Every June in Edmonton is Bike Month. That means the humble bicycle is celebrated as recreation, sport, and transportation vessel. It’s the transportation one that is often forgotten in car-loving cities like Edmonton.
This weekend there’s a 24-hour bike repair-a-thon, in case you need some tune-ups. It begins on Saturday at noon, at the Edmonton Bicycle Commuters’ headquarters (10047 – 80 Avenue).
The big event of the month will happen Saturday, June 18. Bikeology will take over Beaver Hills House Park (Jasper and 105 Street) with bikes, bikes, and more bikes. Plus music, smoothies, and fun. (June 18 will also be “Park(ed)” in downtown Edmonton, so drivers are best to avoid the downtown unless they are walking or on people-powered wheeled vehicles.)
Bike Month is a whole month of events though, with breakfasts, mocktails, movies, and information nights.
Breakfasts are as follows:
Mockails are always at the north-side of the High Level Bridge, in Ezio Faraone Park – Wednesday June 8, 15, 22, 29 – 4-6 p.m.
If you want to bike to the movies, you can every Monday. Tonight, June 13, 20, and 27 you can catch a flick at Metro Cinema, at 7pm. On Monday, June 27 it will be Edmonton’s The Bike Heist – which we’ve talked about before.
On Saturday, June 25 there’s also a Bike-in Movie (an outdoor screening of The Triplets of Belleville) with music by Patrick Dunn and Jill Pollock at Victoria Park Cricket Pitch (12130 River Road).
One of the “Dialogue Nights” that caught my eye is June 21 (7-9 p.m.) at Credo Cafe (10134 104 Street), about winter cycling – an idea which intrigues and terrifies me.
For the full calendar of events check out Bikeology or the Edmonton Bicycle Commuters.
