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Gateway – A BIPOC Community mtb event 9/5
September 5, 2021 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Gateway – A gathering for Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) who ride mountain bikes.
Join BikePOCpnw & NWTA to celebrate the diversity in the sport of mountain biking at Gateway Green, Portland’s only Mountain Bike Park. This is an event to create a space for people of color who do not normally feel safe in the outdoors to meet, gather & ride mountain bikes together. If you do not identify as BIPOC & are an ally we ask that you support our efforts by becoming a member of Northwest Trail Alliance at nw-trail.org/join.
Event Details:
- Sunday 9/5 from 10 am – 2 pm
- Gateway Green, Portland, OR – meet at “The Hub” to check in & get your raffle ticket!
- This event adheres to the lastest recommendations from THE CDC regarding COVID-19. Although this event is outdoors masks/face-coverings are required when distancing of 6′ is not possible.
- Families Welcome.
- Helmets Required.
- Any bike that can handle off-road terrain is welcome.
- This park is car-free! Walkers and bicycle riders can reach the site via the I-205 multi-use path, or ride MAX and buses to the Gateway Regional Center and follow the multi-use path north for about a half-mile to the park entrance.
- Parking – Fred Meyer – Gateway has graciously offered the parking lot that faces the Gateway Regional Center (NE 99th & NE Pacific) for this events use.
- Raffle Prizes (must be present to win) from the many sponsors listed below!
- Organic group rides (all skill levels).
Entertainment from luvjonezmusic & Sound Services Provided by Friends of Noise (www.friendsofnoise.org)
Food (for purchase) available from: Be Well Juice Bar (bewelljuicebar).
Camaraderie & Fellowship from the Portland BIPOC mountain bike community. Let’s gather & ride!
Have questions? Email: [email protected]
Thank you to our partners & supporters for this event:
- Portland Parks & Recreation
- Friends of Gateway Green
- Trimet
- Fred Meyer – Gateway
- Fat Tire Farm
- Cyclepath
- Trek Portland Bicycles
- Showers Pass
- Hopworks Brewing
- Metropolis Cycle Repair
- Lumberyard Bike Park
- Sellwood Cycle Repair
- Community Cycling Center
- Gladys Bikes
- Kenton Cycle Repair
- Oregon Bike Shop
