Rockville celebrates National Bike Month with rides to school, to work and in memoriam in May, and neighborhood rides all summer long.
Rockville Bicycle Advisory Committee Bike Month Kickoff Ride – Sunday, May 4
Meet at 10 a.m. at City Hall, 111 Maryland Ave. Join Rockville officials and neighbors to celebrate National Bike Month. Pedal a casual 6-mile loop along multiuse 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.
National Bike and Roll to School Day – Wednesday, May 7
Start a celebration or event at your school! Visit walkbiketoschool.org or check with your school to see how you can join in. Remember: Montgomery County requires anyone under age 18 to wear a bicycle helmet when riding or being carried on a bicycle, including a bicycle with training wheels, on a public street, in right of way, or on a sidewalk or bicycle path.
National Bike to Work Day – Thursday, May 15
Registration is now open at biketoworkmetrodc.org for all 15 Montgomery County pit stops, including at Thomas Farm Community Center, 700 Fallsgrove Drive, and a new stop at 36 Maryland Ave. at The Square in Rockville Town Center. Pit stops will have free snacks, beverages and bicycling giveaways while supplies last, and free T-shirts for the first 18,000 people in the Washington metropolitan region who register and stop by.
Rockville Pedestrian Advocacy Committee Rollins Avenue Walk ’n’ Roll – Thursday, May 15
Meet at 6 p.m. at the Evelyn Drive and Rollins Avenue intersection and join RPAC and city staff for a community walk ’n’ roll along Rollins Avenue to Rockville Pike. Discuss pedestrian concerns and learn about ongoing city projects to improve the pedestrian environment.
18th Annual Rockville Ride of Silence – Wednesday, May 21
Meet at 6:40 p.m. in front of Rockville Memorial Library, 21 Maryland Ave. Bring a helmet and bike for a police-escorted ride through neighborhoods to honor those who have been killed or injured on a bicycle. Riders must be comfortable riding on streets with traffic and ride approximately 10 miles in one hour. Visit rideofsilence.org for more details about this international event.
Tuesday Evening Rides – Tuesdays, June 3, 10, 17, and 24
RBAC hosts rides throughout summer. Meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays, June 3, 10, 17 and 24 at Mattie J.T. Stepanek Park, 1800 Piccard Drive, in King Farm. These casual rides on paved, shared-use paths, some sidewalk and short sections of quiet streets last about an hour and proceed at the pace of the slowest riders, so no one gets left behind. Rain at the start cancels the ride; wet pavement does not. Find more rides all summer long at rockvillemd.gov/bicycling.
Ride the Rockville Bike Beltway – Sundays, June 8 and July 20
Eat ice cream after a ride on the Carl Henn Millennium Trail, a shared-use path that makes a 10.6-mile loop around the center of Rockville. Rides start at 10 a.m. and end at these local businesses:
- Sunday, June 8: Grandma’s Ice Cream & Waffles, 389 E. Gude Drive.
- Sunday, July 20: Lil Cakes & Creamery, 844 Rockville Pike.
Rain at the start cancels the ride; wet pavement does not.
The Rockville Bicycle Advisory Committee hosts rides throughout the summer. Find upcoming rides at facebook.com/bikerockville.
Learn more about RBAC and bicycling in Rockville at rockvillemd.gov/rbac or visit youtube.com/cityofrockville and search for “bikes.”