Providence Bicycle Coalition (PBC)
The US Open Cycle Foundation I offering multiple safe cycling classes over the next two days at InterBike. The classes are being offered on Saturday and Sunday at:
10am & 1pm – adult classes
11am & 2pm – child classes
If you want to learn more aout how to ride safely come an join one of our classes!
The InterBike consumer days are here. Come ride 2010 bikes, watch cyclocross racing, see friends and have fun. The vendors are here, where are you? The weather is going to be great, what could be a better way to spend a Saturday in October?
Join us for a showing of two movies, popcorn, and beer tonight @ 7:00pm at Waste Not Want Not (232 Westminster Street).
Recycle-a-Bike will be providing bike valet services, so you can leave the car at home!
Come join us and have some fun!
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If you are planning to attend InterBike Outdoor Demo East or related festivities on the consumer days, Saturday (Oct. 10th) and Sunday (Oct. 11th), parking will be at a premium. We suggest you arrive by bike. The InterBike organizers will be providing bike valet services.
To help those that are not familiar with the route, the Providence Bicycle Coalition has arranged for people to lead multiple bike trains, between downtown Providence and Roger Williams Park on both days of the festival.
Outbound Trains (Providence to Roger Williams Park):
Two separate trains will run on each of Saturday and Sunday. Both will depart from the Amtrak train station, pass by Kennedy Plaza (bus hub), and the Hilton (the official hotel of InterBike) on their way to Roger Williams Park. The first train will depart the train station at 8:05am and the second will depart at 9:05am. You can download a pdf of the complete schedule and route.
Return Trains (Roger Williams Park to Providence):
Three separate trains will run on each of Saturday and Sunday. Both will depart from the bike valet area at InterBike. The final stop will be the Amtrak station in Providence. Trains will leave Roger Williams Park at 2:15pm, 4:15pm, and 5:15pm. You can download a pdf of the complete schedule and route.
As you are hopefully aware, InterBike Demo East and Festival are just around the corner! The Providence Bicycle Coalition member organizations have been working behind the scenes to try and add some local spice to the event.
We have a number of events during and after the InterBike festivities and welcome everyone to come out and join us! So come on out, have some bicycle related fun, enjoy some food, and if you are feeling generous, send a donation our way! We will be using all donations to fund local, RI advocacy efforts!
Check back frequently over the next few days, this blog will be filled with event news and updates.
As you likely know, InterBike East Coast Demo is coming to Providence Oct. 8th – 11th. Interbike is the biggest industry trade show where bike and accessory manufacturers show their product lines for the coming year. While the main show happened last week in Las Vegas, Providence will have it’s name in the history books as the first place where InterBike included access for consumers, regular people like you and me!
That’s right, for the first time ever, Oct. 10th and 11th they will open the gates to consumers. Were you planning on going? Would you like to get in for free? Then come volunteer to help us for a three hour shift and we will arrange for you to get a pass to the show. Your time, in conjunction with donations and funds raised during these various events, will help fund local bicycle advocacy efforts here in Rhode Island!
Here is what we need:
If any or all of this sounds like fun, please drop us an email and let us know when you can help. We need to know by noon on Friday to ensure there will be enough complimentary passes to the show for everyone.
Help us make this a great event and show everyone coming to our fine city what a great place this is for cycling!
I’d actually heard about the plans personally, but VeloNews is now reporting that
The show is scheduled for October 8-11 at Roger Williams Park in Providence, Rhode Island. The first two days are for the cycling industry only, but Saturday and Sunday will be open to the public.
Dealers and manufacturers “are just two of the three pieces of the entire cycling community mix,” said Andy Tompkins, Interbike show director. “Opening the last two days of OutDoor Demo East for consumer participation is a great way to incorporate that final piece.”
OutDoor Demo East will also include the Providence Cyclo-Cross Festival, a USA Cycling-sanctioned event produced by GSD Event Productions LLC.
This is a huge deal for the industry, the public, and Rhode Island. It will be the first time in the history of the event that Interbike will be offering a consumer portion of the show. The PBC is already in contact with the organizers and will be doing everything we can to make this a successful event.