Ride the Skyway and the 190 for the last time EVER! July 19, 2026

07/19/2026 | Buffalo, NY

We HAVE all the Volunteers!

Thank you so much, we are filled up!

REGISTER

Online Registration will close at 12:00PM Friday July 17.
On-site registration will open at 6:15AM on Sunday July 19.

Sponsor SkyRide

Align your business with a 1,500+ person, weekend-long event focusing on community, health, and fun.

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Early Packet Pickup!

Only at our 313 Broadway location, you can pick up your bib, drink tickets, and get a first look at this year’s SkyRide apparel (last year’s sold out twice!) on:
Tuesday July 14 – 3P-6P
Wednesday July 15 – 3P-6P
Thursday July 16 – 3P-6P

DID YOU KNOW: Our Broadway shop has new bikes, e-bikes, used bikes, parts, accessories, drop-off service, and great music?! Come on in, we’re just a couple blocks from downtown.

Champion Riders, Sponsors: you have received your invites to our VIP ride and party Thursday evening. If you don’t pick up on Tuesday or Wednesday, we’ll have your bib at that party.

Everyone else – if you don’t get your packet early, you can get it on-site, Sunday Jul 19, starting at 6:15AM.

 

YOU HEARD RIGHT! The last SkyRide EVER!

ONLINE REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE AT 12p on FRIDAY JULY 17

Youth Registration (Ages 5 – 20)
$30 available on-line until 12P on Friday July 17.
$35 DAY-OF

Adult Registration (Ages 21+)
$50 available on-line until 12P on Friday July 17.
$60 DAY-OF

CHAMPION RIDER (VIP Partier who allows others in need to access this ride!)
$125

GObike Members receive 20% off all prices above.

Kids age 0-5, free!

Registration includes:

  • Access to the Skyway and NYS I-190 on your bike
  • Bottled water and fruit or snacks
  • 2 tickets for post party refreshments for registrants 21+.

*Additional food and tickets for sale on-site for everyone present.

 

Will the event be canceled for any reason?

No. The ONLY weather phenomenon that would affect our ride is lightning, for which we would institute a 30-minute delay. Otherwise, plan to ride! Our refund window closed on July 1, so if you decide not to ride, thank you very much for registering and supporting GObike’s work in the community!

REGISTER TODAY View 2025 Skyway, 190, and Party photos here.

Let’s Ride & Party the weekend of July 19!
Presented by Independent Health

VIP Party and Happy Hour Ride Thursday 7/16 Night 4:45PM (ride) and/or 5:45PM (party)
(Sponsors and Champion Riders only)

Sponsors and Champion Riders are invited to gather at Duende @ Silo City at 4:45P on Thursday July 16 where we’ll embark (at 5PM SHARP) on a quick ride around Outer Harbor Bike Park and back, before we open the bar at Duende and enjoy food and music and fun for the rest of the night! With special guests and announcements, it’s the perfect kickoff to a celebration weekend!

East Side Bike Club Saturday Morning Ride Gather 9:30A, Ride at 10:00A

Growing in popularity year-over-year, the East Side Bike Club rides on Saturday morning have become a weekly spring, summer, and fall tradition for cyclists across the region. Full of bells, horns, chants, and cheers, this laid-back ride is calling your name on Saturday 7/18. Free to join, just show up, and explore the beauty of the various diverse neighborhoods that make up the largest section of our city, with the people working every day to grow a stronger, healthier, community for us all. Gather at the MLK statue at MLK park.

SkyRide 190 Returns! Early Departure This Year!

Sunday, (7:45A – 11:30A): Early departure this year!! We’ll open up registration at 6:15AM in order to make sure everyone’s ready to depart at 7:45AM. The Thruway Authority has granted us permission to add I-190N to our ride so long as everyone is off of I-190N by 10AM.

This year will be a single loop, ride. We’ll ride from Outer Harbor’s Terminal B concert venue to Tifft Street. Then RT-5 Skyway to I-190N off ramp. We’ll ride North on I-190N to Porter Ave, turn around, and ride South on I-190N, use the Church St on ramp as an off-ramp, and get back on the Skyway, and ride it all the way back to Tifft Street, then Fuhrmann, back to the party.

Lakeside Bike Bash Returns!

(9:00A – 12:00P): We’re building out a more comprehensive post party than ever before. Stick around in Outer Harbor’s concert venue with its massive tents for refreshments including food, beer, seltzer and music. We know as much as Buffalo loves a good recreational event out on our area roads, we love a good post party, too. That’s why this year’s will be bigger than ever!
(Event is open to everyone. For registrants age 21+, two tickets for refreshments will be included in your packet. Additional tickets will also be on sale for $5.)

 

 

 

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Ride Highlights

Family-Friendly Route

As long as you’re using a bicycle, cyclists of all ages, abilities, shapes, sizes, and skills are welcome and encouraged to participate in SKYRIDE. The SkyRide is a great ride for family and friends! Of course it’s a climb, but a gradual one, well-worth the view 🙂

SKYRIDE BIKES:
1-seaters, 2-seaters, (3-seaters?!), road bikes, mountain bikes, cruisers, cargo bikes, bikes with seats for kids, bikes with trailers for kids, they’re all part of the fun, invited and welcome.

SKYRIDE ELECTRIC BIKES:

✅ Class I e-bikes are permitted and welcome at SkyRide.

⛔ Class II (throttles up to 20mph) is prohibited by NYSDOT for this event.

⛔ Class III (throttles over 20mph) are not technically e-bikes. They’re e-motos, and they are banned from all roadways in New York State (outside of NYC).

Ride an Urban Highway

ROAD CLOSED! 2026’s route is a car-free urban highway adventure on your bike, along Buffalo’s waterfront, over the Skyway and back again.

The best view in the city

No stopping and getting off your bike for photos, but you can ride slowly and soak in one of the best views ever.

Location & Route

The ride will start and end at Buffalo Outer Harbor Concert Venue, Terminal B, 825 Fuhrmann Boulevard, Buffalo, NY 14203.

Riders, we’re thrilled to say that the Ohio Street Bridge has reopened to make it easier to get down to the Outer Harbor than last year! While there is car parking available, we encourage riding your bike to the event wherever possible, and we will release rallying points and additional packet pickup locations later this summer.

From the concert venue, we’ll use both bike paths to approach Fuhrmann Boulevard and make a right, then a left on Tifft, then through the roundabout to board the Skyway! This will spread out the crowd a bit before everyone begins their charge up the Skyway. Go up, down, take the I-190N exit and ride North on I-190N. Within I-190N, you’ll turn around from the left lane to the right lane at Porter Ave and head south.  At the Church Street on-ramp, you’ll exit to Church Street, and get yourself back onto the Skyway.

This is an 12-mile, SINGLE LOOP year. Once you’ve completed it, time to party! Our agreement with the Thruway Authority mandates that everyone is off the I-190 by 10:00AM SHARP. 

BY NYS DOT MANDATE: ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST WEAR THEIR REGISTRATION BIB THROUGHOUT THE RIDE:

Registration includes access to the Skyway on your bike, bottled water, and fruit or snacks, 2 tickets for post party refreshments for registrants 21+. Additional food and tickets for sale on-site for everyone present.

Children under 10 must be under their parents’ conveyance (child seat, trailer, or tag-along). Children under 5 are free!

Save 20% by becoming a member right now 🙂

CHAMPION RIDERS! WE LOVE YOU!

Champion – $125
For those able and willing to go above and beyond, your registration will cover the cost of someone in our community who otherwise could not afford to ride. Champions receive an invite to a VIP event on Thursday July 16, 2026.

Thank you!

 

 

Additional Information

Children under age 18 must be joined by a parent or guardian at all times. Please note that, aside from snacks, fruit and bottled water, vendor food and merchandise are not included with registration.

GObike Members: You MUST log in to our member database while registering to receive your member discount.​ It is then automatically applied at checkout.

Refunds for SkyRide registration are not available after July 1, 2026. After that, your registration fees will be considered a donation to GObike and our work to make streets safer.

Please note the event will NOT be canceled due to rain. The event will only be canceled in the event of a severe weather emergency, as determined by the Buffalo Police. However, the event may be delayed or temporarily suspended due to inclement weather. No refunds will be given for delays or event cancellations.

Frequently Asked Questions

Here are some responses to frequently asked questions. Have a different question? Email us at info@gobikebuffalo.org.

YES, helmets are required. There are affordable options at most bike shops and stores around town. If you’re having trouble getting a helmet, we may be able to assist in helping acquire one for the ride through our partnership with Independent Health.

Due to the extremely high and still rising cost of closing these highways to cars and trucks, our favorite summer cycling event is no longer supporting GObike’s operations the way it once had. But we did not want to cancel the event without giving you all one last chance to ride! So please, make this the year you finally try it, or that you finally return! Every single registration for this ride supports GObike’s mission and vision for healthy, equitable, accessible to all users, and safe transportation system in Western New York.

Yes, please bring your family! Riders age 10 and older are allowed to ride independently on all routes with an accompanying adult on the SkyRide. Due to safety concerns, children under 10 years old cannot ride themselves and must be under their parent’s conveyance–i.e., riding in a child seat, trailer, tag-along, cargo bikes, etc.

The SkyRide is not a race. Participants can ride at a casual pace. The ride will include both the Skyway itself and NYS Thruway I-190N.

Most streets and roadways on the route will be closed to traffic. Some of the route will be on city streets. On Fuhrman Boulevard, you may share the road with a car.

The SkyWay will be closed entirely to automobile traffic from 6am to 12pm. The Thruway will be closed 6AM to 10AM. For portions of the route that remain open to automobile traffic, Buffalo Police and ride support volunteers will assist riders to ensure riders safety.

The major roadways will be closed from approximately 6 am to 10 am. All riders must be OFF the Thruway by 10:00AM and off the Skyway no later than 11:00A.

NO.

We will lose our permits to close the Skyway if our riders stop at the top.

For safety reasons, there is no non-emergency stopping allowed up on the Skyway or along the highway routes. We will have professional photographers in various locations taking pictures that will be available online after the event.

Access to the Skyway (and the I-190!) that we must pay multiple municipalities to safely close to car traffic, as well as bottled water, light snacks.

This is a fundraiser for GObike, allowing us to conduct our work in making Buffalo and Western New York more accessible for people walking, biking, and using transit, including our education, advocacy, policy work, and programming like mobile repairs and bike giveaways. Go to gobikebuffalo.org for more information about our work.

The SkyRide happens rain or shine, no refunds. If there are high winds (25mph+) or heavy rain, the Buffalo Police will determine whether or not it is safe to cross the Skyway, and delays will be instituted in 20 minute periods. If we aren’t able to cross the Skyway, all riders will ride the rest of the route.

Yes. If you have attempted to pay for your SkyRide registration online and cannot complete the transaction, you can send a check or money order to our office:

GObike Buffalo
313 Broadway St
Buffalo, NY 14204

Sorry, we cannot offer refunds. Please register and make your plans to come! If you cannot attend, your registration fees will be considered a donation to GObike and our work to make streets safer. Thank you!

Tier I electric-assist bikes are allowed and welcomed on the SkyRide! However, for safety on the Skyway as riders are climbing up and cruising down, fully electric-powered tier II and tier III bikes with a throttle or anything with a motor are prohibited (per NYS DOT).