Rockville celebrates National Bike Month in May with rides for cookies and in memoriam, and the annual Bike to Work Day.
Tour de Cookie • 8 a.m., Saturday, May 5
Meet at Johns Hopkins University Montgomery County Campus, 9601 Medical Center Drive.
Join the Tree House CAC for a 12-, 27- or 43-mile bike ride to collect cookies and enjoy the scenery, while raising awareness of child abuse prevention. Rockville Bicycle Advisory Committee will be supporting this ride with marshals and mechanics. Register to ride at treehousemd.org/tour-de-cookie.
Bike Month Kickoff Ride • 10 a.m., Sunday, May 6
Meet at City Hall, 111 Maryland Ave.
Join Rockville officials and neighbors to celebrate National Bike Month. Pedal a casual 6-mile loop along multi-use trails and quiet residential streets to explore some of the city’s extensive and diverse bicycling infrastructure. The route includes a few paths, bridges and tunnels.
Bike to School Day • Wednesday, May 9
Celebrates the benefits of biking and walking to school during National Bike to School Day, along with communities, schools and families around the country. Learn more, and register your school, at www.walkbiketoschool.org.
Ladies Night Out at Trek Bicycle • 7-9 p.m., Wednesday, May 9
Rockville Trek, 5750 Fishers Lane.
Meet fellow cyclists and hear from female bike mechanics, group ride leaders and women bike advocates. Get hands-on experience with 20-minute rotating clinics. Visit www.rockvillemd.gov/rbac for registration details.
12th Annual Rockville Ride of Silence • 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 16
Meet in front of Rockville Memorial Library, 21 Maryland Ave., in Rockville Town Square.
Bring a helmet and bike for an hour-long police-escorted 10-mile ride through neighborhoods, as part of an international event that honors those killed or injured on a bicycle. Riders must be comfortable riding on the street with traffic and at about 10 mph. Check www.rideofsilence.org for additional information on this international event.
National Bike to Work Day • 6:30 a.m., Friday, May 18
Pit stops in Rockville Town Center, Fallsgrove and Twinbrook. Remember to use #btwdmc on Instagram and Twitter. Learn more about Bike to Work Day throughout the region at www.biketoworkmetrodc.org.
Tuesday Evening Rides • 6:30 p.m., June 5, 12, 19, 26
Meet at Mattie J.T. Stepanek Park, 1800 Piccard Drive, in King Farm.
A casual neighborhood ride that will last about one hour. Routes are on paved, shared-use paths, sidewalks and short sections of quiet streets. Rides go at the pace of the slowest rider, so no one gets left behind. Rain at the start cancels the ride; wet pavement does not.
Ride the Rockville Bike Beltway Carl Henn Millennium Trail Ride • 10 a.m., Sunday, June 17
Meet at Rockville Senior Center, 1150 Carnation Drive.
Ride the Carl Henn Millennium Trail, an 11-mile shared-use path that loops around Rockville. Rain at the start cancels the ride; wet pavement does not.
The Rockville Bicycle Advisory Committee meets from 7-9 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month. Learn more at www.rockvillemd.gov/rbac.