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THE NIGHT RIDE | July 11 - Portland |
 If all that daytime bicycle riding leaves you wondering what the city looks like at night, it's time you signed up for The
Night Ride on July 11. The sneaky course will take you past hot fire dancers and mysteries at every turn as you head to a special outdoor bike-in screening of short bicycle movies from the wildly popular Filmed by Bike festival.
Creeping through the night, you'll travel along the Peninsula Crossing Trail on your way to the disco party rest stop where you can be a wallflower or strut your stuff on the dance floor - sugar-fueled by a gigantic array of all the
best candies at the Candyland Station. And the fun keeps going as you cruise right back to where you started - to the Portland train station for a midnight all-you-can-eat doughnut feast and lively music from Zimba Marimba. The Night
Ride is a benefit for the Bicycle Transportation Alliance.
The fun kicks off with the resounding drums of the Last Regiment of Syncopated Drummers. There are prizes for the best costumes and decorated bikes, so don't be shy and come dressed to impress. All 3,000 riders will receive
glow necklaces to ward off vampires along the way.
RIDE FREE - special offer for ORbike readers!
Reach the Bridge (formerly Beat the Burnside) is a fun run and walk in support of the American Lung Association in Oregon. Participants in this reverse-timed race are challenged to run down from the Zoo to reach the Burnside Bride
before it is raised at 9am sharp! The first 20 people to volunteer as course marshals for the event will earn free passes to The Night Ride. Contact Neal@GoodSportPromotion.com.
This is an ORbike member event. If you're an ORbike member you'll save $5 when you register in advance online. |
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BIKE MS | August 1 + 2 - Stayton, OR |
 It's the 25th anniversary ride of Bike MS! Join hundreds of cyclists for a two day ride in beautiful Stayton as they pedal
through, up and around 30 - 150 mile course of scenic rolling farms, covered bridges and Silver Falls State Park. Bike MS is fully supported, with catered meals, rest stops and camping areas. At night, you can unwind and relax in the rider
villages with activities that will include live music, team tents, motivational speakers, beer garden and raffle drawings.
Join the Oregon Chapter, National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society in the movement to raise funds for vital services for people with MS, and national MS research to find a cure. MS stops people from moving. Cyclists you like ride
to make sure it doesn't. Register as an individual or team today. |
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PORTLAND CENTURY | August 16 - Portland |
 Registration is now open for the much-anticipated Portland Century. Portland is widely revered as a top-notch bike city and
the Portland Century is the premier ride to showcase how incredible Portland is. The Portland Century is your chance to celebrate Portland and it's fringes with three incredible routes (25, 50 and 100 miles) and unrivaled support.
You'll be eating well on this catered tour of Portland with fresh organic fruit on course, Hot Lips Pizza, strawberry shortcake, pasta salad, fried chicken, deli sandwiches and more - and that's just while you're riding the
course. At the finish line party, you can relax under the shady canopy of trees at the Portland State University garden live music wafts through the air. You'll dine on fresh salmon, grilled asparagus, rice pilaf, organic mixed greens
salad with hazelnuts and a mouth-watering dessert of berry cobbler.
Don's delay - the ride is capped at 3,000 riders and is expected to sell out. Register to secure your spot on this incredible ride.
FREE RIDE - special offer for ORbike readers! The first 100 people to register for
Jackson's Ride the Gorge before July 1 are eligible to receive a free pass to the Portland Century or Seattle Century. To take advantage of this great "Deal of the Centuries", first register for Jackson's Ride the Gorge, then contact
Jacksons@GoodSportPromotion.com to redeem your free ride pass and choose your second century: Portland or Seattle.
This is an ORbike member event. If you're an ORbike member you'll save $10 when you register in advance online and you'll receive a free massage at the finish line...ahhhhhhh. |
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CENTRAL OREGON COG WILD TOURS | All Summer Long - Oregon |
 The news is out: Bend is the place to ride. Mountain Bike Action named it the "Top American Mountain Biking Town" in their
May 2009 issue. With over 200 miles of singletrack to get lost on, Cog Wild has your trip planned with multi-day or single trip options.
One selection is the Bike an Brew weekend where you can enjoy three days of Bend's famous singletrack and nights at local microbreweries including Deschutes Brewery, famous for their Mirror Pond Ale and Black Butte Porter.
Technical riders will love the North Umpqua Trail ride where it's all about roots, rocks and you. This trail gets a lot of hype - and rightly so. You'll have to ride it yourself to find out why IMBA chose this as one of their top epic
rides.
Cog Wild offers day tours, shuttles, kids camp (Bend Cycling Club) and clinics to experience central Oregon one day at a time - by bike. Ride their Bachelor to Bend tour or join them for great rides on their one-day tours. Daily
shuttles take you to upper Bend trailheads and the McKenzie River Trail. |
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UNUSUAL TOURS | All Summer Long - Portland |
 If you're looking for a local, eco-friendly way to enjoy a cycling vacation this summer, it's not too late to get into a
bicycle tour that is customized for you and your friends. Unusual Tours offers custom designed, fully supported tours that offer you a unique chance to explore Oregon by bike. You'll get introduced to multi-day cycle touring at your own
pace; Unusual Tours collaborates with riders to detail the route, overnight stays and a schedule of activities that best suits your group.
Unusual Tours transports riders, bikes and all your gear to and from the selected ride location. Along the way, staff members are on hand to help with every aspect of the journey - providing snacks and water, mechanical support,
gear support and full meals planned with the help of a registered dietitian.
Comfort camping or motel lodging options offer a world of possibilities to riders looking for a different type of touring experience. Create your own unique route or choose from already designed popular tours; both are priced
competitively with other large event tours. |
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SUNDAY PARKWAYS SUPERHEROES | June, July, August - Portland |
 Sunday Parkways are eight mile "temporary parks" along city streets connecting neighborhoods and residents in North,
Northeast and Southeast Portland. A relaxed, non-competitive, FREE event featuring a variety of activities in several parks and along the routes, Sunday Parkways gives Portlanders a chance to get out and be active right in their own
neighborhoods. Intersections are staffed by volunteers, allowing residents to get to and from their driveways, with larger intersections supervised by Portland Police Bureau staff.
15,000 Portland area residents and 300 volunteers participated in last year's successful Sunday Parkways and asked for more in 2009. So this summer, three separate events are planned, meaning more volunteers are needed. The
first of these three exciting events kicks off this weekend. Superheores are needed to help monitor intersections and volunteer for a variety of positions throughout this fun event. Get your friends together and sign up today.
ORbike is a sponsor of Sunday Parkways! Look for us on course and stop by to say hi! We want to hear how your summer's going, what rides you're doing and help you find the best rides to sign up
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QUICK PICKS |
 EDIBLE GARDENS AND URBAN FARM TOUR | June 20 - Portland
This free Pedalpalooza ride will meander from Sunnyside
to the Cully, taking in half a dozen gardens on the way. Cool ride info inludes a permaculture primer, raising chickens, keeping bees, methods of gray water recycling, composting toilets, and of course the abundance of food that can be
raised on an urban lot.
TOUR BABY DEUX | June 24 - Portland
Tour Baby Deux! takes you deep inside the 2005 Tour de France as filmmaker and cyclist, Scott Coady lives every cycling fan's dream by following the entire Tour de France from start
to finish filming all the craziness that makes the Tour the world's greatest sporting event. From mountain-top madness in the Pyrenees to partying with Podium Girls in Paris, Scott does it all. Proceeds will benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma
Society.
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