MLK Bike Lane Celebration and Family Ride
It's healthy, it's fun, and it's why you live here! Join Northeast Denver residents and bicyclists to help officially open Denver's newest and longest bike lane on Martin Luther King Boulevard.
City Council members Michael Hancock and Carla Madison will cut the ribbon on Friday, June 11 at 8am at Founders Green, Stapleton. BikeDenver will lead the Commuter Ride along the new lane from Stapleton to downtown (ride ends at Curtis Park). Join the Bike Depot on Saturday, June 12 at 10am at Skyland Park, behind Davis Rec Center, to participate in the Family Ride. Download the rides flyer here: MLK Bike Lane Events!
What, When and Where:
Grand Opening of the MLK Bike Lane!
Friday, June 11 at 8:00am
- Ribbon Cutting Ceremony and Commuter Ride! (Founders Green Stapleton to Curtis Park)
Saturday, June 12 at 10:00am
- Family Ride! (Skyland Park (Davis Rec Center) Start/Finish)
Why:
Why not? It's why you live here, after all! Make good use of Denver's 300+ days of sunshine and enjoy another great opportunity to meet your neighbors, get outside and get healthy!
How:
On Friday, June 11: Arrive before 7:45am to sign your ride waiver form. There will be a brief ceremony with City Council Members at 8am, followed immediately by the Commuter Ride to Curtis Park (est. time is 20 minutes). Denver Police Bike Patrol and BikeDenver will lead and assist the ride. Stapleton TMA is providing a limited number of RTD passes for those who wish to bus back to Stapleton (put your bike on the bus). No RSVP required.
On Saturday, June 12: Arrive before 9:45am to sign your ride waiver. Denver Police Bike Patrol and The Bike Depot will lead and assist the ride. No RSVP required.
What to bring:
You, your bike, and the helmet you should be wearing! Hands for clapping, steering and breaking. Your sense of adventure and camraderie with your community and fellow bicyclists. Also, used bicycles or bike parts to donate to The Bike Depot (you'll get a gift in exchange!).
What you get:
A cup of Joe and a variety of things to nosh on like Clif bars from our friends at Clif bar. Free bike commuter bags from the Stapleton TMA for the first 50 people on Friday and first 50 on Saturday who check in and sign their waiver form! Giveaways at the start/finish area for participating riders. Oh, and the joyful experience of riding a bike, showing your appreciation to Denver Public Works for their investment in 11 new miles of bike infrastructure, and... the right to call yourself one of the first to ride the new MLK bike lane (Priceless)! Did we mention that the Cake Crumbs Truck will be at the finish on Friday to help sweeten your experience?
Give Your Old Bike a New Home!
Each year, The Bike Depot takes in hundreds of bikes from people like you, whips them into shape, and finds them a new home in the community. We'd love to help your old bike make someone very happy. We accept bikes in any condition; parts and accessories too. We are committed to recycling, so if it can't be used - it will be recycled if at all possible.
We are not able to pick up bicycles. In special situations, we can get volunteers to pick up your bikes IF you have 10 or more in one location.
All donations are tax-deductible and we will gladly provide a receipt. We also accept cash donations, it costs us an average of $35 cash plus a lot of volunteer labor to get each bicycle back into use. We take cash, check, or credit card.
The Depot is staffed Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 12-7 and Saturday 11-5.
Donate Your Time By Volunteering
We have a wide array of opportunities for you to help out. Of course, there's always wrenching to be done, but we also have a need for general office help, database entry, cleaning, organizing, marketing, fundraising, event planning, etc. If you've got some time, we can put it to good use!
