@shift2bikes.bsky.social
Promoting inclusive bike fun in Portland, Oregon. We run a website that creates a community, where anyone can post a group ride & make #bikeFun happen all year long! https://shift2bikes.org
Evening group ride with a bright green bike trailer centered in a group of bike rides. The sign to the right points to PDX Lloyd Center.
In Portland, the act of riding a bike is an excellent way of being outside, observing life, and being completely present in public space.
Riding with other people builds friendships + builds communities of trust.
Be well. Be strong. Bike with a buddy Portland! 🚲❤️
@bikeloudpdx.bsky.social @shift2bikes.bsky.social Might be a good weekend for an out of season Pedalpalooza ride along the kick-off route? Nothing says "war-torn" like folks on bikes having fun.
27.09.2025 16:14 — 👍 14 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0Friend visiting from Wisconsin. "Why was there a huge group of cyclists with lighted bikes riding by downtown? Me, OH, because it's Thursday!
Thank you TNR for keeping on keeping on. #pdxbikes
Breakfast on the Bridges
A tasty monthly PDX tradition!
Last Friday of EVERY month 7 to 9AM for the past 20 years
Blumenauer, Flanders, Steel, and Tilikum Bridges
@bonbpdx.bsky.social @shift2bikes.bsky.social
History: www.npr.org/2025/05/02/n...
Practical info: www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...
The @shift2bikes.bsky.social calendar is one of my favorite things about Portland. It’s evidence of hundreds of people who have an interest or idea they want to share in the name of fun. Do you like ABBA? Tacos? Murals? Learning about local stormwater drainage infrastructure? THERE’S A RIDE FOR YOU!
25.08.2025 22:38 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
#KidicalMassPDX 2pm Sunday Ice Cream North #Portland #pdxBikes #BikeFun #pedalpaloozaPDX https://shift2bikes.org/calendar/event-21884
20.08.2025 07:31 — 👍 0 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
rainbow intersection painting on the road with a sun, clouds, and a mountain, then curving around a corner Portland, August 2025
end of the rainbow painting ending in clouds, moon, stars, trees, and a bike route symbol
Love biking in my bike city 🚲🌞🗻☁️🌈☁️🌙✨🌲🚲
#bikesky #PDX #Portland #RainbowRoad #StreetPainting
Two Cooling Centers open Friday, Aug. 22 from Noon - 9PM. What to know and share
Cooling centers open Friday, Aug. 22, from noon to 9 p.m., until conditions improve. Multnomah County East Building: 600 NE 8th Ave., Gresham St. Stephen’s Shelter: 1432 SW 13th Ave., Portland
🥵 We’re headed for another very hot spell w/temps expected to reach at least 100 degrees today and tomorrow. 🗣️Please spread the word:
These Cooling Centers are opening Aug. 22, noon- 9 PM at
➡️ Multnomah County East Bldg, 600 NE 8th ave, Gresham
➡️ St. Stephen’s Shelter, 1432 SW 13th ave, Portland
Ice cream cone with QR code about ride
Map of ride with QR code
BikeBus Ice Cream Ride & Raffle
Thurs Aug 21 5:15pm
Starts at Glencoe School 825 SE 51st
Several stops, ending at 50 Licks Ice Cream 2021 SE Clinton (see map)
Free scoops for kids!
@robgalanakis.bsky.social
🗣 SW Tichner Drive is officially open!
After months of work, SW Tichner Drive has reopened to all vehicle traffic as of 1 p.m. today, Aug. 20. Crews from PBOT's maintenance division trimmed back vegetation, swept the street and restriped lane lines to prepare for the reopening.
I’d like to thank whoever @shift2bikes.bsky.social who organized this ride. It was my band, Shorty and the Mustangs, playing at the Showdown, and y’all made it extra fun. www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...
20.08.2025 15:11 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Text from Shift2Bikes calendar listing: 5:30 PM COVID Safety plan SW Unfinished Bikeways Westside Multnomah Arts Center, 7688 SW Capitol Hwy northwest corner of the building Eric Wilhelm Wed, Aug 20, 2025, 5:30 PM ride at 5:45 8:00 PM Ride is a loop End location: beer if anything is open after 8 As children watch patiently out the window for the chance to ride a bike to school or the park, and the state transportation funding plan struggles to join the 21st century, PBOT continues building streets for cars, sometimes with a block or two of bike lane for a treat. Bikeway designs from 20 years ago are being cast in concrete as the anticlimax of 30 years of advocacy, to the tune of $26M/mile... and about one mile per decade. We'll look at the terrain between Multnomah, Burlingame, Hillsdale, and a few other neighborhoods, why Barbur Blvd is such a state-highway-dept-neglected disaster, some recently-completed obsolete bike infrastructure, and the secret trails and side streets we use to sneak through the gaps between the car sewers. This casual group ride will be an easy pace with several stops to discuss and observe the transportation infrastructure and missing links of southwest bikeways along the SW corridor. BikeLoudPDX
People who bike in SW Portland do not feel the love from PBOT + ODOT traffic engineers.
Explore terrible SW Unfinished Bikeways with BikeLoud TechNight guru @enobacon.urbanists.social.ap.brid.gy
Wed August 20 5:30p
Mult Arts Center 7688 SW Capitol Hwy
Loop ride
www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...
A week from today in #Portland, Oregon, I'll be hosting my 3rd Annual #ClimateAdaptation Ride for our #Pedalpalooza Bike festival. Consider joining us on 8/24 if you want to hear about real strategies for improving your resilience to climate calamities.
www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...
Text from Shift2bikes calendar listing says, "5:30 PM New to Portland Ride: North neighborhoods Portsmouth Park, N. Stanford Ave & N. Princeton St Portland By Cycle User-uploaded image for New to Portland Ride: North neighborhoods Wed, Aug 20, 2025, 5:30 PM Meet at 5:30, ride at 6:00 7:30 PM Ride is a loop Are you new to town, or new to cycling in Portland? Want to explore some of the best low-stress bike routes in St Johns and Portsmouth? Then join our New to Portland bike ride on Wednesday, August 20! When: Wednesday, August 20, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. (Meet at 5:30, ride at 6:00 p.m.) Where: Ride starts and ends at Portsmouth Park (N. Stanford Ave and N. Princeton St) What: This ride will highlight ways to get around by bike in St Johns and Portsmouth neighborhoods. We'll check out some different types of bike infrastructure, from two-way cycle tracks, to off-street paths, and buffered bike lanes. We will also show you how to easily get to some of the best parks in the area. The terrain is mostly flat. Additional details: This is a moderate-pace (~8 mph), no drop ride, meaning no one is left behind. This ride is a loop, and will be 7.5 miles long. Please note that we will follow the rules of the road. This event is free and open to everyone! smarttrips@portlandoregon.gov https://www.portland.gov/transportation/walking-biking-transit-safety/events/2025/8/20/new-portland-ride-north-neighborhoods
We appreciate PBOT offers New To Portland Bike Rides!
Wed August 20 Meet 5:30 Ride 6
Portsmouth Park
N Stanford Ave & N Princeton St
7.5 mile loop
Slow, mostly flat, easy-going, recommended for newcomers + people just learning about everyday biking!
@pbotinfo.bsky.social @shift2bikes.bsky.social
The Portland memorial for Elif Ogan will begin as a bike ride in the morning of August 30 and will end at Laurelhurst Park for the non riders. www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...
17.08.2025 20:30 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Farmers market cyclists
The young ones were out in numbers for the #farmersmarketride. Join us every week https://www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/event-21432
17.08.2025 02:46 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
An aerial view of the Portland Waterfront shows a group of people riding on bikes. Their shadows are elongated in the morning light.
A group of bike riders wait at an intersection before crossing SE Grand.
A group photo of the bike bus riders in front of Salmon Springs fountain and downtown buildings.
The City Bike Bus is reaching new heights! Yesterday we had a blast commuting downtown with friends, neighbors, and coworkers for the fifth installment of the 2025 City Bike Bus.
Join us for the final two Bike Buses on Sept. 10 and Oct. 8. Find all the details at portland.gov/bikebus
Do you enjoy cycling, and have an ex who loved Bright Eyes, Arcade Fire, and Neutral Milk Hotel? This Bike Summer ride is for you!
All hail Lucy Kennedy-Wong and Priscilla Wu for coining the genre "Ex-Boyfriend Music," and facilitating its corresponding August 17 ride—link below for details 🚲️🚲️🚲️
Screen grab of the Shift2Bikes page for the Portland Criterium ride. Link in post.
Whoa! Ride the CAR-FREE Portland Criterium race course! 🚲👀 Saturday!
www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...
List of all the great groups Umbrella is the fiscal sponsor of. The list is on the Umbrella website at: https://www.umbrellapdx.org/projects
The Shift2Bikes listing for the Umbrella ride. It says: Tuesday, August 12, 2025 6:00 PM Umbrella Ride Wonderlove Food Carts, 262 SE Main St, Portland, OR 97214 Up front by the bike racks Alex Steinberger Tue, Aug 12, 2025, 6:00 PM meet at 6, ride at 7 End location: 50 Licks, 2021 SE Clinton St. Do you love Portland's unique bike events like Bike Summer? Do you ever wonder what happens behind the scenes to make them events happen? Do you want to get involved supporting them? Meet Umbrella - an all-volunteer organization that supports street-based culture by providing fiscal sponsorship, bookkeeping, insurance, and guidance to some of Portland's most vibrant and scrappy transportation, art, and activist projects. Join this ride to learn more about the work we do, meet representatives of some of our 15 projects, and find out about ways you can get in on the fun. We do the wonk, so you don't have to! Meet at 6pm hang out and chat then ride at 7pm...worst case scenario, we end up getting soft serve! UmbrellaPDX
UMBRELLA is AMAZING!
They fiscally sponsor many BikeLoud friends like:
@strongtownspdx.bsky.social
@shift2bikes.bsky.social
@bonbpdx.bsky.social
@bike-summer.org
Better Block, Ladds500, PDXWNBR + more!
Ride w them Tues Aug 12 6PM
262 SE Main / Wonderlove Carts www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...
welp, damn, after chatting w/ truck vendors and riders it's clearly too damn hot for the taco ride tomorrow.
we're bumping it back a week to 8/19 - sorry for the inconvenience, climate change sucks
if you already paid/need a refund, reach out.
Updated link:
www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...
Peak Portland summer moment: sitting on my front porch drinking coffee and a Pedalpalooza ride cruised by, and I shouted hello to a friend on the ride
09.08.2025 17:20 — 👍 19 🔁 2 💬 2 📌 0Just a reminder that our Inner Eastside for All Pedalpalooza @shift2bikes.bsky.social ride with @strongtownspdx.bsky.social @bikeloudpdx.bsky.social is coming up this Saturday, August 16. 🏘️
11.08.2025 16:02 — 👍 16 🔁 11 💬 1 📌 0
There’s a heat warning for the Portland area from Sun Aug 10 at noon through Tue Aug 12 at 5am.
Before heading out, re-check the calendar — events have been rescheduled or otherwise changed:
www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/
#pdxBikes #bikeFun #PedalpaloozaPDX #BikeSummerPDX #heatWave #ORWX #pdxtst
Tonight’s Midnight Mystery Ride Leader has Covid. If you can take it on, message midnightmysteryridepdx@gmail.com NOW. Ride start is The Vern. You decide where it ends… #ShhItsASecret #BikeSummer #MMR
09.08.2025 03:03 — 👍 1 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0Rally today at 4pm to Save our NW Greenways from Mayor Wilson’s no-good bad plan! www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...
07.08.2025 20:28 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
A bicycle wheel full of spoke cards. There's one for "carry shit Olympics," "I bike for Ice Cream Ride," "Judas priest ride," "PNX bags," and "Alley Catty Champion"
Unlike moss, which likes to grow on stationary things, spoke cards seem to appear the more you ride your bike.
03.08.2025 17:44 — 👍 29 🔁 1 💬 3 📌 0
Volunteer opportunity: Social Good Place is seeking corkers to support our #pedalpalooza ride this Sunday! Keep our riders safe as we cross intersections and make our way around Southeast Portland.
Interested? Send us an email at hello@socialgoodplace.org.
We're excited about Tuesday's Portland Action Night.
We're starting (5pm) with learning on the Roadless Rule and action to protect 2M acres of Oregon forest. 🌲
Then we're cycling (6pm) to Laurelhurst to join the Salmon Life Cycle Pedalpalooza ride! 🐟 🚲
Join us! act.sierraclub.org/events/detai...
