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	Bike Ready at Grandin's Earth Day Festival Fix Fest - Blacksburg Fix Fest - Radford Blue Ridge Bicycle Club Tuesday Night Ride Wednesday Night Disco Series Blacksburg Cycle Chic Mayor's Ride The Taubman Presents the Bike Shorts Film Fest Fix Fest - Christiansburg Clean Commute Hospitality Station Night Rider's Ball Big Lick Fat Cat Classic Roanoke Open Streets at Festival in the Park

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	Bike Ready at Grandin's Earth Day Festival
	Who: RIDE Solutions, Underdog Bicycles
	When:Saturday, April 21, 1:00pm to 4:00pm
	Where: Parking lot of Roanoke Natural Foods Co-Op
	For more info: Email RIDE Solutions or call (540) 342-9393
	RIDE Solutions is excited to partner with the organizers of Earth Day Roanoke to present Bike Ready on Saturday, April 21st from 1:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. in the parking lot of the Roanoke Natural Foods Co-Op. ,br>Get ready for Bike Month with 3 hours of free 10-minute bike tune ups provided by UnderDog Bikes. Get your bike road-ready in time for all the great Bike Month activities taking place over the course of May. Bring in that bike that's been hanging in the garage all winter, or hit some yard sales this week and bring your lucky find for a free once-over. Tune ups will provide a basic check of tires, chains, brakes and other safety equipment.Kids bikes are welcome! NEW THIS YEAR: Any prescriptions for new tubes for will be filled for FREE!
	Fix Fest - Blacksburg
	Who: RIDE Solutions, NRVBA, Local Bike Shops, Town of Blacksburg
	When:Saturday, April 28, 9am to noon
	Where: 110 Draper Rd., Blacksburg
	For more info: Fixfest Website
	It’s time to get your bike ready to ride! Everyone can bring their bikes downtown for a *free* safety check and basic tune up. Our local bike shops and volunteer mechanics will be on hand with mechanics offering basic services. (Participants that require part replacement or more involved repairs will be referred to the bike shops.)
	Fix Fest - Radford
	Who: RIDE Solutions, Radford Transit, Local Bike Shops, City of Radford
	When:Saturday, April 28, 9am to 1 pm
	Where: Bissett Park, Radford
	For more info: Fixfest Website
	It’s time to get your bike ready to ride! Everyone can bring their bikes to Radford's Environmental Awareness Day for a *free* safety check and basic tune up. Our local bike shops and volunteer mechanics will be on hand with mechanics offering basic services. (Participants that require part replacement or more involved repairs will be referred to the bike shops.)
	Blue Ridge Bicycle Club Tuesday Night Ride
	Who: Blue Ridge Bicycle Club
	When:Every Tuesday, 5:30pm to 7:30pm
	Where: Virginia Museum of Transportation
	For more info: Blue Ridge Bicycle Club website
	The weekly BRBC Tuesday Night Ride starts at the Virginia Museum of Transportation and follows one of several routes depending on your skill level. The more challenging ride climbs up Mill Mountain, down the Blue Ridge Parkway, and back to Downtown Roanoke via Vinton. The easier Lowlander ride remains largely on neighborhood streets. In both cases, riders join up at the Cornerstone pub for post-ride thirst quenching and fellowship.
	Wednesday Night Disco Series
	Who: Just the Right Gear, Roanoke Outside, and Roanoke Parks and Rec
	When:Wednesdays, April 4, April 18, May 2, and May 16
	Where: Discovery Center at Mill Mountain Park
	For more info: Wednesday Night Disco website.
	Come out and join us for the Wednesday Night Disco this April and May. Sponsored by Just the Right Gear and Roanoke Outside and managed by Roanoke Parks and Recreation this series will get your fro in a tizzy. This gig isn’t one that will replace polyester with spandex, but it is a fat tire series for anyone that wants to compete in a true off-road mountain bike race. This race is far out! Well not really that far. The location of the event will be at the Discovery Center (AKA The Disco Center) atop Mill Mountain. The fun will begin and finish there as riders boogie on down the mountain and work their way back up to the Disco Center. Beginner racers will only see this course for one loop while the sport class will see it twice and the experts will feel the funk for three full laps. Not sure if your ready for such an event? Well, this is made to meet the needs of the most novice rider while providing a local weeknight training ground for the fittest mountain biker.
	Blacksburg Cycle Chic
	Who: Virginia Tech, RIDE Solutions, NRVBA and many others
	When:Tuesday, May 1st, 5:00pm to 9:00pm
	Where: Graduate Life Center at Virginia Tech
	For more info: Blacksburg Cycle Chic blog
	To kick off Bike Month May in the New River Valley, SGA Transportation will host Blacksburg Cycle Chic – Fashion Show and Commuter Celebration on May 1st in the Graduate Life Center on the Virginia Tech campus, 5-9pm. The event will showcase local groups striving towards regional transportation sustainability and active lifestyles while revealing bicycle heroines and heroes in our Hokie community. The evening begins with Keynote Speaker Elly Blue, author of Grist's famous Bikenomics series, leads into an open networking/bike brainstorm with farmers market hors d'oeuvres, then short presentations will reveal the progress Blacksurg and Virginia Tech has made towards becoming a bicycle-friendly community and university. The night concludes with a fashion show of student and community cyclists. Want to be part of our Bike Fashion Show?! Apply before Friday, April 27 at midnight! SGA Transportation is seeking 50 'models', everyday people, students, men and women, young and old with great bikes and a lively spirit, to strut their heels and wheels on the runway, or in this case cycle path! We'd love to highlight why YOU choose to bike and celebrate our vibrant alternative transportation culture. A bicycle revolution in our town is underway. It's time to celebrate the people who pedal everyday! What do I wear? Our fashion show isn't about pretty people on pretty bikes. It's about YOU + COMMUNITY. It's about inspiring others to rediscover their bikes for transportation. Wear an outfit that represents you as a healthy and happy individual, something you'd wear that's comfortable while you bike around town. And feel free to decorate your bike as an extension of your personality! How to apply: 1. Take a photo of you and your bike and write a few sentences about WHY you bike and why it's IMPORTANT to you 2. Submit to cyclechic@vt.edu or post on event wall 3. Do this by Friday, April 27 at midnight
	Mayor's Ride
	Who: RIDE Solutions and Roanoke City Parks and Recreation
	When:Saturday, May 5th, 9:00am
	Where: Bennington Park, parking lot at the east end of the Roanoke River Greenway on Riverland Rd.
	For more info: Email RIDE Solutions or call (540) 342-9393
	Mayor Bowers will lead the annual family-friendly Mayor's Ride from Bennington Park into downtown Roanoke. To inaugurate Bike Month. The event will start at 9:00 a.m. with volunteers helping kids decorate their bikes and helmets. Mayor Bowers will offer a proclamation in support of Bike Month and recognize the winners of the Bike Hero and Extraordinary Bike Professional awards at 9:45, and we expect the ride to leave promptly at 10. Families with younger children who may not be able to make the entire 3 mile trip can join us for the beginning of the ride and stop at the playground at Piedmont Park.
	The Taubman Presents the Bike Shorts Film Fest
	Who: The Taubman Museum of Art, The Shadowbox, RIDE Solitions
	When:Thursday, May 10th, 6:00pm until 8:30pm
	Where: Taubman Museum of Art, 110 Salem Ave. SE, Roanoke
	For more info: Email RIDE Solutions or call (540) 342-9393
	RIDE Solutions and The Shadowbox have joined forces with the Taubman Museum of Art to bring you the 2nd Annual Bike Shorts Film Fest May 18th. Here's your chance to make a short film about bicycling and win $100. Happy Hour and refreshments will start at 6pm and conclude with an audience vote announcing the winner of this year's festival. Tickets will be $5 at the door and is an all ages event. The Deadline for submissions is May 1th. For an entry form email: info@theshadowboxcinema.com Remember, this short can be about anything you want as long as biking or bikes are a main theme. Got footage of laying down a sick move in the half pipe or barreling down a trail? Action, horror, comedy, documentary, mockumentary? It doesn't matter, all film makers should take a chance to become the next great Bike Shorts Film Master in this year's event.
	Fix Fest - Christiansburg
	Who: RIDE Solutions, Bike Kitchen, NRVBA
	When:Saturday, May 12, 9am to noon
	Where: 100 Radford St., Christiansburg
	For more info: Fixfest Website
	It’s time to get your bike ready to ride! Everyone can bring their bikes to the Farmers' Market for a *free* safety check and basic tune up. Our local volunteer mechanics will be on hand with mechanics offering basic services. (Participants that require part replacement or more involved repairs will be referred to the bike shops.)
	Clean Commute Hospitality Station
	Who: RIDE Solutions, NRVBA, Blacksburg Transit, Town of Blacksburg
	When:Friday in May TBD, 7:30 to 9am
	Where: TBD
	For more info: Email RIDE Solutions or call (540) 342-9393
	We’ll be celebrating in Blacksburg one Friday in May to thank those who do take the clean commute pledge. Stop by, say hello, and enjoy a cup of coffee and a pastry.
	Night Rider's Ball
	Who: RIDE Solutions
	When:Friday, May 18, 8:00pm to 11:00pm
	Where: The Sanctuary at Five Points
	For more info: Email RIDE Solutions or call (540) 342-9393
	Celebrate bike month at the Night Rider's Ball! Free refreshments, cash bar, live music, door prizes, and more. Everyone who rides a bike can get in FREE, and admission is just $5 for everyone else. All proceed from the event will be donated to the Bridge the Gap campaign to complete the regional Greenway system.
	Big Lick Fat Cat Classic
	Who: Assumed Risk Productions
	When:Friday, May 18, 6:00pm
	Where: 903 13th St., Roanoke, VA
	For more info: Big Lick Fat Cat Classic Website. NOTE: Registration is required for this event, so visit the website to sign up.
	In the spirit of providing as comprehensive a list as possible of local Bike Month events, we're sharing this information about the upcoming Big Lick Fat Cat Classic. This nighttime street race will combine elements of an Alley Cat scavenger hunt with a time trial. As is the case with these kinds of races, riders participate at their own risk, and we always recommend that cyclists obey all traffic laws and wear appropriate safety equipment. That said, an Alley Cat can be a blast, and we recommend you check this one one. From their website: What do you get when you cross an Alley Cat race with an individual time trial, and throw in a scavenger hunt to boot? The Big Lick Fat Cat Classic combines all of these elements to create the most entertaining and challenging cycling event in Roanoke Valley history. More information can be found at the website, above, or at their Facebook event page.
	Roanoke Open Streets at Festival in the Park
	Who: RIDE Solutions
	When:Sunday, May 27th, 11:00am to 4:00pm
	Where: Downtown Roanoke
	For more info: Roanoke Open Streets webite.
	RIDE Solutions is excited to partner with Festival in the Park to host this year's Open Streets Festival, your chance to get out and play in the streets of downtown Roanoke. Open streets initiatives temporarily close streets to automobile traffic, so that people may use them for just about any activity but driving—walking, jogging, bicycling, dancing, and social activities all flourish! Roanoke Open Streets will take place on Sunday, May 27th from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM in downtown Roanoke. This year, the Roanoke Open Streets Festival will take part in conjunction with the Festival in the Park.We will be closing down Jefferson St. from the Franklin Rd. intersection down to Campbell Ave. In addition, parts of Luck and Kirk Ave will be available for the public's use. Visit the website for a complete list of events for the day.