We love the diversity of Portland bike cultures. PedalPalooza is a two week gear jammin' (fixies welcome) festival of bike! June 7-23. PedalPalooza includes bike birding, scavenger hunts, midnight rides, nekkid rides, bike jousting, foreign langiage rides, various food and drink rides, bike polo, bike karaoke, bike in movies, a bike swap, bike photo expeditions, bike washes, a 24 hour zombie hunt and a bike wedding. Pedalpalooza culminates in the family frendly officially sponsored Multnomah County Bike Fair on June 23.
The Sprockettes, perhaps inspired by the full moon, can't wait, so they celebrate the First Quarterly Moon Castle Ballyhoo! May 31-June 3. Yea!! Thursday is Family Fun Day! beginning at 5 at 20th and NE Alberta. Free grills for grillin' your bringin's, a watermelon seed spitting contest, ice cream sundae making, fort building, hula hoops and blindfolded face painting. At 8:30 there is an animal costume marching band parade to the mystery movie location. Bring blankies and things for sittin' on.
Friday is Crafty Day! Bikemeetup at the warehouse at 5040 SE Milwaulkie at 5. This involves hopscotching, various eating contests, random letter writing mail art, wacky haircutting, head shaving and crazy dye jobs. Pot luck dinner at 6. Then it's a bike parade to the waterfront to see the fireworks, fininshing with a bike in movie at the Recyclery at about 10:30.
Sunday is Kooky Competition Day! Beginning at Peninsula Park at 10, it's a donut hole breakfast. That's just eating donuts before a ride. Then strong prople will compete in an all out whipped cream whipping contest, a crepe batter beating contest, broom acrobatic races in tests of balance and a 5 legged obstacle race. Are we tired yet? Then lunch on crepes! After that it's a ride to Alberta Park at 2 where you can decorate your bike. Also on the agenda are chin to handlebars races, tall bike jousting, a 3 bike+2 person race, mini bike polo and team bike riding style contest - that's 2 people on one bike. Are we tired yet? Noooo!! At 7:30 the bikes parade to the 5040 SE Milwaulkie warehouse for a BBQ and bike in movies Quicksilver and Breaking Away. Bring yer grillin's to the BBQ.
Sunday is Decompression Day! Are we tired yet? This is the easy day. Meet at the Mount Tabor base camp IV aka the bottom reservoir. Bring mountaineering 'quipment - that's ropes, ice axen, carabiners, down jacket, glacier glasses, mittens and the like. Conquer Mt Tabor. It's a walk up as they say. Be sure yo keep your climbin' pardners on belay. Plant your special flag at the top and take a photo op. After, regroup at the Hawthorne Hostel's pot luck brunch at 11:30. From thence depart with pencil and paper by bike at 2 for sketch and bike.
Wow! The Ballyhoo is FREE!
PedalPalooza has a huge calendar at Shift2Bikes.
