#BIKEMONTHBFLO 2026 IS PRESENTED BY INDEPENDENT HEALTH

31 DAYS OF BIKING!

All the fun bike events happening in the Buffalo area, all month long. Rides! Breakfasts! Happy Hours! Challenges with Prizes and a whole lot more! Whether you plan to attend one of these events or not, make this May the month you change your habits and incorporate riding more often. We live in a city that’s perfect for it.

Bike Month is brought to you by Independent Health, and our GObike members!

  • Every Tuesday 5P-8P: OPEN SHOP at 98 Colvin
  • Every Saturday 10A-2P: OPEN SHOP at 313 Broadway

Open Shop is an opportunity to use our bike stands, tools, spare parts, and guidance from our team to work on your own bike. Open Shop is FREE to all GObike members, and $10 for everyone else. Open shop is ongoing throughout the entire year.
Want free, unlimited access to Open Shops? Click here to become a GObike member today.

  • Every Thursday 5P-8P: VOLUNTEER NIGHT at 98 Colvin

Put your own bike aside. On Thursdays, we invite everyone to 98 Colvin to work on kids bikes donated to us so that we can get them back out into the hands of those kids who need them most.

It’s a free party!! We’re growing on our tradition of kicking off bike month with a bash at our 313 Broadway store and headquarters, and all are invited to ride down for happy hour. We’ve got a brand new amplifier, so look out for the return of DJ Teddy’s zany playlists.
Thanks to Independent Health, Wardynski’s Meats for making the event happen!

 

Bike Breakfasts are free, casual events. Stop in for five minutes on your way to work, or 30!
Please, bring your own coffee mug, and meet some new cycling friends.
There’s plenty to discuss about our city and region, and the changes we’d like to see.
Bike breakfasts are the perfect place to grow this community over coffee, oatmeal, and music!

Thursday May 7 – In Partnership with Walsh Insurance Agency

Larkin Square Pavilion (745 Seneca Street)
730A-930A

Thursday May 14 – In Partnership with Bicycle Bottle Shop
and Independent Health

Bicycle Bottle Shop (230 Lexington Ave)
730A-930A

Thursday May 21 – In Partnership with Ciminelli Development

Prova @ The Plaza (40 Fountain Plaza)
730A-930A

Thursday May 28 – In Partnership with Lexington Coop
and Independent Health

Lexington Coop Market (807 Elmwood Ave)
730A-930A

Thursday June 4 – In Partnership with Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus
and Independent Health

Innovation Center Pocket Park (Ellicott Street and North Oak Street)
700A-900A.
Bike Month Battle Awards at 8:00A

First time riding to work? AWESOME. Welcome!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! If you’re willing to ride and act as a buffer for these cute little elementary school kids, block traffic at intersections and keep this little group moving, please fill out this form.

PARENTS: If your children go to Olmsted 64, Tapestry Charter, or Bennett Park Montessori, this event is for you, and it is lead by the parent associations at the schools! If your children go elsewhere, reach out to Daniel Clark, our Education Manager, for tips on forming your own bike bus to start your kids’ day off in the healthiest, most fun way – daniel@gobikebuffalo.org.

 

Camp Coffee Rides happen every month, and here’s May’s!
These are rides that welcome everyone for free. Just bring some coffee/brewing apparatus, and some friends, or make new ones on the rides.
Rides are at a moderate to brisk pace. Please be on-time!

 

Do you love bicycling in Western New York? We want to hear about it!

In 350 words or less, tell us why you love riding a bike – is it your main mode of transportation? Has it helped you in your health and wellness journey? Is it something you enjoy doing with your family?

Submit your story and you could win the grand prize, a Bike Month Prize Pack courtesy of Independent Health, which includes:

  • One (1) $200 Amazon gift card
  • Two (2) complimentary SkyRide registrations with two (2) bike helmets
  • Two (2) free annual memberships to Reddy Bikeshare (or two $40 riding credits for existing members)
  • One (1) Independent Health prize pack

The contest runs May 1 through May 22. Entrants must be at least 18 years of age and a resident of New York State. Essays will be reviewed by a panel of judges.

Everyone is welcome to ride with East Side Bike Club! Join for a community of casual riders for rides around our city’s beautiful East Side. Plenty of use of the bells, songs, chants, waves and encouragement from neighbors along the way.

ESBC rides every Saturday. Check their social media for any potential cancellations. The MLK statue at MLK park is on the east side of Fillmore Ave.

 

SCHEDULE TO BE ANNOUNCED

5:30 PM, Thursday, May 14 – Green Drinks Social at Streetlight Brasserie. Green Drinks Buffalo coordinates a pop-up social every 2nd-Thursday-of-the-month at a different bar or taproom each month & invites people focused on environmental justice and healthy communities to connect. Reddy Bikeshare is co-hosting May’s social event in observance of National Bike Month!
6:10 AM, Wednesday May 20 – Bike Month Workout and Coffee Hour with November Project Buffalo, Reddy Bikeshare and JAM Parkside. NP Buffalo is inviting the public to join in a Bike Month themed workout at the Agassiz Circle Reddy Bikeshare Station in Delaware Park. One half of the workout involves biking laps around Ring Road on a personal bike or a Reddy Bike for free. Jam Parkside is opening early at 7 AM as a post-workout coffee hour spot. 
New Wellness Challenge
First 50 people who log 100 or more miles on Reddy Bikeshare network earn a limited edition swag
REDDY BIKESHARE is turning 10 years old this July, and the Reddy Team, in partnership with Independent Health, is adding a special plot twist to their annual contest: 100 Mile Challenge. Like every season of 100 Mile Challenge, users who cross 100 Miles earn rider credits–all the way up until the end of summer. But the first 50 people will earn something much more. Details on the limited edition swag will be posted May 1!

To earn a sweater, all you have to do is unlock a Reddy Bike or Reddy+ Bike under your account and start pedaling. The network logs your miles without any extra effort.