, and the Last Disco—It’s Going to be a ‘Wheely’ Good Bike Month
IT’S BIKE MONTH, Y’ALL! And you know what that means—we expect every single trip you take to be by bike, or we will officially unfriend and disown you.
Nah, we’re kidding. This month is all about celebrating bikes, highlighting the cycling community, and educating everyone about all the fun ways to travel around on two wheels. Would we love for you to switch out a car trip or two for a bike trip? Heck yeah. In fact, that’s why we’re hosting challenges (with sweet prizes included) throughout the month to encourage you to bike around a bit.
Each week starting May 8, we’ll challenge you to ride your bike to different spots (a coffee shop, an ice cream parlor, work, art/murals). All you have to do to complete the challenge is ride your bike to a spot, post a picture of it on social media, tag us, and you’re entered to win a variety of prizes! Stay tuned to our Facebook|Instagram channels for all the details and to participate.
ROANOKE OUTSIDE FEATURED EVENTS
MAY 8-14: BIKE TO COFFEE CHALLENGE
MAY 15-21 BIKE TO WORK CHALLENGE
MAY 19: BIKE TO WORK DAY
MAY 22-28: BIKE TO ICE CREAM CHALLENGE
MAY 24: BREWERY BY BIKE TOUR
MAY 29: BIKE TO ART CHALLENGE
In addition to our weekly challenges, we’re hosting a Brewery by Bike Tour with Get2KnowNoke on May 24. We’ll hang out, ride around to breweries, and learn a thing or two about biking around Roanoke. We hope you’ll join us!
And of course, the community is showing up in a big way this month with a literal TON (don’t try to do that math conversion; just trust us) of events this May. Franklin County has weekly mountain bike rides, Covington is hosting a youth biking day, Ride Solutions is hosting a Fancy Dress Brigade, and more. One event we think you should check out in particular is the Mill Mountain Disco Race. After 10 groovy years, they’re packing up their polyester and sunsetting this event. We hope you’ll either ride or volunteer in one (or all) of these races and send it off in a blaze of glory! In addition to that, we’ve compiled a comprehensive list of other events from all over the entire region (some are weekly events, some are one-offs), and we want to connect you with all the biking groups in the region (in case you catch the cycling bug). See something that we need to add? Let us know!
Take a look, plan your month, and get ready to live life on two wheels this May!
BIKE MONTH EVENTS
WEEK ONE:
May 1: Mountain Bike Monday Group Ride
May 2: L’Eroica Roanoke
May 3: The Mullet Mountain Bike Ride
May 3: Mill Mountain Disco Race (The Last Dance!)
May 4: Olde Salem Brewery Thursday Road Ride
May 4: Thursday Night Special Mountain Bike Ride RMA
May 4: Volunteer Trail Maintenance at Carvins Cove
May 5: Roanoke Friday Coffee Club Ride
May 6: Bike Rodeo at Melrose Library
May 6: Youth Day Rodeo
May 6: But First, Coffee Ride
May 6: Gravel and Grinds
May 7: M&M Mountain Bike Ride
WEEK TWO
May 8: BIKE TO COFFEE CHALLENGE (Check Roanoke Outside Facebook|Instagram)
May 8: Mountain Bike Monday Group Ride
May 8: Cycling for Sustainable Cities: Convo with the Author
May 9: L’ Eroica Roanoke
May 10: The Mullet Mountain Bike Ride
May 10: Mill Mountain Disco Races (The Last Dance!)
May 11: Olde Salem Brewery Ride
May 11: Thursday Night Special—Mountain Bike Ride
May 11: Volunteer Trail Maintenance at Carvins Cove
May 11: Intro to Riding Gravel Clinic
May 12: Trek E-Bike Demo at Carvins Cove Marina
May 12: Roanoke Friday Coffee Club Ride
May 13: Agony in the Alleghanies Gran Fondo
May 13: But First, Coffee Ride
May 13: Gravel and Grinds
May 14: M&M Mountain Bike Ride
WEEK THREE
May 15: BIKE TO WORK CHALLENGE (Check Roanoke Outside Facebook|Instagram)
May 15: Mountain Bike Monday Group Ride
May 16: L’ Eroica Roanoke
May 17 Mill Mountain Disco Races (The Last Dance!)
May 17: The Mullet Mountain Bike Ride
May 18: Olde Salem Brewery Thursday Road Ride
May 18: Thursday Night Special—Mountain Bike Ride
May 18: Intro to Bike Maintenance Class
May 18: Volunteer Trail Maintenance at Carvins Cove
May 19: BIKE TO WORK DAY
May 19: Roanoke Friday Coffee Club Ride
May 20: But First, Coffee Ride
May 20: Gravel and Grinds
May 20: Roll Over Cancer Group Ride
May 21: Storming of Thunder Ridge—The John Bell Memorial Ride
May 21: Youth Day Rodeo
May 21: M&M Mountain Bike Ride
WEEK FOUR
May 22: BIKE TO ICE CREAM CHALLENGE (Check Roanoke Outside Facebook|Instagram)
May 22: Mountain Bike Monday Group Ride—Franklin County
May 23: L’ Eroica Roanoke
May 24: The Mullet Mountain Bike Ride
May 24: Get2KnowNoke Brewery by Bike Tour
May 25: Olde Salem Brewery Thursday Road Ride
May 25: Thursday Night Special—Mountain Bike Ride
May 25: Volunteer Trail Maintenance at Carvins Cove
May 25: Latinas Network Fancy Dress Bike Brigade
May 26: Roanoke Friday Coffee Club Ride
May 27: 32nd Annual Wilderness Road Ride Gran Fondo
May 27: Youth Mountain Bike Race
May 27: But First, Coffee Ride
May 27: Gravel and Grinds
May 28: M&M Mountain Bike Ride
WEEK FIVE
May 29: BIKE TO ART CHALLENGE (Check Roanoke Outside Facebook|Instagram)
May 29: Mountain Bike Monday Group Ride
May 30: L‘ Eroica Roanoke
May 31: The Mullet Mountain Bike Ride
From Covington to Franklin County, the Roanoke Region has pulled out all the stops this Bike Month! And while you’re out enjoying all the wonderful ways you can celebrate bikes this month, from Covington to Franklin County, tag @roanokeoutside in your two-wheeled adventures!
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