Events
BikeArlington is teaming up with the Columbia Pike Wellness Festival to celebrate wellness with a bike ride. The Columbia Pike Wellness Festival will showcase the best of wellness on the Pike – for you that could mean a fitness studio, a spa treatment, or a neighborhood pharmacist. At BikeArlington, we find wellness in moving our bodies and seeing Arlington on two wheels.
Join us on a tour of Columbia Pike’s bike boulevards and the surrounding neighborhoods before returning to the Festival.
What to Know
This 3-4 mile ride is kid-friendly and will be at a social, no-drop pace.
What to Bring
Helmets are required. If you don’t have your own bike, you can grab a shared Capital Bikeshare bike or e-bike right from the station at Centro.
Soak in the sights and sounds of a spring morning with an early riser Bike & Bird Watching ride, led by Matt Felperin, Roving Naturalist for NOVA Parks, and an expert birder. Among other bird species, we hope to see some beautiful warblers who are tropical songbirds making their spring migration.
Schedule
7:50 – 8:05AM – Meet at the Arlington Loop sign on the W&OD Trail at Columbia Pike
8:10AM – Ride begins
10AM – Ride ends back at Arlington Loop Sign
Need to Know
This 3 to 4 mile ride will consist of multiple stops along the way to look for birds. Bring your own binoculars. We will have a limited number of binoculars available for use.
Helmets are required for this ride. This will be a no-drop ride of about 3-4 miles and the pace will be slow and social. Bring your family and friends!
Basic Skills Clinics are the next step for those who have recently taken a Learn to Ride class or who know how to ride a bike, but have not been on one in some time. Basic Skills Clinics focus on skills such as turning, shifting, braking gradually, and weaving and will help you develop the fundamental bike handling skills necessary to ride confidently! Our experienced Instructors will observe where you are at and will provide tailored instruction to help you progress to the next level. Participants move at their own pace and are encouraged to continue practicing these skills at home.
Have any questions? Email us at education@waba.org.
Class Details
Class Duration: 2 hours
Equipment: Bicycle and helmet rental provided for those who request one. Bring your own bike for a cheeper registration fee!
Cost: $50.00 if you require a bicycle and helmet rental / $10.00 if you bring your own!
Registration Policy: Advance registration is required for this event. Be sure to show up for class 15 minutes before the start time.
When registering, drag and drop the pop-up window to see all of the form fields.
Join BikeArlington and Arlington Art Truck for a beautiful art tour of Arlington! This ride will start and end at the Arlington Art Truck’s pop-up along the W&OD Trail. Together we will ride to three new South Arlington public art displays before returning to the Art Truck to participate in Edgar Reyes’ Interconnected Roots where we learn about the diversity and interconnectivity of our communities and the native plants that grow within them.
This ride will be slow paced with stops along the way to learn about and admire some of Arlington’s beautiful public art. The ride will be about 4 miles on mostly trails and neighborhood streets.
BikeArlington and Friends of Arlington Planetarium partner to present Tour de Planets.
Take a fun bike while learning about the planets with the Friends of Arlington Planetarium as we ‘bike the solar system’ on this 4.5-mile loop around Arlington. We will stop along the way to mark-off the distance as if we were biking from the sun to all the planets in our solar system.
Good To Know
We will go at a slow pace on this family friendly ride with many educational stops along the 4.5-mile journey through space.
Helmets are required at BikeArlington events so don’t forget to bring yours along for the ride.
Bring your friends, family, and neighbors for a great Tour de Planets through Arlington!
Confident City Cycling teaches you the skills you need to ride safely and confidently on streets and in heavily trafficked areas.
The first half of the class will cover important bike handling skills and hazard avoidance maneuvers necessary while riding in traffic. Participants learn skills such as the avoidance weave, quick stop, rock dodge and instant turn, and discuss considerations for sharing space with other road users.
The class ends with an on-street group ride, where participants put their newly acquired skills to the test. Have any questions? Email education@waba.org.
Class Details
Class Duration: 3 hours
Equipment: Capital Bikeshare Ebike and helmet rental provided for all participants. You are welcome to bring your own Ebike if you wish.
Cost: FREE – WABA members and Capital Bikeshare for All (email us for a coupon)
$10.00 – Registration
Registration Policy: Advance registration is required for this event. Be sure to show up for class 15 minutes before the start time.
When registering, drag and drop the pop-up window to see all of the form fields.
Basic Skills Clinics are the next step for those who have recently taken a Learn to Ride class or who know how to ride a bike, but have not been on one in some time. Basic Skills Clinics focus on skills such as turning, shifting, braking gradually, and weaving and will help you develop the fundamental bike handling skills necessary to ride confidently! Our experienced Instructors will observe where you are at and will provide tailored instruction to help you progress to the next level. Participants move at their own pace and are encouraged to continue practicing these skills at home.
Have any questions? Email us at education@waba.org.
Class Details
Class Duration: 2 hours
Equipment: Bicycle and helmet rental provided for those who request one. Bring your own bike for a cheeper registration fee!
Cost: $50.00 if you require a bicycle and helmet rental / $10.00 if you bring your own!
Registration Policy: Advance registration is required for this event. Be sure to show up for class 15 minutes before the start time.
When registering, drag and drop the pop-up window to see all of the form fields.
Put on your spookiest costume and bring your bike to tour Arlington’s best Halloween lights and decorations! We will ride together at night to check-out the fun, wild, and scary Halloween house setups. This ride will be about 5 miles and will end at Trek Bikes with refreshments.
This ride is very popular so register fast before another person, vampire, or ghost gets your place on the ride.
Schedule:
6:00 p.m. – Meet at Trek Bicycles
6:15 p.m. – Roll out
8:00 p.m. – Return to Trek Bicycle for refreshments
Need to know:
Helmets and lights are required for this ride. We’ll have some lights on hand just in case you need a set.
The pace will be slow and social through mostly flat roads.
Bring your family and friends to enjoy a spook-tacular Halloween ride!
Join BikeArlington and TREK Bicycle Arlington Clarendon for a fun and festive bike ride around Arlington to see some homes in their holiday splendor. Feel free to dress your bike in lots of lights as well!
This will be a no-drop ride of about 5 miles. We will start and end at TREK Bicycle Arlington Clarendon with refreshments.
This ride is very popular so register fast to join in on the holiday cheer.
Schedule:
6:00 p.m. meet at TREK Bicycles for free bike checks.
6:30 p.m. we’ll roll out
8:00 p.m. return to Trek Bike for refreshments
Need to know:
Helmets and lights are required for this ride. We’ll have some lights on hand just in case you need a set.
The pace will be slow and social through mostly flat roads.
Bring your family and friends to enjoy the festive ride!
Basic Skills Clinics are the next step for those who have recently taken a Learn to Ride class or who know how to ride a bike, but have not been on one in some time. Basic Skills Clinics focus on skills such as turning, shifting, braking gradually, and weaving and will help you develop the fundamental bike handling skills necessary to ride confidently! Our experienced Instructors will observe where you are at and will provide tailored instruction to help you progress to the next level. Participants move at their own pace and are encouraged to continue practicing these skills at home.
Have any questions? Email us at education@waba.org.
Class Details
Class Duration: 2 hours
Equipment: Bicycle and helmet rental provided for those who request one. Bring your own bike for a cheeper registration fee!
Cost: $50.00 if you require a bicycle and helmet rental / $10.00 if you bring your own!
Registration Policy: Advance registration is required for this event. Be sure to show up for class 15 minutes before the start time.
When registering, drag and drop the pop-up window to see all of the form fields.