New Years Day Ride – new route, new party locale

This New Years Day, roll out of bed late and join us at noon for the 50-year-old New Years Day Ride! We’ll start at the Battleship Oregon Memorial in Waterfront Park and will cruise on an easy, family friendly route around the river and through SE Portland, before returning to McCall’s Restaurant (currently closed to the public) for hot cocoa, snacks and cookies by the fireplace. Then there will be a slow-bike race, a track-stand competition, and other games.
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The ride is a benefit for the Brett Jarolimek Memorial Fund, which will support bicycle safety projects over the coming years.

PLEASE RSVP either by emailing Michelle or by making an optional donation to the Fund online

Start: 12:00 pm, Battleship Oregon Memorial, SW Oak and Waterfront Park, Portland
End: 1:00 pm, McCall’s Restaurant, SW Main and Waterfront Park, Portland
Cost: Optional donation
Kids? Yes! Bring ‘em!

POTLUCK: This is also a potluck. If you have a tasty snack you’d like to share, please email Michelle and let her know! Cupcakes and ants-on-a-log are already spoken for…

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Comments (8)

  1. Sidney Smith Permalink  | Dec 19, 2007 04:56pm

    ok – will be there

  2. mary flower Permalink  | Dec 26, 2007 09:17am

    count me in for the new years’ day ride. thanks!

  3. Phil Brown Permalink  | Dec 27, 2007 03:00pm

    The PWTC will be there with a large contingent. Think sunshine!

  4. Greg Hoole Permalink  | Dec 27, 2007 07:42pm

    2 of us will be there.

  5. Michelle Permalink  | Dec 28, 2007 06:48pm

    Folks have asked why we’re being so strict and asking people to RSVP. But it’s just so we know how many cookies to bring! Feel free to show up without having RSVP’d, and donations to the Brett Jarolimek Memorial Fund are totally optional. See you there!

  6. Julian Chadwick Permalink  | Dec 30, 2007 01:39pm

    Very nice. Posted at PDXPIPELINE

  7. Debbie R. Permalink  | Dec 30, 2007 08:57pm

    My SO and I will be there. Thanks for sponsoring the ride.

  8. Donna Permalink  | Jan 01, 2008 02:25pm

    Suggestion for next year: Post the ride map online well before the ride. We got lost from our map holder, were misdirected by a guy in the porta-john line at Salmon, and blundered into the Portland Velo ride . Being able to look at the route before New Year’s Eve would have prevented a great deal of confusion. Thanks.