RubeRad

Here's a Google Map showing Bike To Work Day Pit Stops all across San Diego county.

There's two right near my work just 500yd away from each other (seems silly to me!!), and I'm going to expand my normal 5.6mi commute to about 8mi to pick up a third.

How many schwag stops are YOU gonna hit tomorrow?

cyccommute 

None. Bike to Work Day for Colorado isn't until the end of June.

RubeRad

Oh woops! I thought it was a nationally-organized thing; I guess it's just state-by-state? Are there even any other states than California doing it tomorrow? (Hopefully some state closer to you; otherwise it'll be quite a long ride just to pick up a freebie rear blinkie and a granola bar...)

ThermionicScott 

It's Bike to Work Day for us in Iowa tomorrow, but I don't think we'll get the swag that folks in bigger communities do. (Did the Colorado chapter of LAB have a schism with the larger organization? )

SeanBlader

Zero here too, they did it last Thursday in the SF Bay area. No idea why it's different all over.

1nterceptor

Thanks Transportation alternatives!

Free breakfast for New York City commuters on bikes

"On Friday morning, leave extra-early for work to leave time to hang out with T.A. and other awesome bicyclists. You can find the social scene at one of these seven T.A. Fueling Stations, starting at 7 am:

• Brooklyn Bridge (Brooklyn Tower)
• Manhattan Bridge (Manhattan-side bike path exit)
• Joyce Kilmer Park (E. 161st Street and Grand Concourse)
• Williamsburg Bridge (Brooklyn-side bike path entrance)
• Queensboro Bridge (Queens-side bike path entrance)
• Staten Island Ferry (Whitehall Terminal)
• Hudson River Greenway (W. 72nd Street)

Each T.A. fueling station will have coffee and breakfast, courtesy of our wonderful sponsors: KIND, Cabot, Brooklyn Roasting Co. and Vita Coco."

jril

DFW Bike to Work Day event locations tomorrow:
https://www.bikedfw.org/bike_to_work_...tations_may_17

We had 2 in the area last year, up to 7 this year!

Spld cyclist

It's bike to work *week* here in MA. I went to a free bike commuter breakfast yesterday, but no free stuff other than fruit and bagels. In past years, I've gotten t-shirts, reflective pant straps, a tail light, etc. This year I settled for a banana. Maybe less free stuff was distributed to the local organizers this year. I'm not really complaining, I already have everything I need for commuting....

tarwheel 

We had our big event last Friday. No schwag but I got some free coffee and fruit salad

arsprod 

Is here too and the epicenter is across the street from my office. I'm shooting for 10 and if I don't make the number along the way I can make it up and then cross the street and go to work. Ohhh, schwag - I thought you meant poser commuters

DrakeSuperbus

Pittsburgh has a number of locations this year. The closest one to me is three miles out of the way, so whether or not I pick up any swag depends on whether or not I can wake up and get out of the door on time.

Artkansas 

Bike to Work day is tomorrow in Arkansas. No schwag stops that I'm aware of, but there will be breakfast at the end.

zacster

We have coffee stops in the morning in Manhattan, and in the evening there's an event in Brooklyn put on by Transportation Alternatives. I don't expect any schwag though.

I have my schwag from Bike to Work day in Seattle from a few years ago, I use the bell as my regular bell now.

RubeRad

Yes, it's been btwW here as well, but the schwag stations ("pit stops") are only for the last Day. There are supposed to be t-shirts, snacks, and maybe little gewgaws like blinkie lights, patch kits, etc.

RubeRad

Cmon man, cut the posers some slack, if a 59 cent tail light and a banana are enough to convince them to ride to work one day, they might discover how awesome it is and turn from the dark side!

I have to confess, my first BTWD was 5-6 years ago, way before I started really riding again. I lived 25mi from work, and I took advantage of the event to drive most of the way to work, drop off the car to get its oil changed, and rode like 1 mile to work. I've worn the shirt completely through, it has "graduated" to chain rag duty.

AusTexMurf

[h=4]Bike To Work Day is an Austin Cycling Association Event.[/h] The Austin Cycling Association is working to make Austin’s Bike to Work Day 2013 the most successful ever and we want you to join us. Austin Cycling will host commuter bike stations all over Austin with breakfast stations and afternoon happy hour stations, all with food, drink and many with live music. New this year, the Austin Cycling Association has created a unique incentive – a handy canvas messenger bag filled with great swag from our sponsors – to encourage more first time riders to ride to work and to reward regular commuters for making our roadways and environment and better!
[h=4]Afraid to Commute? Join one of our escorted rides.
Please be respectful of our rules by wearing a helmet and bringing lights or reflectors.[/h] North Route:
7:00 am Juiceland – 7329 Burnet Rd Austin, TX 78757
7:15 ish depart for Shoal Creek / Far West station
7:30 depart from Shoal Creek station to downtown heads to City Hall station
South Route:
7:00 am Casey/Banister next to Bethel Assembly of God Church
7:15 ish depart time on Bike route 31 into downtown
Heads to Cycle Track breakfast station on Barton Spring Rd.


[h=4]AM HUBS: 7:00 to 9:30[/h]

• City Hall, 301 W 2nd St Austin, TX 78701
  City Hall will have breakfast tacos from La Mexicana, fruit and baked goods from Whole Foods, Juice from Juiceland, bike lights from APD, Cap Metro and hopefully Bike Commuter carbon footprint calculator. Clifbar handing out great snacks, and Patchen Preston Photography Bike Portraits, and souvenir bags!

• City-Public Works, Cycle Track Dedication, 1[SUP]st[/SUP] & Barton Springs Houndstooth Coffee will be providing their fresh-ground delicious coffee for all! La Playa Numero Dos (from East 7[SUP]th[/SUP] Street) will provide tacos. There will also be fruit and water along with free spoke cards and maps (while they last), and souvenir bags!
  7:00-8:45 am – Bike to Work Day Breakfast Station
  9:00 – Ceremony
  9:30 – Inaugural bike ride on the cycle track

• Mueller, 4600 Mueller Blvd Austin, TX 78723
  Tacos, Breakfast subs, granola bars, fruit, donuts, juice & water, APD cyclists and Windmill Bicycles with a mechanic. This is truly a neighborhood effort spearheaded by the Mueller Neighborhood Association with help from nearby businesses Frost Bank, Catellus and Mosaic at Mueller Apartments. Stop by to get your souvenir bag!

• Bouldin Creek Café, 1900 S 1st St Austin, TX 78704
  Bouldin will be offering its delicious Tacos, vegan and non vegan, granola, and fruit, coffee. Please Be Kind To Cyclist will be there handing out bumperstickers and goodies, as well as Velo View Tours. Stop by to get your souvenir bag!

• JuiceLand, 7329 Burnet Rd, Austin, TX 78757
  FREE SMOOTHIES AND JUICE FOR TIME DURING THE EVENT. Hosted Escorted Ride leaves from here at 7:15 am. Stop by to get your souvenir bag!

• Wheatsville Coop, 3101 Guadalupe St. Austin, Tx 78705
  Kosmic Kombucha, Mill-King Milk & Greek Yogurt, Coyote Creek Hard Boiled Eggs, Mini mmmpanadas, Red Rabbit Mini Donuts, bananas. Fontana coffee, KIND bars and backpack raffle, Austin Fire Department, and musical entertainment. Stop by to get your souvenir bag!

See the morning station map.

Morning Satellite Stations: 7 – 9:30 AM

1. American YouthWorks, 1901 E. Ben White, 78741
2. Bikealot,4418 Pack Saddle Pass, 78745
3. Bike Austin, Shoal Creek Blvd @ Far West Trail
4. Bike Austin, Banister Ln @ Casey St
5. Cycleast, 501 Pedernales Street, 78702
6. Food For Fitness, 1112 North Lamar Boulevard, 78703
7. Freewheeling, 2401 San Gabriel Street, 78705
8. Ghisallo Foundation, LAB 4th Street/I-35 Underpass
9. Mellow Johnny’s, 400 Nueces St, 78701
10. Rocket Electrics, 1608 E Riverside Drive, 78741
11. The Peddler Bike Shop, 5015 Duval, 78751
12. Jack and Adams, 1210 Barton Springs Rd, 78704
13. Gear Grove Dedication, 816 Congress Avenue.
    Movability Austin joins the Downtown Austin Alliance and the City of Austin’s Art in Public Places program on Bike to Work Day to reward commuters while dedicating a new art piece by Ben Harman called Gear Grove.

[h=4]PM HUBS 4:00 to 6:30[/h]

• Bicycle Sport Shop, ‪517 South Lamar Boulevard Austin, TX 78704
  Stop by the afternoon happy hour at Bicycle Sport Shop Lamar. As usual, this party is the place to be and be drinking some Real Ale Beer while enjoying hors d’oeuvres. There will also be a raffle for store gift certificates. Stop by and pick up a souvenir bag!

• Mellow Johnny’s, 400 Nueces Street Austin, TX 78701 Morningstations will serve tacos and coffee for bike commuters, along with KIND products. Afternoon Happy Hour will offer free beer and a nacho bar. A raffle drawings for a Timbuk2 messenger bag. We will collect names and email addresses and announce the winner the following week. Stop by and pick up a souvenir bag!
  
• Ozone Bike Dept With Austin’s Pizza, 3202 Guadalupe Street Austin, TX 78705 *
  Note this afternoon station runs from 5 to 8 pm.
  Ozone Bike Department will be hosting a happy hour stop at with free Austin’ Pizza & Independence Brewing Co. beer! We’ll also have fun games & prizes. Stop by and pick up a souvenir bag!

• Bikealot, 4418 Pack Saddle Pass Austin, TX 78745
  Morning station will have freshly roasted coffee from Amaya Roasting and all kinds of bagels from Einsteins Brothers. PM hub will have Jazz music and cold handcrafted drinks from Maine Root, snacks from Central Market and buy one get one free tube for anyone who gets a meal from local, farm fresh, slow cooked and delicious food truck trailer Ah La Cart. Stop by and pick up a souvenir bag!

• REI, various locations
  Each REI Location (Gateway, Downtown & Round Rock) will be doing Free Bike Inspections, a Sweepstakes for a Novara E.T.A. Commuter Backpack and have food and other fun goodies!

See the afternoon station map.

Afternoon Satellite Stations: 4 – 6:30 PM

1. Bike Austin, Black Star Coop 7020 Easy Wind Drive #100, 78752
2. Bike Texas, 1902 East 6th
 Austin, Texas 78702
3. Ghisallo Foundation with Nelo’s Cycles, 8108 Mesa Dr Austin, TX 78759
4. REI-Gateway, 9901 N Capitol of Texas Hwy Ste 200 Austin, TX 78759
5. REI-Lamar, 601 North Lamar Boulevard Austin, TX 78703
6. REI – Round Rock, 201 University Oaks Blvd #1100, Round Rock, TX 78664
7. Rocket Electrics, 1608 E Riverside Dr Austin, TX 78741

megalowmatt

So RubeRad what are they giving away? I have Fridays off but if the schwag is good maybe I'll hop on the bike and check it out.

Big Lebowski

There is a breakfast stop on my route tomorrow. I can't pass-up free food!!!

mrleft2000

Just one to get my shirt. I could hit up another one along the way but I feel bad that I'm too cheap to join the area bike association that's helping to pay for this.

Slowhead

I picked up my t-shirt on the way home tonight and will stop for a coffee tomorrow morning. I'm a volunteer for the local group.

jyl

No schwag on offer in PDX, alas.

Medic Zero

I was just thinking today that I wished they'd give out bells for the schwag for BTW day here in Seattle! I'm so sick of all these people that showed up on the streets in the last few weeks passing me without so much as an "on your left" or a ding. Funny, I don't recall being irked by that all winter long. I don't know if there are just so much fewer of us that it happens less often, or those of us that ride all year are more courteous, but I suspect the latter.

Last year my girlfriend and I rode in together (it was one of those rare times where our schedules briefly lined up) and we hit three stops and blew off a fourth directly on our route and skipped a 5th that was just off of it. Last year most (all?) stops had a water bottle with a handkerchief and a power bar in it. At least one had a really crappy blinky, and another sponsored by a bike shop had some sort of coupon, and REI's stop had a patch kit with levers.

Seattle's is tomorrow too, I'm planning on waking up early to hit the stop with free bagels just off my route. Again this year there are four on my route if I take Interlaken Park in, which I'll do if I'm going to hit the free bagel stop. We'll see how many I actually stop at, might have to do with whether or not I have room for any more schwag! I don't need any more water bottles, but I can always use more handkerchiefs! Full time work + school are making me more anti-social than normal, so I may not feel up to stopping and chatting with people at all. :/

human powered

I should be able to hit 5 San Diego pit stops without altering my normal commute too much. We'll see if I can handle the madness.

zacster

Try the bike fair/party after work. The one I was at was in Ballard, but it was a few years ago and may have changed locations. This was the first time I'd been in Seattle for 25 years, and I was amazed at how it had changed. Ballard was one of the few places where the long-timers had lived and still felt like a fishing village. It seems more like an artists commune now, at least what I saw. I just checked and the party is still in Ballard.

modernjess

I've riden them unintentionally every year, I've never seen any stops set up on my route (which is odd come to think of it) I'd have to go out of my way to go find them.

In the Twin Cities it is during the week of June 9-15. I don't want to take away from anyone's efforts to get out on that day, but riding in on an early summer morning is hardly an accomplishment I feel the need to be rewarded for with a free granola bar. To me it's a joy in and of itself.

I think we should have another one on January 15th, then 'd I'd stop in for some hot chocolate or a cup of coffee and a smile!