Kids' Bike Events - FREE!!

Join us for some fun on bikes! Kids and teens ages 4-15 can find something to do at many of our events.  

Check our calendar listings, below, and see Activity Descriptions for more information about Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day and all of our events for kids.

EVENT DATE TIME LOCATION ACTIVITIES
Expo/Kids' Bike Zone Saturday & Sunday, March 12 & 13, 2011 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Smith Cove Cruise Terminal Wheelie Fun Course, Learn-2-Ride, Treasure Hunt, Bike Carnival, Bike Art, Compu-Trainer races
Bike to Work and School Day Friday, May 20, 2011 All Day
Your School Ride your bike to school
Flying Wheels Saturday, June 11, 2011 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Marymoor Park, Redmond Featuring a kid-friendly 25-mile loop
Family & Cargo Bike Expo and Seward Park Centennial June 5, 2011 11 - 4 p.m. Seward Park, near main entrance Cargo bikes and bikes for families will be available for test riding.
Kids’ Dirt Fest - (WA Games, Mountain Bike Race) Saturday, June 18, 2011 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Duthie Hill Bike Park Season kick-off mountain bike festival: mountain bike races for kids 17 and under, Jump Jam Show with pro riders, trail riding, prizes
Cyclefest / BikeMania TBA TBA TBA Tour de France stage on outdoor screen. Kids’ events: Magnuson Park Bike Carnival, Wheelie Fun Course, Stunt Show, Tour de Magnuson, Magnuson Park Bike Parade, Treasure Hunt, Bike Art. Kids ages 3-12. Bring your own bike and helmet or use ours.
Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Duthie Hill Park, Issaquah Trips for Kids mountain bike celebration

Activity Descriptions:

Wheelie Fun Course

Show off your bike skills at this safety and stunt course for ages 12 and under. Course includes a butterfly garden, snake pit, bug dodge, and animania-animal dodge, as well as some basic safety skills. **All participants must have a waiver (PDF) signed by their parent or guardian.

Treasure Hunt

What looks like a normal room full of booths or a big empty field --is actually a maze of clues and secrets. Complete the treasure hunt by finding the answers to all the clues hidden at the event and win great prizes.

Bike Art Table

There is more to this art table than glitter and magic markers. At our Art Table, you can make art that reuses bike parts in new and fun ways. Decorate bike number plates and recycle bike parts and inner tubes into bracelets, and any other creative ideas you might have. Or jazz up your bike for our Bike Parade!

Bike Parade

Decorate your bike at the Bike Art Table then join us for a parade around the racea short course at one of our events to kick off the celebration. **All Bike Parade participants must have a waiver (PDF) signed by their parent or guardian.

Bike Carnival

Come one, come all, to play at Cascade’s carnival with a twist. Step up and show your skill in our bike-themed games and win fun prizes. Examples of a few of our games: Go Fishin’ for a Bike, Penny Pitch, Ring a Sports Drink, and Wheelie of Fortune are just a few of the games. Win fun prizes.

Learn-2-Ride

Learn-2-Ride is our revolutionary technique to teach new riders how to get riding on two-wheels without breaking the teacher’s backs, like the traditional bent-over seat holding.

This method is great for kids wanting to take that next step from training wheels to two wheels AND for adults who are learning to ride for the first time.

This course focuses on maintaining rider balance and teaching the necessary skills one step at a time.

BikeMania!

This all-ages event will include a bike carnival, bike art table, bike parade, and Kid Cross race - and that's not all! In partnership with Magnuson Community Center, and Outdoors for All, we will host TWO stunt shows and Tour de Magnuson guided rides. For the more competitively-minded, there will be a Kid Cross race. **To participate in any of our on-bike activities, all participants must have a waiver (PDF) signed by their parent or guardian.

Adaptive Cycle Test Area

Outdoors for All will be bringing in their adaptive cycles for kids to test ride. **All participants must have a waiver (PDF) signed by their parent or guardian.

Take A Kid Mountain Biking Day

Get dirty! On Saturday, Oct. 1, Trips for Kids Seattle, a Cascade program, in partnership with Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, will be hosting Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day at the new Duthie Hill Park in Issaquah. We'll start the day off with guided rides through the park, stop for a barbecue lunch, then check out a jump jam by local riders and racers including Team Dirt Corps. No day would be complete without an awesome drawing for fun bike gear and a brand new bike. Festivities begin at 10 a.m. and finish up around 3 p.m. Thanks to IMBA, Diamondback, Bicycles West, Redline Bikes, Norco Bikes, Mace, and Sram for their support. Contact Kat with questions. **All participants must have a waiver (PDF) signed by their parent or guardian.

Register through Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance.

Parking is available at the LDS church at 26529 SE Duthie Hill Road, Issaquah, 98029

Your gift to Trip for Kids will make a day on the mountain possible for a kid who wouldn't otherwise have the opportunity. Thank you for your support!

Visit the Trips for Kids website.

Thanks to our partners: Clif Bar, REI, Trips for Kids Seattle, Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, Magnuson Community Center, Outdoors for All, Rad Racing, Group Health and Team Group Health and Group Health Community Foundation.