Kidical Mass Arlington
Family-friendly bike rides in and around Arlington, VA.
RIDES
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It’s baaaaack! It’s time again for the Kidical Mass Arlington Halloween ride: time to put on your costume, ride bikes and prepare to eat copious amounts of candy! Like last year, we’re partnering up with Trek Bikes to celebrate! We’ll meet at Zitkala-Sa Park, where families can come early to enjoy the super fun playground.…
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Happy New School Year! It’s time to tune up those bikes and get ready to bike to school. Kidical Mass Arlington is teaming up with BikeArlington, Phoenix Bikes, Trek Bikes and the new-to-Arlington Girls in Gear to bring you the Back to School Bike Fair on Saturday, September 10, 2022 at Barrett Elementary. We will…
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Helicopters! Fire trucks! Police trucks! Free Food! Dogs! Raffles! Bounce houses! Arlington’s Public Safety Block Party is back for the first time in 5 years! And we’re going for a ride! The route is short and simple, leaving from the Block Party and heading into the Glencarlyn neighborhood. We’ll meet at 2pm at the bike rodeo (near…
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It’s HOT and what better way to beat the heat than enjoying Arlington’s great SPRAYGROUNDS. We’ll meet at Mosaic Park — the sprayground is on the Quincy Street side of the park — then ride through some nice neighborhood streets and a cemetery to get to Penrose Square, where there’s another sprayground! Come early to…
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Happy Bike Month! This month, we’ll use one of our FAVORITE trails in Arlington: the Secret Trail (it probably has another name, but people don’t seem to know it). This trail connects Lyon Park park to the 27 Trail under Route 50. For this route, we’ll continue on the new extension of the the 27…
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We get one Earth – let’s celebrate her and remind ourselves why *sustainable* transportation is so important! On Sunday, April 24, we’ll join the Langston Blvd Alliance’s Earth Day on Langston. We encourage everyone to come by 1pm, when the Earth Day celebration will have some great speakers. We’ll roll out after the speakers, around…
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Happy Spring! It’s time to tune up those bikes and get out riding. We will meet in the awesome Mosaic Park in Ballston, ride around Buckingham & Arlington Forest and return to Ballston to enjoy some lovely blossoms. We’ll end in the heart of Ballston, where families can grab shakes at Shake Shack or other…
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National Landing is the vibrant, exciting part of Arlington located at the bend in the Potomac River. Join us on a ride to enjoy Arlington’s newest trail segment, around the newly opened Long Bridge Aquatic Center, through the Pentagon Reservation and through Pentagon City on Eads Street, ending in Crystal City. Kids will particularly enjoy…
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It’s baaaaack! The Kidical Mass Arlington Halloween ride returns: time to put on your costume, ride bikes and prepare to eat copious amounts of candy! This year we’re partnering up with the Trek Bikes to celebrate! We’ll meet at Zitkala-Sa Park, where families can come early to enjoy the brand new, super fun playground playground.…
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Black Lives Matter. We still have so much work to do, even in Arlington, to address racial and social justice. In support of those efforts, Kidical Mass Arlington will join Arlington for Justice‘s Ride for Black Lives on Saturday, October 2, 2021, for a special family ride. The family ride will meet at TJ Community Center…
WHAT IS KIDICAL MASS?
Casual family bike rides — slow paced, on calm streets and/or trails, very easy, no drop.
Everyone is welcome: adults with kids on seats, in trailers, on long tails, in box bikes, on trail-a-bikes, and/or on tandems; older kids on their own bikes; even adults on bikes by themselves.
The rides will be slow (around 6 mph), short (3-4 miles) and easy (no hills above 5% grade if at all possible).
WHAT TO BRING
- Bike(s) that are ready to ride (Air in the tires; Brakes that stop and a Chain/Crank/Cassette that goes)
- Adults to accompany kids
- Younger kids in seats or trailers
- Experienced child riders (this is not a place to learn to ride)
- Listening ears
- Helmets for all
- Appropriate clothing (be ready for whatever may come)
- Sunscreen
- Patience
- Money & IDs
- Water
FAMILY BIKING RESOURCES
- Kidical Mass
- Family Biking Guide from the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition
- Family Biking Ages & Stages from Totcycle
- Sheldon Brown on Teaching Kids to Ride
- DC Family Biking on Facebook
FAVORITE FAMILY BIKING BLOGS
- http://totcycle.com/blog/
- http://www.bakfiets-en-meer.nl/
- http://carfreecambridge.com/
- http://bakfietscargo.blogspot.com/
- http://boxbikelondon.tumblr.com/
- http://carfreedays.com/
- http://cargovelo.blogspot.com/
- http://monstersonabike.blogspot.com/
- http://bikinginheels-cycler.blogspot.com/
- http://lovelybike.blogspot.com/
MORE KIDICAL MASS
- The original (Eugene, OR)
- Alexandria, VA
- Washington, DC
- Rockville, MD
- Gaithersburg, MD
- New Haven, CT
- Chicago, IL
- Ames, IA
- Portland, OR
- Seattle, WA
THE FINE PRINT
Kidical Mass Arlington rides are loosely organized bike rides for families. Rides ared planned to be safe and fun, but said safety and fun are the responsibility of individual riders and are not guaranteed by KMA or any of its sponsors. All kids should be accompanied by adults. All riders should wear helmets, whether or not they’re pedaling. KMA encourages all riders to follow the law and common sense, and takes no responsibility for riders or others who do not. Riders will be asked to sign a waiver. Ride safe, have fun.