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Fostering a community of women, trans and gender non-conforming BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People Women of color are highly encouraged to join us.

Fostering a community of women of color who love to ride bikes. Our purpose is to promote and grow diversity in the cycling scene. Our efforts are focused primarily on women/trans/femme/non-binary people of color but all women are welcomed. Join us for a ride!

09/30/2022

🗺️ RSVP to attend the Friends on Bikes PDX Basics of Routemaking Workshop on Thursday, October 13th at 6:30pm to 8:00pm. This is a workshop for those who want to learn about the benefits of routemaking and tips on how to create a route using tools like Ride with GPS.

🔗 Link to RSVP in profile, stories and at https://bit.ly/fobroute

📍 Space is limited to 12 people to ensure a fun and safe experience. The event will be indoors and masks will be required to wear. Once capacity filled, additional signees will be added to the waitlist. Please email [email protected] if you have any questions.

✨ Who this trip is for: Please respect that this trip is reserved for Black, Indigenous and people of color who are women, trans, and/or gender non-conforming. Allies can offer support by donating to -sugar on Venmo to help cover snacks and costs for this workshop.

🗓️ Location: Workshop will be held indoors in the northeast area. Bike parking will also be available indoors. The exact location will be emailed to attendees at least 5 days before the event.

🌿 What to bring: Bringing a laptop or tablet device is not required since we will be projecting on a tv screen for everyone to view. Beverages and light snacks will be provided. Please bring additional if you would like to share with the group.

💖 Thank you to Ride with GPS for providing Premium trial accounts to all attendees. A trial will be emailed to attendees before the event.

09/21/2022

A few weeks ago a small crew of us in PDX met to talk about barriers, skills, safety and dreams for leading a ride. 💭

Below are some common thoughts and a visual notes recap!

📍* Common barriers were not knowing where to ride or needing help to co-lead
🔧* Skills needs were route planning and basic bike maintenance
🍦*Popular ride ideas were bike rides related to food and bikepacking trips
❣️*Safety ideas were intro's with name and pronouns and setting intentions early and clearly

Leading a ride can be a lot of work but a key takeaway was to ask for help. One place to do that is the FOB Slack group, which is a chat app for ppl to ask questions and share rides. DM us if you’d like to be added!

08/27/2022

Upcoming event! FOB PDX Ride Leader Meetup on Wed September 7th! 💖

Want to help out with leading a Friends on Bikes ride? Have an idea for a ride but don’t know where to start? Want to build community with other sweet BIPOC and TWIG* folks? This Ride Leader Meetup is for you! 💖

We will facilitate conversations on barriers to leading a ride, things you would like to learn in leading a ride, ride and event ideas and ways to create safer spaces for our community. 💖

Details:
Wed Sept 7th
6:30 pm - 8pm
Laurelhurst park, meet at restrooms and will find a nearby picnic table*
Beverages will be provided

*If you’re running late we will have a FOB sign so folks can find us in the park

*Please note this workshop is for Black, Indigenous, people of color (BIPOC) who are trans, two-spirit, women, intersex and gender nonconforming (TWIG). We love our white and male allies, but you can support us in other ways!

06/27/2022

Cowlitz campout crew 🌱❤️‍🔥

Fourteen friends on bikes went gravel biking, camping and swimming on Cowlitz land. This was the first joint trip with the SEA and PDX crews!☀️

Trip highlights include:
🔥biking in 90 degree weather
💦 quick swims and cool downs in the lake and river
🌲biking under the canopy of Douglas firs
💅🏽one flat, one loose saddle, and one broken phone mount
🍲yummy group dinner and breakfast led by Jess
⛺️camping with our mice friends
🔥fireside convos about queerness, ethnicity, food and miniaturizing animals
💗four Marylanders talking about Maryland
😆hike a bike practice around the campground

Thank you Adventure Cycling Association for financially supporting our trip so we could give out gas and campground stipends ✨

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06/07/2022

☀️ RSVP to join FOB Seattle & FOB Portland from Sat, June 25th to Sun, June 26th for a car camping and day biking trip at Cowlitz Falls in Randle, WA. This includes an intermediate friendly gravel ride with one night of camping, riverside and campfire hangs.

🔗 RSVP link in bio and bit.ly/fobcowlitz

❗Space is limited to 15 people to ensure a fun and safe experience. Once capacity filled, additional signees will be added to the waitlist. We'll follow-up via email with more details once capacity is filled.

✨ Who this trip is for: Please respect that this trip is reserved for Black, Indigenous and people of color who are women, trans, and/or gender non-conforming. Allies can offer support by donating to -sugar on Venmo to help cover future trip costs.

🗓️ Time: Meet at Cowlitz Falls Campground at 12 pm on Sat, June 25th and will arrive back in SEA/PDX in mid-afternoon on Sun, June 26th.

🌿 Route: Primarily biking on gravel roads around the Cowlitz River, Cispus River, and Riffe Lake. Pavement and gravel roads. Roundtrip is 35 miles, 1,328 ft elevation.

🚵🏾‍♀️ Bike: Gravel bike, touring bike, and cross bike recommended. 34mm tires minimum. If tires are not tubeless, carrying extra tubes is required. Someone will know how to change tire if help is needed.

💖 Gear: Bring sleeping bag, pad, tent, cooking gear, clothes to sleep in and ride in, bike lights, snacks and food. If you need to borrow camping and/or cycling gear, please let us know and we'll do our best to provide what you need!

🍑 Food & Water: Group cooking for dinner and breakfast available. Bring 2 lunches and snacks for biking. There is water at camp and along route.

🏕️ Camping: 3 reserved spots at Cowlitz Falls campground. Showers, water, firewood and restrooms available.

🚙 From PDX & SEA it's a 2hr/2.5hr drive. Gas stipends available for carpooling thanks to

☀️ Weather: Prep for temps high 60’s and high 40s. We will postpone the ride if there is heavy rain.

05/19/2022

☀️ RSVP to join Friends on Bikes from Sat, June 4th to Sun, June 5th for a bikecamping trip to Oxbow Regional Park! This is a 54 mile (round-trip) beginner friendly ride with one night of camping, riverside and campfire hangs.

🔗 RSVP link in bio https://bit.ly/foboxbow Space is limited to 10 people to ensure a fun and safe experience. Once capacity filled, additional signees will be added to the waitlist.

✨ Who this trip is for: Please respect that this trip is reserved for Black, Indigenous and people of color who are women, trans, and/or gender non-conforming. Allies can offer support by donating to -sugar on Venmo to help cover future trip costs.

🗓️ Time: Meet at Laurelhurst Park at 10am on Sat, June 4th and will arrive back in Portland in mid-afternoon on Sun, June 5th.

🌿 Route: Primarily biking on the I-205 multi-path, Springwater Corridor and neighborhood roads. All paved. One way is 27 miles, 900 ft elevation. We will be biking reverse route on day two.

🚵🏾‍♀️ Bike: Road bike, touring bike, and cross bike recommended. If tires are not tubeless, carrying extra tubes is required. Someone will know how to change tire if help is needed.

💖 Gear: Bring sleeping bags, tent, cooking gear, clothes to sleep in and ride in, bike lights, snacks and food. Riders need to carry all their own camp supplies (food/water/shelter/tools). If you need to borrow camping and/or cycling gear, please let us know and we'll do our best to provide what you need!

🍑 Food & Water: Bring 2 lunches, 1 dinner, 1 breakfast and snacks. There is water at camp and along route.

🏕️ Camping: 3 reserved spots at Oxbow campground. Showers, water, firewood and restrooms available.

🌧️ Weather: Prep for temps low 60’s and high 40s. We will postpone the ride if there is heavy rain.

05/02/2022

Deschutes bikecamping crew 🌱❤️‍🔥

Nine friends on bikes went on an overnight biking and camping trip along the Deschutes River Trail on Wasco land. As we drove to Deschutes it was pouring rain and it got us second guessing our trip. But right as we finished packing our bikes, the skies cleared and we had perfect weather for the rest of the weekend.☀️🙏🏽

Trip highlights include:
💅🏽troubleshooting gear setups for our best bikepack selves
💦biking through puddles
🌱taking in all the green beautiful scenery
⛺️not camping with 24 Boy Scouts and finding our own spot a few miles more down the trail
🚂figuring out who slept through the two trains on the other side of the canyon
🔥having some heartfelt convos about our ethnicities and backgrounds
💗meeting one another and having new friends on bikes

Thank you for financially supporting our trip so we could give out gas and parking stipends and pay the co-leaders. ✨

We are planning on another bikecamping trip for June 4-5. Details to be announced soon. 💕

04/29/2022

Throwback to our 2019 trip in Deschutes to get us excited for this weekend’s trip! ☀️

📸 Photos by

04/14/2022

🌱 RSVP to join Friends on Bikes from Sat, April 30th to Sun, May 1st for a bikepacking trip along the Deschutes River Trail! This is a ~12-22 mile round-trip, beginner to intermediate friendly ride with one night of camping. We'll be riding on the rails-to-trails gravel route along the Deschutes River to a primitive campsite. Space is limited to 10 people to ensure a fun and safe experience. Once capacity filled, additional signees will be added to the waitlist.

🔗 RSVP link in bio https://bit.ly/fobdeschutes

✨ Who this trip is for: Please respect that this trip is reserved for Black, Indigenous and people of color who are women, trans, and/or gender non-conforming. Allies can offer support by donating to -sugar on Venmo to help cover future trip costs.

🗓️ Time: Meet at Deschutes River State Recreation Area at 12pm on Sat, April 30th and will arrive back in Portland in mid-afternoon on Sun, May 1st.

🌿 Route: Riding on an all gravel trail along the Deschutes River. We will camp at mile 6 with the option to bike an extra 10 miles to the end of the trail after dropping off gear at camp. Full out and back route is 22 miles, 798 ft elevation. Terrain can be rough in some sections but trail is mostly on smooth gravel.

🚵🏾‍♀️ Bike: Touring bike, cross bike, gravel bike and mountain bike recommended. Tires at least 34c. Tubeless tire setup is preferred. If tires are not tubeless, carrying extra tubes is required.

💖 Gear: Bring sleeping bags, tent, cooking gear, clothes to sleep in and ride in, bike lights, snacks and food. Riders need to carry all their own camp supplies (food/water/shelter/tools). If you need to borrow gear, please let us know!

🍑 Food & Water: Bring 2 lunches, 1 dinner, 1 breakfast and snacks. We’ll bring a group water filter to share.

🏕️ Camping: Primitive camp spot at mile 6 next to river. No amenities but vault toilet.

🚗 Carpooling: Carpooling is encouraged! Drive is ~1hr 30min from PDX. We're working on $40 stipends to cover gas and parking fees for up to 5 cars.

💨 Weather: Prep for temps high 50s, low 40s. We will postpone the ride if there is rain or high winds.

04/04/2022

Shoutout to the 6 friends on bikes who pedaled 45 miles round trip to Stub Stewart State Park! 🌸

Also a special shoutout to the first time bike campers, Nicole and Nat, who brought all the best luxury camp items like a full enamel coffee setup and a collapsable s’mores kit. 🔥

Bikecamping activities included riding the MAX train, learning how to strap down gear, eating all the jojo’s at Jim’s Market, cruising on the Banks Vernonia bike path, getting a fire going for campfire s’mores, and playing a quick game of Monopoly deal. And taking a nap after we got home. 🏕️

Thank you to for supporting our trip with a stipend to help cover campground, food and train ticket costs! ✨

Keep your eyes peeled for our next bikecamping trip to Deschutes on April 30th - May 1st! More info and RSVP form coming soon~ 👀

03/21/2022

🌼 Yay Spring is finally here so we’re going bikecamping! RSVP to attend the Friends on Bikes bikecamping trip to Stub Stewart State Park in the Portland, Oregon area from Friday, April 1st to Saturday, April 2nd! Space is limited to 10 people to ensure a fun and safe experience. Once capacity filled, additional signees will be added to the waitlist.

🔗 RSVP link in bio https://bit.ly/fobstub

✨ Who this trip is for: Please respect that this trip is reserved for Black, Indigenous and people of color who are women, trans, and/or gender non-conforming. Allies can offer support by donating to -sugar on Venmo to help cover camping, train and food costs.

🗓️ Time: Meet in Lloyd Center area at 10am on Friday, April 1st and will arrive back in Portland in mid-afternoon on Saturday, April 2nd.

🌸 Route: Taking the MAX train to Hillsboro and biking to Stub Stewart from the train station. Route is 23 miles, 1359 ft elevation on pavement only.

💖 Gear: If you need to borrow camping and/or cycling gear, please let us know and we'll do our best to provide what you need! Bring sleeping bags, tent, cooking gear, clothes to sleep in and ride in, bike lights, snacks and food. Riders need to carry all their own camp supplies (food/water/shelter/tools).

🍑 Food: Bring 2 lunches, 1 dinner, 1 breakfast and snacks. There is a Jim's Market grocery store about 10 mi. before camp where we will stop for food.

🏕️ Camping: We are riding to Stub Stewart Park and have 3 sites booked with ~3 people per site. There is a fire ring and we will buy wood there.

💧Weather: Prep for temps high 50’s and low 40s. We will ride in the rain unless it is a heavy downpour. Please bring rain gear in case!

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