photo by Meg Heriot The Elliot Kaminitz Father’s Day Ride 2016 was a delightful event. More than 200 people gathered to celebrate bicycle safety and to ride together along the ocean. The day started with bagpipes, bagels, coffee, sun salutation yoga warmups and warm greetings from partner organizations Bike Newport and the Newport County YMCA. Speakers… read more
Join the Father’s Day Community Ride 2016 – a ride for everyone
The Elliot Kaminitz Father’s Day Ride 2016 – Register HERE. A community ride for everyone – in support of more, better, and safer biking By Renee Kaminitz For many years, my husband found joy riding his bicycle from our home in Middletown into Newport, and south around the Ocean Drive. In his early retirement, Elliot made… read more
Bike to Work Day 2016
Photo: Butch Murray, owner of the Fastnet Pub, receives the Bike Friendly Business of the Year award from Bike Newport Director Bari Freeman, joined by Newport sculptor, Howard Newman, who fabricated the annual award with his wife and partner Mary Newman. From Bagels to Bike Friendly Business of the Year Fastnet Pub owner… read more
It’s time to register for the 2016 Father’s Day Ride!
Father’s Day Ride 2014 / photo by Meg Heriot Sunday, June 19th at Fort Adams Visit www.fathersdayride.org to register. Bike Newport, the Newport County YMCA, Fort Adams Trust, and the RIDOT Highway Safety Program together announce the 2016 Elliot Kaminitz Father’s Day Ride, an annual family cycling event held at Fort Adams and along the scenic Newport… read more
We’re Raising a Bike Barn at 29 Spring Street
Butch Murray is the owner of the Fastnet Pub, and the adjacent property that formerly housed Jey’s Detailing. Recently, Murray pulled a page from the Generosity Handbook when he agreed to provide the space to Bike Newport – to bring bike culture to the heart and flow of Newport for the coming season. “I hadn’t… read more
We’re Looking for our 2016 Summer Intern
Do you love biking? Would you like to see more people of all ages riding bikes? Bike Newport is a nonprofit organization with a mission of improving, encouraging, and facilitating bicycling in and around Newport for the health and well-being of our youth and families and as a viable and enjoyable method of transportation for… read more
Bike Newport Night 2016 is March 3rd!
Temps have finally plunged and the white stuff is accumulating, so it must be time for BIKE NEWPORT NIGHT – our annual mid-winter bike celebration and the best winter party in Newport! Thursday, March 3rd 6:00-9:00pm at Midtown Oyster Bar, 345 Thames Street, Newport Live music with Slackwater String Bandand Los Duderinos, with help from Common Fence Music. RIBike’s VELOSPRINT racing,… read more
We’re Hiring a Development Director
Do you know someone with equal parts fundraising experience and bike love? We’re looking for that person! Thanks to the generous support of the van Beuren Charitable Foundation, Bike Newport will have the assistance of a bike-loving, active transportation-hugging, development professional. This new member of our team will help us to secure gifts, grants, and other resources… read more
A HEZ Tribute to Mark
We love this post by our friends at the Newport Health Equity Zones, so we’re sharing it here. See the original on the HEZ website. We sure do miss Mark – and we’re not alone. He built an amazing education program, and was a valuable resource to so many of our partners, including the HEZ. He’s… read more
Christmas on Wheels!
Christmas came on wheels this year for Newporter Niko Merritt and her children, Jayden, Ian, and Gianna. When they arrived at Bike Newport HQ on Tuesday the 23rd, there were four brand new bikes waiting – and helmets and locks – thanks to the generosity of the Newport Run and Chug Club and partygoers at their annual holiday party,… read more
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