About KBW

The purpose of Kalamazoo Bike Week is to celebrate bicycling and the many benefits bicycling brings to our community.

It started as an initiative between the Parks Foundation, Discover Kalamazoo,  Downtown Kalamazoo Incorporated, local bicycle shops, and local cycling enthusiasts.  It hopes to raise cycling awareness, promote the use of cycling as a means of transportation, and explore the possibilities cycling has to offer in terms of enjoyment, health, fitness, and social and environmental benefits.

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KBW 2013

KALAMAZOO BIKE WEEK
Celebrate Bike Week May 9 – May 18, 2013

Kalamazoo Bike Week is all about celebrating cycling.  The purpose of Bike Week is to promote cycling advocacy, awareness, education and, most importantly, fun!   We intend to make Kalamazoo Bike Week an annual community event that supports this mission.  This, the second annual Bike Week, is May 9 – May 18, 2013.  See below for a quick reference guide to the Week’s events.  For detail on each event go to our “Events” page and click “later events” on the lower right until you find your event.

Thursday, May 9, 2013 –

6:00 p.m. Community Forum on Cycling  Lawrence Education Center, Borgess Medical Center

 Saturday, May 11, 2013 –

7:00 a.m. Trailblazer Ride on the Kal-Haven Trail

2:00 p.m.  Sin City Alley Cat Race (FXD269)

2:00 p.m. Biking & Birding; Begins at Mayors’ Riverfront Park

Sunday, May 12, 2013 –

Mother’s Day – Treat any Mom to a bike ride today!

No events scheduled

Monday, May 13, 2013–

Bike to Work (Showers and Bike Parking at Pedal Bicycles),

8:45 a.m.  Bike Talk with Lori Moore, WKZO 590 AM/96.5 FM

6:00 p.m. Edison Neighborhood Fixapalooza (Open Roads)

6:15 p.m. Kalamazoo Bicycle Club Ride, Begin at Texas Township Park, Milham Ave.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 –

Bike to Work (Showers and Bike Parking at Pedal Bicycles),

8:45 a.m.  Another edition of Bike Talk with Lori Moore, WKZO 590 AM/96.5 FM

6:00 p.m., Doggone Fun! Kalamazoo Public LibraryEastwood Branch, 1112 Gayle

6:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.  Movie “Rising From Ashes”, Bell’s Eccentric Café,

6:30 p.m. Bike Camp Informational Meeting,

Wednesday, May 15, 2013 -

Bike to Work (Showers and Bike Parking at Pedal Bicycles),

8:45 a.m.  Another edition of Bike Talk with Lori Moore, WKZO 590 AM/96.5 FM

6:15 p.m. Kalamazoo Bicycle Club Ride, Begin at Kal-Haven Trail Head on 10th Street, Kalamazoo

6:30 p.m. Ride of Silence – Portage Millennium Park

 7:00 p.m. The Crane Wives Concert at Kalamazoo Public Librar

Thursday, May 16, 2013 -

Bike to Work (Showers and Bike Parking at Pedal Bicycles)

8:45 a.m.  Another edition of Bike Talk with Lori Moore, WKZO 590 AM/96.5 FM

6:15 p.m. Pedal Ride, Begin at Pedal Bicycles W. Michigan Ave., Kalamazoo

Friday, May 17, 2013 -

National Bike to Work Day (Showers and Bike Parking at Pedal Bicycles)

8:45 a.m.  Another edition of Bike Talk with Lori Moore, WKZO 590 AM/96.5 FM

5:00 p.m. People’s Food Co-op “Vegetable Ride and Picnic”

Saturday, May 18, 2013

8:30 a.m.  Bike Camp Session #1, Portage YMCA 2900 West Centre Ave. Portage; Sponsored by the Kalamazoo Bicycle Club

 9:00 a.m. Mayors’  City to City Ride, Celery Flats,  Portage 

11:00 a.m. WMU Office of Sustainability – Safe Ride

12:30 p.m. Bells-to-Bells Ride & Brewery Tour, Gather at Bell’s Eccentric Café, 355 E. Kalamazoo Ave. Donations to the Kalamazoo River Valley Trail.

1:00 p.m. Family Bike Fest , The  411 Club/Metro Diner & Nightclub, located in the parking lot at Willard and Greenwich – fun for the whole family.

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Partners

Kalamazoo Bike Week would not be possible without a wide range and large number of local partners participating with us.  They sponsor events, host events, and offer incentives to get people to attend and participate in events.  Below is a list of the partners that have helped make this year’s events possible:

 

          www.envirologic.com

             http://www.swmsbf.org/

  

 (http://pedalbicycle.com)

(http://www.bellsbeer.com/eccentric-cafe

(http://www.kalamazoobicyclefilmfestival.com)

http://www.the411club.com/411club/

http://www.waterstreetcoffeejoint.com/

Kalamazoo Area Transportation Study

(http://www.katsmpo.org)

  (http://www.portagemi.gov/

 

http://www.kalamazoocity.org/portal/index.php

Friends of the Kal-Haven Trail

(http://www.friendsofkalhaventrail.org)

 

Kalamazoo Bicycle Club

(http://www.kalamazoobicycleclub.org)

                www.wkzo.com

 

Bike Friendly Kalamazoo

(http://www.bikefriendlykalamazoo.org)

 

  

                 http://www.openroadsbike.org/

 

  Kalamazoo Public Library

                       http://www.kpl.gov/

 

 

   http://www.naturecenter.org/

  

Newman IT Solutions

              www.newmanit.com

 

     http://www.wmich.edu/sustainability

 

http://www.peoplesfoodco-op.org/

 

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