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Biketober is a month-long festival that celebrates riding a bike.
Biketober takes place in several cities across a number of countries, including Australia and New Zealand.
Biketober is a month-long festival that celebrates riding a bike.
Biketober takes place in several cities across a number of countries, including Australia and New Zealand.
Activities
Biketober is locally organised and looks different in different locations. In Aotearoa New Zealand, Biketober is a collection of community-organised activities such as group rides. There is a strong focus on inclusivity and encouraging a wide variety of people to get involved. Event types include: * Food tour rides / progressive dinner by bike * Cargo bike parade * Pump Track Party * Halloween Ride * Sunrise coffee ride * Big Fancy Bike Ride / Frocks on Bikes * Murder Mystery Ride * Zombie Ride * Treasure Hunt On Wheels * Books on bikes – a tour of libraries and bookshops * Bike-in movies / Pedal-powered cinema * Garden tour by bike * Bike skills workshops * Bike-wash * Bike to school day / Bike Train In Australia and the US, Biketober has included a challenge where people can win prizes for biking. Some Biketober festivals have cycling activism elements too.List of Biketober festivals
* Atlanta Midtown Alliance Biketober * Biketober Melbourne * Biketober Auckland * Southern Lakes Festival of Cycling * Biketober ChristchurchSee also
*Bike bus
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, a regular ride with a set route
* Critical Mass
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, a cycling protest
* Kiddical Mass
* Active transport
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* Urbanism
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* Pedalpalooza, described in Cycling in Portland, Oregon
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References
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