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Ride bikes together with kids and families, from Grant Park to Alberta Park for the start of Pedalpalooza’s Bike Summer Kick-Off ride!June 1st at 6:30pm is the big Kick-Off bike ride for Pedalpalooza Bike Summer 2026. We will meet at 4:45pm and ride bikes at 5:15 pm sharp to get there together at a fun, kid-friendly pace.
This is a moderate paced ride, slow enough for kids on bikes and parents on cargo bikes. We’ll ride 3.5 miles from the playground in Grant Park, to Alberta Park, which will be the start of the Pedalpalooza ride a half hour later at 6:30pm.
We will ride at 5:15pm sharp and should arrive at Alberta Park at about 6:00pm, so you have time to pick up t-shirts and pennants, while kids can use the playground or enjoy other activities. Then at 6:30pm you can also join us if you want to ride at the front of the whole route of the Kick-Off Ride, along with other families and kids.
That ride will be 4.5 miles long and has several hills, so younger kids may need to switch to a trailer or cargo bike with a grown-up. The kickoff ride will take us through Alameda, and back up down to Grant Park to finish the loop.
While our ride is 3.5 miles and and mostly flat and will be fine for grade schooler on their own bikes, if you do the whole loop along with the Kick-Off Ride it will be 8 miles total, so it would be appropriate for 4th grade plus, or younger kids who are strong fast confident riders, to ride their own bike the whole way.
Our ride will be suitable for young bike riders who can pedal their own bike uphill in a straight line. Kids should wear a helmet, be able to ride in a straight line without training wheels, start and stop, and follow instructions. Cargo bikes, tandems, trailers and tag-a-longs are great for younger or less confident kids, or in case kids get tired of pedaling. Adults without kids can also join the ride as corkers to help with traffic safety.
We’ll ride together as a group, rain or shine, because kids are traffic too!
Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/55071758
https://www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/event-24028
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Grant Park, Portland, 4702 NE 118th Ct, Vancouver, WA 98682-5707, United States
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