May is Bike Month - Join A Group Ride

Posted: Monday, April 13, 2015 by: Mary Pat McCarthy | Category: Community Interest


Bike Month 2015 Events:

Wednesday, May 6 | Bike to School Day
Area schools encourage students to ride and walk to school.

Saturday, May 9 | Building a Community Tough as Steel
In Delta, Ohio. A charitable bike, walk, run event. A portion of the proceeds benefit the Wabash Cannonball Trail. Mountain bike tires required. See deltasteel.org for details.

Monday – Sunday, May 11-17 | Bike and Bus
Bicyclists using a TARTA bus pay only 25 cents during Bike to Work Week.

Monday, May 11 | Biggest Week in Birding – Bike and Bird
Oak Openings Preserve-Buehner Center, 6:30 p.m. Bring your bike, binoculars, and bird knowledge and tour through several habitats.

Friday, May 15 | Bike to Work Day
Organize fellow workers for a fun way to incorporate exercise in the work day. Contact TMACOG for tips on how to host a Bike to Work Day event.

Saturday, May 16 | Bike Day at the Farmer’s Market
Ride to the Toledo Farmer’s Market in downtown Toledo on Saturday morning. Toledo Bikes! Will be doing ABC Quick Checks and you can get a coupon for a cup of coffee.

Wednesday, May 20 | Ride of Silence
Meet at 6:45 p.m. at the Bancroft Street entrance of the University of Toledo. We’ll ride in silence on a route around west Toledo to bring attention to bicycle/car safety and to remember people in our region who have been injured while riding their bikes. All the details are at wearetraffic.org/rideofsilence.


Press Release Contact Name: Mary Pat McCarthy
Press Release Contact Email: [email protected]
Press Release Contact Phone: 419-241-9155
Organization Name: TMACOG
Website or Link: www.tmacog.org
Organization Address: 300 MLK Drive, Toledo, OH, 43604