Bee bee bee bee bee bee bee bee…it’s time for Pac Man BikeInShapes…this month let’s highlight Clyde the orange ghost. Meet in front of Belly Taqueria at 7pm this Thursday. Something lime and salty-rimmed may follow…
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January 23rd – Cindy Crawford’s Mole
Moley moley moley, let’s kick off the New Year around and around the mole of all moles, Cindy Crawford’s mole. We’ll meet at First National Tap House on Thursday January 23rd at 7pm. Mark your calendar, it’ll be a moleumental night. Click on “Maps” to see the detailed embedded map.
November 21st – Tofurkey over Kale
Thanksgiving in the Willamette Valley calls for only the finest ingredients. Let’s wet our mock-tryptophan taste buds this Thursday, and ride in the shape of a glistening Tofurkey over Kale. We’ll meet at the new Hop Valley in the Whitaker at 7pm, Thursday and the pligramage-cycle will ensue. Vegans, veggieheads, flexitarians, and even carnivores are all welcome! 
October 17th – Modrian’s Compostion with Red, Blue, Yellow
Are you ready for the Prime-ary time?! Let’s dip our wheels, and paint an ode to the original city grid artist…Piet Mondrian. Meet at Falling Sky’s new Delicatessan (on 10th & Blair) on Thursday, October 17th at 7pm and ride this way and that. Extra points for wearing your favorite primary color!
September 26th – The Oregon Map
Let’s bring back a classic shape, and ride a cheers to our dear state, Oregon. Let’s meet at 7pm this Thursday at the Cannery. We’ll head up “Hwy 101” (aka High Street) to the “Columbia River” (ere..the Willamette), soaking up the first gulps of fall all the way around.
August 22nd – Jig Saw & Power Cord
Puzzle me this…this Thursday will be BikeInShapes first foray into Downtown Springfield! We’ll be visiting one of the new “springs” of Springfield, Plank Town Brewing Company. Let’s meet this Thursday at 7pm on the Autzen Footbridge, and trace the “power cord” along the river to the “jig saw.”(Click on Calendar for full map). We’ll end at Plank Town Brewing Company (4th & Main). All are welcome & thanks to Plank Town for $1 off pints and appetizers!
July 7th – Tour de Shapes, Mt. Hood
This should peak your interest…BikeInShapes’s annual summer “Tour de Shapes” is coming! We’re riding out to Agrarian Ales Hop Farm and Brewery in Coburg, tracing the shape of “Mt. Hood.” We’ll depart next Sunday (7/7) from Arriving by Bike (Willamette and 27th) at 10:30am*, and dock at Agrarian by lunch. First beer is free for bicyclists. It’ll be a 14 mile trek out, so bring water for the ride. Extra credit for wearing “Hoodies” or red bicycles (aka, little red rides…in the Hood).
*Springfield/Coburg Rd. ‘shapers can jump on the ride as we pass the Coburg Rd. Papa’s Pizza around 11am+/-.
June 20th – Triceratops
BikeInShapes is turning three years old! (Those terrible-twos were something else). To celebrate, let’s ride in the shape of our favorite three-horned friend, a triceratops. And after a triceratops ride, there’s pretty much only one beer we can return to: Ninkasi’s “Tricerahops.”
So dust off your tricycle for the triceratops on Thursday, June 20th leaving Ninkasi at 7pm. Any friends of Eugene-Springfield are welcome! Thanks to our friends at Ninkasi for hosting us!
May 30th – Loch Ness Monster
This Thursday, come wade in the water with the ultimate mythical lake monster, “Nessie” the Loch Ness Monster. The last known sighting of this plesiosaurs-like creature was in Scotland in 1933, but now that we are “shapin-it,” I am sure Nessie will give us surprise peak deep down in the Willamette….one can hope. ;)
Let’s meet at the new Oakshire Public House in the Whit (across from the Wandering Goat) at 7pm (yes, earlier!) this Thursday and head for back brews afterward.
April 18th – Fractal Tree
Earth Day is a celebration and reminder of environmental stewardship. But for “shape geeks” (you know that’s you), it’s also time to give an ode to nature, the most precise, accomplished and beautiful illustrator of…fractals!
In this week leading up to Earth Day, let’s “build” a tree out riding in the shape of fractals!
This will be a BikeInShapes unlike any other, that is, we will be branching out. We’ll all start together at the “trunk” outside the New Bier Stein (1st week open yay!) at 7:45 this Thursday. From there we’ll diverge into small groups, creating a fractal “branches” with one 4×4 “L-shape,” one 3×3 “L-shape,” one 2×2 “L-shape,” and finally one 1×1 “L-shape” little budding branch. Go wherever you please. Then we will head back along our fractal branches to the new Bier Stein for a pint. And ta-da, our fractal tree will be complete!
See you this Thursday at the new Bier Stein on 15th and Willamette! Plant this seed your friends heads’ too!
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