Bike Summer!

Bike Summer! poster from 1999.

Bike Summer! (also Bikesummer as one word) was an annual international bicycle event since 1999 which has its origins in San Francisco and was intended to expand on the culture of cycling present at Critical Mass. It takes place for about a month every year in different cities mainly in the United States to promote and celebrate the bicycle culture and is an environmental grassroots gathering. It has been organized by the so called ad-hoc committee which changes from year to year. In 2006 the main event has had a break in the United States but there was at least a Bike Summer in Osaka, Japan.

Once held, the city often continues a similar festival under another name, such as Portland's Pedalpalooza and Vancouver's Bike Month now called Velopalooza.

Timeline

1999 San Francisco, California - July/August 1999 (starting with Critical Mass) 2000 Chicago, Illinois - June/September 2000 2001 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - The Summer of Velolove - July/August 2001 Kyoto, Japan 2002 Portland, Oregon - August 2002 Kyoto, Japan 2003 New York City, New York - June/July 2003 2004 Seattle, Washington Osaka, Japan

2005 Los Angeles, California - June/July 2005 Osaka, Japan 2006 Yokohama, Japan 2007 New Haven, Connecticut - over 3000 attendees Columbus, Ohio (?) Birmingham, United Kingdom (?) Lisboa, Portugal (?) 2009 Osaka, Japan, [1], August 22-23 2010 Peoria, IL July 10-11 [2]

2012

• Peoria IL June 9-10[Bike Summer 12]