September's Route and Special Fun!

School is back in session and what better way to unwind from a hectic week than taking a family bike ride? Our next route On September 15 at 10:15 am will take us from Eberwhite Elementary School over to Virginia Park on the West Side of town.

The best part is that our favorite West Side bike store - Great Lakes Cycling & Fitness - will be there to give a short safety speech and raffle off a special prize!!!

Here's the route map:

September's Route

See you there!

August's Route

For this month's ride on AUGUST 18, we will remind downtown Ann Arbor that "kids are traffic too." :)

We are meeting in front of the Downtown Library at 10:15am and will ride to the Farmer's Market in Kerrytown to enjoy fresh local treats and good fun.

August's Route

Since this ride will make our group very visible, please consider decorating your bikes. If you want to incorporate the Kidical Mass logo (download here) or hang up more of our coloring page posters, even better!

See you there...

Spread the word...

Want to help Kidical Mass and keep your kids busy at the same time? Print our new coloring page and let your kids have at it. Then hang your little Picasso's art on your fridge as a reminder of our next ride. Or better yet - hang it in your neighborhood or favorite family-friendly business. 

If you can't access the file, I will also have copies available for our ride in August.

Let's ride!!



Coloring Page PDF

Bike Fun at Cobblestone Farmer's Market - Today!!

This week there are some bike-related kid's activities at the new Cobblestone Farmer's Market (@ Buhr Park every Tuesday 4-7pm through November 20th)!  

• 4pm-5pm Bike Decorating
• 5pm-5:30pm Bike Parade

Every week there are free kid's activities and in general this is an extremely family oriented market (relatively enclosed, spacious, on grass with plenty of shade, live music, sprinkler during hot weather, farm animals/historic farm house, playground/pool nearby, produce/food grown with organic farming principles, environmentally focused).  Check the website and/or facebook page for weekly activities.  

 

Bring a picnic dinner or plan on getting dinner from Silvio's or Pilar's. Also, if possible, bring a place setting for your family members as this market is striving to be a Zero Waste Earth Market!  

http://www.facebook.com/CobblestoneFarmMarket

http://www.cobblestonefarmmarket.com/

July's Ride

Thanks to everyone who came out for our July ride. The weather was gorgeous and thanks to Dave from Common Cycle, we all learned something new about bike repair.

Stay tuned for information about the route for August and other fun bike-related activities.

July Update!

We confirmed that volunteers from Common Cycle (http://commoncycle.org/) are going to set up their mobile repair stand at West Park during our July ride. They will explain more about the great work they do in our community and show the kids how to do simple repairs to their bikes.

This promises to be a fun and informative ride, so don't miss out!

July's Route

Join us July 21st at 10:15am for a ride from Maryfield Wildwood Park down to the beautifully renovated West Park. Feel free to bring a picnic to enjoy at the playground, or ride across the street to Big City Small World bakery for a sweet treat!

As always, we will spend the first 15 minutes at our meeting point socializing, decorating bikes, and hearing from a guest speaker in the biking community. This month's route is all downhill and all neighborhood streets, so it's the perfect ride for little ones who want to bring their own bikes/trikes/balance bikes.

July's Route

Stay tuned for more details and hope to see you there!

Our June Ride

 

 

Thanks to everyone who made it out for our June Kidical Mass! We had a beautiful ride just in time to beat the heat, and we rewarded ourselves with some yummy treats at Morgan & York!

June's Route

What better way to celebrate Father's Day weekend than taking a family bike ride on Saturday, June 16th and treating dad to gourmet coffee? Join us for a ride beginning at Burns Park and stopping at Morgan & York for treats. Families are welcome to return to the park to enjoy the playground and socialize even longer.

Visit the route here, but be aware that it's subject to change based on construction:


Route

We meet at 10:15am and will spend the first 15 minutes decorating our bikes and learning about community bike resources.

See you there!

Our First Ride!

We had beautiful weather and great turnout for our first ever ride. Thanks to everyone for making it a success and we look forward to seeing even more people at the June ride. The route and details for that will be posted shortly. In the meantime, enjoy these photos from our morning:

Some of the kids learning the rules of the road.

Joel Hakken of Midwest Bike & Tandem shows us how to fit a helmet.

Taking off...

We made it to Washtenaw Dairy!

Ice cream!!

It was worth every hill :)

Route Information and Fun Updates for Saturday!

Our first Kidical Mass ride is coming up on Saturday! In addition to perfect weather and a great route to Washtenaw Dairy, we will spend the first 15 minutes or so in the park socializing and decorating our bikes. We will provide decorating supplies, but feel free to come up with your own too.

As an extra special treat, we will get a short lesson on properly fitting helmets from Joel Hakken of Midwest Bike & Tandem and we will have a free raffle for a small prize from his shop!

Our route is posted below, but we will also have a group leader and someone in the back to make sure no one is left behind. Can't wait to see you there....


Route Map

Tomorrow is Bike to School Day at Bach elementary!  http://www.bachpto.org/

If your child attends, don't miss out on this great event! And if you don't attend Bach, consider getting your own school involved:

http://www.walkbiketoschool.org/

Bike Bash!

Be sure to visit us at Bike Bash on Friday, May 18 from 5:30 to 8:00 pm. Bike Bash is part of the Ann Arbor Bike to Work Week to celebrate all things biking! Live music, food, and bike projects for kids at the Farmer's Market space in Kerrytown. See getDowntown.org for more details.

The Inaugural Ride

Our first ride will be Saturday, May 19 at 10:15 am in Waterworks Park! The event will be part of getDowntown Ann Arbor's "Bike to Work" week, so stay tuned for more information about both events!