Pedal and Party Across WA During Bike Everywhere Month

Bicycles are machines of freedom and joy. Communities that bike more are happier, healthier, cleaner, greener, safer, more equitable and prosperous. 

With bike funding under attack nationally, we encourage everyone across the most bike-friendly state in the nation to join us in May to pedal for progress during Bike Everywhere Month presented by Amazon, Microsoft & Lime. 

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May is the perfect time to explore your community by bike, pedal to work or school, or spin over to one of the many Celebration Stations or bike-tivities that Cascade and our partners in Spokane, Tacoma, Bellingham, Everett, Redmond, and Seattle are hosting this month. Let’s ride!

April 30, Bike Everywhere Lunch

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Join more than 400 bicycle advocates, local leaders, educators, and fellow members of the bicycling community at Cascade’s biggest fundraiser of the year. This year’s Bike Everywhere Lunch will focus on the statewide expansion of bike education to students across Washington, with a theme of “If You Teach a Kid to Bike…”

RSVP for Bike Everywhere Lunch
 

May 7, Bike to School Day

Are you a parent or educator who bikes? Start a bike bus or join a Bike to School Day ride at one of the 13+ Seattle public schools participating in Bike Month. Learn more in our story All Aboard the Bike Bus. 

May 10, Bike to Redmond Light Rail

Bike to the grand opening of two new Link light rail stations in Redmond. Cascade has organized multiple Free Group Rides to this event from across the region, including one departing from Cascade headquarters in Magnuson Park, and this seven-mile Bike the Light Rail ride. Learn more about this Trails to Transit party from Move Redmond.

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May 14, Bike Everywhere Day

The bike-citement crescendos on May 14, Bike Everywhere Day, when Cascade staff and our wonderful volunteers will reward bike commuters with free coffee, pastries, and prizes at Celebration Stations in Seattle (near the Fremont Bridge) and Renton (at Memorial Stadium).

These are among the 25+ Celebration Stations in Seattle and the 40+ offered by bike nonprofits and active transportation supporters across the Puget Sound region. 

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Find a Celebration Station near you–from Issaquah to Shoreline, Bellevue to Bothell, and beyond--on our Celebration Station Map. 

May 14, Building a Bikeable Seattle

Is Seattle on the cusp of a biking Renaissance? That will be the topic of discussion during our Bike Everywhere Day Bash at Town Hall Seattle on May 14 at 7:30 p.m. 

Learn about the power of bike advocacy, the history of bikes in Seattle, and the big improvements coming to Seattle’s Bike Network in 2025 and the next few years during a conversation and Q&A with Seattle Bike Blog founder Tom Fucoloro and Seattle Policy Manager Tyler Vasquez.

Get tickets to Town Hall Seattle

May 29, Bike Month Sendoff

Join Commute Seattle in Occidental Square downtown from 4-6 p.m. for free treats, bike tune-ups, and test rides of Limb bikes and scooters. RSVP here.

May 31, Flying Wheels Summer Ride

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Choose from routes of 50, 70, or 100 miles on Cascade’s Flying Wheels Summer Century, which explores the forests and farmlands of Western Washington’s fertile–and hilly–Snoqualmie Valley. Flying Wheels starts and finishes in Redmond’s Marymoor Park, with a post-ride party. And your registration fee supports Cascade’s mission. 

Rescue and Deliver Food by Bike

Did you know that food is the largest component of Seattle’s garbage? Help prevent this shameful waste of precious food and support Seattle food banks by joining a Pedaling Relief Project ride in May. 

June 3, Bikes and Beer

Quaff a cold brewski with fellow humans who bike and plan your summer rides at Old Stove Brewing in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood on June 3 from 5-8 p.m. Facebook event here.

More Bike Events Around Washington State

Tacoma and Pierce County

Buy used bikes and parts, test ride bicycles, discuss routes with bike map masters, and more at the free 14th annual Pierce County Bike Swap, this Saturday, April 19, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Tacoma Community College. Learn more at Ride Together Pierce.

Join the Pierce County Bike Everywhere Challenge. 

Our friends at 2nd Cycle have a full calendar of events for Tacoma riders:

• April 29: Speak up for biking at Tacoma City Council. City Council is proclaiming May "Bike Month" and needs to hear from you about your experience biking in Tacoma, especially after Cascade-endorsed Proposition 1 died, which would have added 130 to 170 miles of bike infrastructure.
• May 2: Bike Love Celebration: An open mic and bike storytelling fundraiser for 2nd Cycle, 1205 MLK Jr Way at 6 p.m.
• May 10: Social Justice Ride: Ride Through History. Meet at 2nd Cycle and ride from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• May 18: Destiny Dozen Ride: A fundraiser bike ride with sliding scale registration. It will climb 13 of Tacoma's steepest hills.
• May 25: Kidical Mass Family Ride. Meet at the Swan Creek Picnic Shelter by the pump track, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Learn more about these events and more on Tacoma’s Bike Month page, and on 2nd Cycle's Bike Month events page.

Bellingham

Celebrate Bike Everywhere Day on Friday, May 16, with Celebration Stations and a block party with music, tricycle painting, food, beverages, and bikes on the 1300 Block of Commercial Street. Learn more from Walk & Roll Bellingham.

Spokane

Spokane Bicycle Club has a full calendar of bike-tivities, from a Children of the Sun Trail ride on May 6, to a spin with Mayor Lisa Brown on May 14, to multiple Energizer Stations for bike commuters on May 17 (National Bike to Work Day). 

Or join Spokane Riverkeeper and 350 Spokane on May 24 for the Spokane River Roll, an easy seven-mile cruise on the Centennial Trail.

Everett

Everett Transit will have free coffee, snacks, and prizes for bike commuters on Bike Everywhere Day, May 14, at Everett Station from 6-8 a.m. Learn more from Bike Everett.

On Friday, May 16, Bike Everett is offering free bike repairs and cycling giveaways at Everett Station, from 3-6 p.m. RSVP to the Facebook event for a free Bike Everett shirt while supplies last.

Make Every Month Bike Everywhere Month

Join us in May–and all year round–in celebrating the most efficient, affordable, and fun transportation machines ever invented: the humble bicycle. Spring has sprung. Let’s bike for freedom!

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