Celebrate in Spokane with group rides, parties, socials, and of course riding your bike everywhere as you can!
Cover photo courtesy of Spokane Bike Club
Each May, the Spokane Bicycle Club always puts on an impressive schedule of creative rides and events to celebrate Bike Everywhere Month in Spokane. This year is no different, with the club finding ways to work biking into everyday activities as well as putting on community gatherings that invite cyclists of all sorts to mingle.
This year’s rides are short and local, says Spokane Bicycle Club organizer Sally Phillips. The rides are a good way to share enthusiasm with less-committed cycling friends and family, and see what’s new in biking amenities, she says. Cyclist gatherings include a Pancake Breakfast in Riverfront Park, energizer stations for bike commuters, and a celebration party at the end of the month (all events are free).
“Spokane Bicycle Club has been an institution in Spokane for more than 50 years,” says Phillips. “During that time, we’ve enjoyed a growing range of bike amenities—some spectacular, like the Centennial Trail, Fish Lake Trail, Appleway Trail, and Children of the Sun Trail, but also smaller projects that have created safer infrastructure for cyclists.”
Spokane’s 2025 Bike Everywhere Month Schedule
May 1 (1 p.m.): Woolgathering Bike Ride
South Hill library to Liberty Park library. Check out the library’s newest offering—free yarn. Biking, chatting, noshing, knitting.
May 2 (6 p.m.): First Friday Gallery to Gallery Ride
Use your bike (and a growing number of bike lanes and bike racks) to visit galleries in and adjacent to downtown Spokane.
May 4 (7:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.): Bloomsday Bike Corral
The Spokane Bicycle Club is providing FREE attended bike parking for anyone who would like to bike to Bloomsday.
May 6 (6 p.m.): Children of the Sun Ride
Ride with a Washington State engineer on the newest open portion of the paved Children of the Sun Trail. Get updated on what’s happening next for this amazing cycling route.
May 9 (6 p.m.): Ride Latah Creek Paths
Tour Highbridge Park, the quaint Vinegar Flats neighborhood, and some of the best graffiti in town by bike. Learn about what’s happening with connecting the Centennial Trail to Fish Lake Trail.
May 11 (1 p.m.): Mothers’ Day Bike Ride & Tea Party
Ride the Centennial Trail, quiet streets, and Riverfront Park paths and bridges with a stop at Central Library’s prettiest meeting room for tea, snacks, and book-browsing.
May 12-18: National Bike to Work Week
Ride your bike to work and check out the different events happening all week.
May 12 (7-9 a.m.): Pancake Breakfast in Riverfront Park
Roast House brings the coffee and Spokane Bicycle Club provides the blueberry pancakes for this free event. Mingle with other cycling enthusiasts and learn from the city planner who will be there to discuss upcoming cycling projects.
May 13 (6 p.m.): Corbin Park to Drumheller Park Ride (ride includes five parks)
May 16 (7-9 a.m.): National Bike to Work Day Energizer Stations
Celebrate the day by biking to work and grabbing free snacks and coffee at energizer stations around town.
May 18 (12 p.m.): Bike Tour of Historic Hillyard Neighborhood
Tour Hillyard and learn from Spokane historic preservation specialist Logan Camporeale.
May 19 (6:30 p.m.): Spokane Bicycle Club Meeting
Attorney Stacie Bain will talk about legal issues from a cyclist perspective.
May 20 (time TBA): Spokane Bicycle Advisory Board Mobile Meeting
Ride with this knowledgeable volunteer board as they survey a neighborhood’s bike needs.
May 27 (6 p.m.): Southside Natural Areas, Dirt Paths Ride
Tour five little-known natural areas on the southside, plus Ben Burr Trail (south end). Ride includes some dirt-trail sections right in the city.
May 28 (6 p.m.): Scale House Market Ride
Visit Liberty Park, Ben Burr Trail, Underhill Park, the Conservation District headquarters, and the site of a new year-round public market.
May 30 (5-7 p.m.): Bike Everywhere Wrap Up Party
Enjoy pizza, dessert and drinks and share stories about how the cycling month has gone. Be there to win door prizes! All Bike Everywhere Month participants are welcome.
May 31 (8 a.m.): Roast House Coffee Shop Ride
Long-time cycling community supporter Roast House offers a monthly coffee shop ride.
Details and even more events: Spokanebicycleclub.org/SpokaneBikes
