Bikes, Brunch, Bellinis at Calamari in the Grove

Join us for Bike Miami Rides and stay for the FREE Bellini at Calamari in the Grove! This Sunday, after our 8:30 am community ride, join us for brunch at the wonderful ‘Calamari’ in the Grove. Our friends at the sweet, indoor/outdoor Main Highway spot will be treating us to FREE Bellinis while we relax [...]

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Award-Winning Party ~ Bike Miami Days Takes State, National Honors

The Bike Miami Days team is proud to share with our friends some very exciting news! September has brought our community event and our city honors from across the country.
* Event of the Year Award, Florida Bicycle Association
* Young Professional of the Year Award, Association of Pedestrians and Bicycle Professionals (APBP) - awarded to our coordinator for [...]

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Did we mention that it’s all FREE?? Only 6 days until Miami’s largest Free Street Party

The Florida Bicycle Association partnered with Waste Services of Florida, Inc. to bring back Mayor Diaz’s Bike Miami Days this Sunday. We spoke with the FBA recently to thank them and guess what? There’s more!
Come to Bike Miami Days this Sunday from 9am to 2pm and get FREE surprises from the FBA. Rumor has it [...]

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Meet Your Friends @ ‘THE HUB’

Bike Miami Days welcomes local groups who support community, free and family-friendly events, bicycling and walking to present themselves on Sunday, October 4. For this, our last BMD, groups will have lots of fun things to share and chances to win raffle prizes.
Meet your friends at “The Hub” and enjoy free giveaways from::

Florida Bicycle Association
Team [...]

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Shameless Plug for City of Miami Local Businesses & BuyMiami.biz

Bike Miami Days is all about the City of Miami – the people, music, community groups and businesses that make us who we are. So we’re excited that ACCESSMiami’s new BuyMiami.biz program will be joining us on October 4 to encourage visitors to shop and find great values at local businesses.
From BuyMiami.biz: Buying locally gets you connected [...]

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Waste Services of Florida partners with the City of Miami to bring you Bike Miami Days on Sunday, October 4, 2009

The Bike Miami Days Team is proud, thrilled, excited to announce that October 4th will be the BEST ever – thanks to the full support of our newest community partner: Waste Services of Florida, Inc.
Waste Services, Inc. (WSI) provides recycling and waste services for residents and businesses throughout the United States. Here in Miami-Dade County, WSI [...]

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UPDATED: Bike Miami Days RETURNS (!?)

Friends, we think it is more than just a rumor now – Bike Miami Days is back for Sunday, October 4th in Downtown Miami.
This may be the ‘last hurrah’ of this wonderful event so the City is pulling out all the stops and asking us to find residents who are willing to join the Bike [...]

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BikeTown Invites You to a Block Party at Bayfront Park

Bicycling Magazine gets it. 
With the understanding that “the gift of a bike unifies communities and improves lives,” Bicycling Magazine and MetLife are coming to Bayfront Park on Thursday to give you a brand-new Jamis Commuter bicycle. And they are bringing friends.
So, if you love your bike, need a bike or just want to understand why [...]

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Monthly Ride Photos in the Miami Herald

Thanks to Herald photographer Allison Diaz for taking some great pictures during our July Bike Miami Ride. You can see the photo gallery here.
Join us for our next ride – through the City of Miami’s Little Havana, Coconut Grove, Brickell and Shenandoah neighborhoods – on Sunday, August 23rd at 8:30am. Details to follow. Sign up here [...]

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Bike Miami Ride Mimo, Little Haiti, Buena Vista & the Design District

Miami – You Want to Ride!
Sixty five people came out bright and early on a hot Sunday morning yesterday to ride our city streets and become better, safer, more confident urban cyclists. We had a great group of  Moms and Sons, Seniors and College Students, Experienced and Novice riders from not just the Upper Eastside but [...]

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Bike Summit Re-cap

- with people from around South Florida sharing their thoughts, ideas, concerns and experiences with City staff. We were happy to see involvement from all sorts of city departments: transportation, sustainable initiatives, capital improvements, parks, planning… plus officials like Commission Chair Joe Sanchez and the Mayor’s Chief of Staff (Mayor Diaz was at the US [...]

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Bike Summit and Ride TONIGHT

Miami:
Our first ever Bike Summit is tonight, from 6:00 – 8:00pm. Please see below for full details.
The 305 Critical Mass group will be riding to the Summit from the  University Metrorail Station. They will leave by 5:35pm. You can also catch up with them at SoFlo House or Vizcaya Metrorail Station. For a map and times of [...]

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A New Chapter for Bike Miami Days

Bike Miami Days came to a Season’s close on Sunday, but there is much to celebrate! Thanks to YOU and the support of  Miami, we can all be proud of this unique community event-turned-movement.
We’re collecting photos, videos and stories of Bike Miami Days as our gift back to the City and the Bike Miami Days [...]

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Can we get any more FREE at Bike Miami Days?

“In these tough economic times, I really appreciated all the free activities for my kids and all the store promotions at Bike Miami Days” – a mom/participant from the last BMD
Bike Miami Days is a completely FREE and Family-Friendly event. There is no registration, no start or end point. What is free?

Free to Rent a Bicycle, Win a [...]

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The Last of Bike Miami Days – for the season

It’s true: after May 17, Miami’s Biggest Free Street Party will take a different shape through the rainy months of summer. For six very successful runs, Mayor Manny Diaz and the Bike Miami Days Team, has brought car-free streets to everyone as part of this free, family-friendly, monthly event. Given the incredible collaborative effort from [...]

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Downtown Development Authority (MiamiDDA) Gives Us a Shout Out

      
The Miami Herald published an op-ed today by Miami DDA Director Alyce Robertson in which she writes: “the public sector has introduced new programs that are fueling activity on the weekends and after dark, such as Bike Miami Days and the free DWNTWN Concert Series, which is driving thousands to Bayfront Park.”
Thank you, DDA! The Bike [...]

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What Does Community Mean to You?

Bike Miami Days promotes a sense of COMMUNITY in our City by bringing people together to enjoy Miami’s people, music, neighborhoods, shops & restaurants, streets and parks. What does ‘community’ mean to you? Let us know! Join the comment stream below.
Thanks for all you do ~ See you on Saturday, April 26!

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