11th Annual Fall Bike Fest

Saturday, September 28, 2024
9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Cupertino Civic Center Plaza

Safe Routes to School celebrated another successful Cupertino Fall Bike Fest last Saturday September 28^th! The 11^th annual festival featured a plaza full of 30 different bike-related activities hosted by various local bike and environmental organizations. The core Bike Fest activities focused on bike safety, and included helmet checks by Walk-Bike Cupertino, bike repair by Community Cycles of California, and traffic safety skills training by Safe Moves.  Then festival goers could apply those skills by participating in one of our two community bike rides.  Our 10-mile Park Tour Ride, led by the Black Mountain Composite high school mountain bike team (BMC), featured a tour of 11 of Cupertino’s parks and had nearly 90 riders. Close to 200 riders came out for the ever-popular 2.5 mile Family Fun Ride and Scavenger Hunt (led by Bicycle Solutions), with kids as young as 3 riding their own bikes. 

On the plaza were opportunities to engage in numerous bike-themed crafts (helmet decorating by Tino Eco, bike license plate making by Saratoga Biking Club, and bike jewelry by Eco Valley) and games (on-bike games, spin art, sLEDgehammer) and snacks (pedal powered smoothies).  Three art installations were showcased: our festival mascot, Poppy, by Balloonatics; chalk art on Torre Ave by Active Circle; and an art installation from Eco Valley made of recycled materials, featuring retired orange pedestrian crossing flags from Cupertino crosswalks.

Many thanks to Mayor Mohan for her keynote speech, along with the other City Council members and BPC and Sustainability Commissioners who came out to help.  We are very grateful to all 137 volunteers and vendors and our community members who turned out in droves to support cycling in Cupertino.  We look forward to the next Bike Fest!

The Finish Line
Photo courtesy of Cherie Walkowiak

The Family Fun Ride chaperoned by Bicycle Solutions, the Bicycle-Pedestrian Commission and City Staff
Photo courtesy of Cherie Walkowiak

Mayor Mohan with Council Members Kitty Moore and Jr Fruen
Photo courtesy of Cherie Walkowiak

Chalk Art by Active Circle
Photo courtesy of the City of Cupertino

Chalk Art by Active Circle
Photo courtesy of the City of Cupertino

Button Making with the Sustainability Commission
Photo courtesy of Cherie Walkowiak

Hi from the Family Fun Ride!
Photo courtesy of Cherie Walkowiak

Cupertino's Fall Bike Fest is paid for, in part, by 2016 Measure B funding