The route will be determined by those who show up. This is a monthly event. For more information, email Laura Tirman at thesaltyspoke@gmail.com.
Also, the monthly meeting of the Sitka Cycling Club is at noon on Friday, April 19, at the Beak Restaurant. Don’t forget the Beak Restaurant, next door to the Salty Spoke, is one of our Bicycle Benefits partners, so bring your bike helmets and ride your bikes for a discount.
Learn the basics of biking safely in Sitka while practicing riding skills. Students will learn and practice hand signals, rules of the road, and trail biking techniques. Skills learned in this camp will make students more confident and safe bikers. Please bring your own bike and helmet. A limited number of loaner bikes may be available, contact Parks and Recreation for more information. Bike pumps and tools will be provided by the Salty Spoke.
Grades 6 to 8 will meet from 9 a.m. to noon on Monday, March 11 and Tuesday, March 12, at Keet Gooshi Heen. Grades 3 to 5 will meet from 9 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, March 13 and Thursday, March 14, at Keet Gooshi Heen, 307 Kashevaroff Street.
Each session is $25. Scholarships are available at https://www.recreationatcityofsitka.com. Contact Sitka Parks and Recreation at 907-747-4031 for more information.
The Sitka Cycling Club will host a monthly steering committee at noon on Friday, July 14, grabbing lunch at Beak Restaurant. This meeting is open to the general public. Don’t forget Beak is one of our Bicycle Benefits partners, so bring your bike helmets and ride your bikes for a discount. If Beak Restaurant is really busy, people should grab their lunches and meet next door at The Salty Spoke Bicycle Cooperative.
Agenda topics include a discussion of recent community conflicts with e-bike tours; and more.
For more details, contact Lione Clare at lione@sitkawild.org or Laura Tirman at thesaltyspoke@gmail.com.
Are you interested in learning the science and techniques of building sustainable and lasting trails? The inaugural Trail Master Summit from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, June 3-4, at Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary School is for you.
May is National Bike Month, and that means it’s a good time to hop on your bicycle for a ride around Sitka. The Sitka Cycling Club has a variety of local events to help people celebrate the month.
Some of the highlights this month include International Bike To School Day on May 3, a commuter bicycling class on May 6, several Saturdays of open hours at the Salty Spoke Bike Co-op, a bike movie night on May 10, a Sitka Cycling Club meeting on May 12, a community bike ride on May 13, National Bike To Work Week on May 15-19, National Bike To Work Day on May 19, Porch Fest bike tuneups on May 20, the Julie Hughes Triathlon on May 20, and a Trail Master Summit on June 3-4.
Join the Sitka Cycling Club for these events and more this month.
The Salty Spoke is recruiting youth to join its monthly Sitka Sprockets Bike Club for youth aged 7-12. The next meeting of the Sitka Sprockets is from 3:30-5 p.m. on Monday, April 10 at the Salty Spoke (in the little building next to the Cable House).
Do you know any youth who might be interested in turning some wrenches, learning about bike maintenance, and practicing bicycling skills? The Sitka Sprockets Bike Club meets monthly at the Salty Spoke Bike Cooperative for a bike maintenance and use-related workshop hosted by the Sitka Spruce Tips/Alaska Way of Life 4-H Club. Contact Emily Pound at emily@sitkawild.org to learn more.
The Sitka Cycling Club will host a monthly steering committee at noon on Friday, March 24, grabbing lunch at Beak Restaurant. This meeting is open to the general public. Don’t forget Beak is one of our Bicycle Benefits partners, so bring your bike helmets and ride your bikes for a discount.
Agenda topics include a discussion of 2023 Sitka Cycling Club goals; a revamping of our Bicycle Benefits program to get new merchants involved; planning for local National Bike Month events in May; a status report on membership, finances, etc.; a discussion about our single-track bike trail construction and pump track projects; a discussion about summer plans; and more.
For more details, contact Lione Clare at lione@sitkawild.org or Laura Tirman at thesaltyspoke@gmail.com.
The Sitka Cycling Club will host a monthly steering committee at noon on Wednesday, Jan. 25, grabbing lunch at Beak Restaurant. This meeting is open to the general public. Don’t forget Beak is one of our Bicycle Benefits partners, so bring your bike helmets and ride your bikes for a discount.
Agenda topics include a discussion of 2023 Sitka Cycling Club goals; a status report on membership, finances, etc.; a discussion about our single-track bike trail construction and pump track projects; a discussion about winter plans; and more.
For more details, contact Doug Osborne at 738-8734 or douglaso@searhc.org.
The Salty Spoke is recruiting youth to join its monthly Sprockets bike club for youth aged 7-12.
Do you know any youth who might be interested in turning some wrenches, learning about bike maintenance, and practicing bicycling skills? The Sitka Sprockets Bike Club meets monthly at the Salty Spoke Bike Cooperative for a bike maintenance and use-related workshop hosted by the Sitka Spruce Tips/Alaska Way of Life 4-H Club. Contact Emily Pound at emily@sitkawild.org to learn more.
ALL PHOTOS BY LIONE CLARE Sitka Mayor Stephen Eisenbeisz, center, cuts a ribbon held by Sitka Cycling Club President Doug Osborne, left, and Sitka Pump Track Project Leader K.K. Prussian, right, to officially open the Sitka Pump Track on Friday, Oct. 14.
Over the past few weeks, members of the Sitka Cycling Club built a new pump track. On a rainy Friday afternoon (Oct. 14), the Sitka Pump Track officially opened with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. In addition to opening the pump track, the event also featured bike maintenance provided by the Salty Spoke Bike Co-op and a helmet decorating station hosted by the Sitka Conservation Society.
The Sitka Pump Track is located next to the skate park on the corner of Halibut Point Road and Katlian Street. The pump track is a circuit of rollers and banked turns that don’t require pedaling or pushing, but instead requires a pumping action to gain momentum.
Funding for the pump track project has come from CHARR Sitka, Marble Construction, Sitka Rotary Club, Juneau Community Foundation (Douglas Dornan Grant), and the Crossett Fund, as well as smaller donations from Yellow Jersey Cycle Shop and a donation table at Sea Mart.
A slideshow of photos from the opening ceremony and construction of the Sitka Pump Track, all taken by Lione Clare, are posted below.
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