On Saturday, October 5, Parkrose School District, in partnership with Portland Bureau of Transportation Safe Routes to School, will host the Parkrose Pedal, a youth inspired community cycling and walking event.
The community event starts at 11 a.m. The ride + walk starts at 1 p.m.
The Parkrose Pedal is an annual community cycling and walking event that centers youth and student culture, vibrancy, and freedom—freedom to take up space, freedom of expression, and freedom to be unapologetic in how they show up.
This is an event where traditional cycling culture meets “bike life” culture and the outcome is an incredible display of everything you ever wanted in a ride around the 'hood. It’s an event that is the quintessential "both/and" to what cycling culture should be in our city.
This event is an opportunity to gather in community, foster connectedness, and radiate joy as we demonstrate belonging among Parkrose neighbors, partners, and friends.
In 2020, the Parkrose Pedal started as a small community event hosted by Prescott Elementary School celebrating a new school year, new principal, and a new set of challenges with the introduction of Covid-19 restrictions that made the community feel like a bike ride around the neighborhood could do everyone some good. And it did us better than we could have ever imagined!
With more than 300 families showing up, Prescott Elementary School began a tradition that has now enveloped the entire school district—and they're just getting started!