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Call for Board Members As 2023 starts, we are looking for more folks to join the Bend Bikes Board of Directors! We are a grassroots, all volunteer, nonprofit organization that …
Moments of Gratitude and Spurcycle Joy for Bend Bikes Supporters!
We know that this time of year is complicated for many – from complicated relationships with the holiday season, seasonal affective disorder, to short dark days. So Bend Bikes chooses …
Election Season, Midtown Crossings Updates, Road Diets, and Social Connectivity by Bike…
This month we are highlighting a whole bunch of stuff about what City Council and mayoral candidates vision for our bikey future, Midtown Pedestrian and Bicycle Crossings updates, road diets, …
Midtown Crossings – Action Time!
This month we are highlighting some leadership changes at Bend Bikes, two huge calls to action regarding the Wilson bike lane products and the Midtown Bicycle and Pedestrian Crossings, and …
GO Bond Project Bonanza and September Bikey Events!
This time of year is always a flurry of activity… not only has the number of people biking in our community expanded dramatically with sunny blue skies and a thankfully …
Let’s Dream Big for the Midtown Crossings!
Summer is in full swing and we hope folks have a quick moment between vacations and paddleboarding the Deschutes to help us: Dream big for midtown pedestrian and bicycle crossings …
2022 Strategery and the Kitchen Sink
Oh boy, this is a long one! After taking some time to reset after the winter break and all the work that went into our bike map launch, spring is …
Call to Action: Final Push for the Transportation Bond Oversight Committee Recommendations!
It has been a long road since Bend Bikes endorsed the GO bond over a year ago. We had a lot of complicated feelings about the package of projects, but …
TBOC Recommendations to Council – Call for Support and Other November News!
With cold crisp days settling in, it’s time to break out the studded bike tires (we love the Schwalbe Ice Spiker Pros for those truly snowy, icey, slushy days), balaclavas, …
Call to Action: Revised Draft Transportation Bond Project Sequencing Feedback!
City staff spent the last month creating more readable and robust materials breaking down the rationale behind the draft transportation GO bond project sequencing for the first 5 years of …
DLCD Call to Action, Bond Project Sequencing Feedback, Fall E-Bike Joy, Behind the Scenes of Bend Bikes, and Frankenbells!
It’s time to put fenders back on bikes and start splashing through puddles and it’s almost time to dig out the studded bike tires for winter commuting! While we wait …
Go Bond Draft Project List: East-West Connectivity or Bust
Aerial rendering of Hawthorne Overcrossing from Bend’s downtown (at left) to midtown (at right). Courtesy of Ashley Vance Engineering and 10 Over Studio. For years, Bendites have bemoaned the fact …
DPL Bike Repair Kits, Draft Bond Project List, DLCD Listening Sessions, and Bike Parking!
With glorious rain, clear skies, and crisp fall air, we are frantically trying to ride our bikes as much as possible before winter sets in! We have a flurry of …
So many August bikey things!
While August is a notoriously hard month to get anything done with frantic vacations taken chasing green dots on the AQI map, Bend Bikes welcomes new board member Maryam Mirahmadi. …
Join Bend Bikes at the Wilson Corridor Open House, TBOC updates, and other July news!
July brings some bittersweet changes to our board as we bid farewell to Morgan Crowell in August. Over the last 3 years, Morgan transformed our signature events like Bike the …