OGDEN – Ogden City kicks off National Bike Month in May with Ride to Work with the Mayor on May 2 and the launch of the Ogden Bike Passport program, encouraging citizens to join him in his pledge to bike to work every day in 2014 and use alternative forms of transportation.
“Ogden is celebrating National Bike Month by introducing the Ogden Bike Passport where participants will collect a stamp at the five participating events, becoming eligible for a grand prize drawing on May 30,”said Project Coordinator, Josh Jones. “We want to encourage sustainable forms of transportation in the city and celebrate all forms of cycling, whether you ride to work, ride the parkway, the trails, or the streets in your neighborhood.”
Passport Events
May 2- Mayors bike to work day
Mayor Mike Caldwell will meet riders at 8.a.m. at Weber State University (northwest corner of campus in A-1 parking lot near the social science building) and pick up folks along the way. The group will continue north to the river parkway and follow the parkway to the new spur trail to the Front Runner station. We will then continue to the Ogden Municipal Amphitheater for a pancake breakfast. Breakfast will be served until 10 a.m.
May 9- Downtown criterion party
City Cycle will host a viewing for the downtown criterion race, including bike valet, tents and 80's skate music starting at 4 p.m. at the corner of 25th and Kiesel Ave. This will be the first of five races for the Utah City Criterion, Great Western Cycling Series,
May 16 - Introduction to Mountain Biking Clinic and Ride
5:00 pm, Riverdale BMX Park (4800 South Weber River Drive) Mountain Biking Basic Skills Workshop and group ride - Learn the skills of the trade including cornering and taking lumps, bumps, and even jumps. Then join the Ogden Cycling Education Foundation for a 4-mile relatively flat beginner-technical level ride through flowing single-track with banked curves through the forest and plains along the Weber River. Come 30 minutes early for a BMX Dirt jumping demonstration.
May 24- Ogden bike Park Grand Opening
Saturday morning from 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. join us for some flap jacks, rider demos, skills instruction, music and lots of bike riding fun. We will meet at the new trailhead at the top of ninth street.
May 30- Fix it station ribbon cutting and puncture vine cleanup
Weber Pathways will a host ribbon cutting of bike fix-it stations and a pathway clean up along the parkway, starting at 9:00 a.m. We’ll meet at the Gear 30 parking lot for the ribbon cutting of the bike fix-it stations, wrap up the passport events with prize drawings, and then clean up the parkway.
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