May is National Bike Month!

Route 5 Passport, May 1 – July 31
92 special offers along bicycle Route 5 just for riding your bike!

The Marin County Bicycle Coalition’s Passport campaign will encourage bicyclists to patronize local businesses along Marin’s Route 5 North-South bicycle corridor and connecting routes, while increasing their use of Marin’s growing bicycle network. For three months people will be able to pick up a Route 5 Passport, ride along Marin’s bicycle network and receive great deals at 92 participating businesses, all while discovering new stores, restaurants, and health services.

Bike to Work Day (BTWD)
Thursday, May 12, 6:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
17 Energizer stations throughout Marin

Stop by a Marin Energizer Station on the morning of May 12 for goodies and lots of cheer. Leave home a bit earlier to check out as many stations as possible and score a tote bag full of goodies. The celebration continues from 5:30 – 8 p.m. at the all-new BTWD After Party and Bike Expo!

BTWD After Party and Bike Expo
Thursday, May 12, 5:30 p.m. – 8 p.m. at Marin County Mart (formally Larkspur Landing)

Come celebrate with your fellow cyclists at the courtyard at Marin County Mart. Beer and food will be available at Marin Brewing Company and there will be a bike expo with many great companies showing off their latest bicycle accessories and services. We’ll honor Marin’s Bike Commuter of the Year, give out Cal Park Tunnel awards, and much more! Sponsored by WTB, Mike’s Bikes and Marin Brew Co.

MCBC Fun Ride/Locust – 1st of the season!
Postponed until June, Stay Tuned for new date
Mixed-terrain endurance ride on roads, fire roads and trails

The 4–5 hour ride covers 30–40 miles of road, fire road and multi-use trails and there’s a lot of climbing! You’ll get a lesson on trail and road etiquette at the beginning of the ride, so that we’re bicycle ambassadors on the ride. The Fun Ride is free, but we suggest a $15 donation to MCBC. Prizes are awarded for good deeds (details day of event). Check www.marinbike.org in May for start location.

Movie: With My Own Two Wheels, at The MYC
Sunday, May 15, 6:30 p.m. - 1115 Third Street, San Rafael

With My Own Two Wheels weaves together the stories of five individuals across the globe into a single narrative about the bicycle as a vehicle for change. The documentary was shot on location in Zambia, Ghana, India, Guatemala and California and was produced in collaboration with bicycle-driven development organizations including World Bike Relief and Santa Barbara’s own Bici Centro. The screening is a fundraiser for MCBC’s Women on Wheels and The Bicycle Works.

Ales and Trails at China Camp State Park
Saturday, May 21, 9 a.m. -4pm

Ales and Trails is a benefit for the International Mountain Bicycling Association’s California advocacy efforts to improve trail opportunities throughout the state. Join us at China Camp’s Miwok Meadows for guided mountain bike rides and professionally led skills clinics with pro riders. Enjoy beer tasting, live music and a gourmet BBQ.

Bike Locally Challenge
May – October

Bike Locally Challenge awards six novice cyclists with bicycles, accessories and mentors to convert them from fossil-fuel burning to calorie-burning commuters.