Bar Harbor Bike Bus

10/20/2026

Last bike bus of the fall season tomorrow!

Going to be a brisk 30 degree morning in the sunshine tomorrow. Great day for gloves!

We'll meet at 7:30am tomorrow at the ballfields and ride for our last time together in 2026. We all have the next two weeks off for the school transition and by the time we get back...it'll be the less exciting version of living in Maine. Plus, I have a conference on the 4th and the 11th is a federal holiday (Veteran's Day) and we won't have school.

So tomorrow is it until the spring!

Come dressed for the fall weather! Going to be a beautiful morning!

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10/14/2026

The rain and thunder isn’t letting up and to avoid a whole bunch of kids crashing this morning, we’ll cancel Bike Bus today.

No Bike Bus this morning. 😢😢😢

09/30/2026

Bike Bus in the morning! 7:30am!

Band of the Week is another iconic band that debuted in 1994. This time a band hailing from London and putting out some the biggest hits in the post grunge era of the 1990’s and beyond. Like a tree, but different. Not talking heads, but more machine like.

It’s an awesome set of songs to kick off a Wednesday morning!

Don’t forget your helmets and see you in the morning!

09/23/2026

Bike Bus #4 of the school season was a beautiful (and chilly!) morning filled with so many young faces! It's so wonderful to see these little kids learning to bike in the group and working up the strength for those subtle (but long) climbs up Spring Street!

We pulled out the playlist from the Foo Fighters this morning. Classics of the '90's band like "Everlong" and "My Hero" and so many others. Dave Grohl went from Nirvana's drummer to the lead frontman of Foo Fighters, in one decade.

A legend in the rock and roll world. In 2006 the Foo Fighters released "Skin & Bones" a live acoustic set recorded at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles. I listened to his album on repeat for years after it was released. It lived on multiple playlists uploaded to multiple Ipod shuffles I used when I was running. When I hear "Times Like These" I'm transported to mile 96 of the Cascade Crest 100 mile race I ran in 2010. Finally cresting the top of the final climb in the race, I rolled over the top of the ridge as "Times Like These" came over my headphones. The calming melody of the song and the cheering adulation from the live crowd brought chills to my skin as I raced the final miles down this old forest deep in the Cascades. I was tired, but the music was like fuel on a dying fire. It brought me back to life and I flew down the mountain, passing one person after another, everyone barely shuffling their feet as I launched over fallen trees and stretched the pace beyond anything reasonable.

It was enough to get me a meaningless 28th place. But it provided me a memory I'll never forget. Both of what the power of music can be, but also the depth of abilities we have when we think the tank is completely empty. The Foo Fighters taught me that there is always a little more left in the tank.

And all of which started with a few chords on a guitar and the cheering from a crowd that was most definitely for the Foo Fighters, but in that moment...felt like it was for me.

So when I hear the Foo Fighters, that's what I think about and am transported back to. Music has a funny way of doing that. I felt that same flashback this morning playing the same songs as we rode to school.

Next week, new band!

Thank you to everyone for coming out and don't forget gloves next week!

-Jeremy

09/02/2026

Thanks for the video from this morning Rebeccah Brann!
Bar Harbor Bike Bus

09/02/2026

Today was our first bike bus of the new school year. It is the second day of school.

I didn't really expect that many people to show up this week because I figured everyone was still getting into the new school routine.

I was so wrong.

We had a huge turnout for the kickoff to the school year and it's just about the best feeling every single Wednesday. The new faces, the new bikes, the new wheelies somebody has learned over the summer. There is just a feeling of pure joy when you're a kid on a bike.

As we turned onto Ash Street at the start of our route, and as the iconic "Jolene" by Dolly Parton played on the speakers, a woman ran out to meet us in the street.

"We just moved here! How do we join the Bike Bus?!!"

"Come to the ballfields every Wednesday. 7:30am!"

And off she went, and away we went. Kids smiling, some broadly and others ever so slightly. Like the feeling of your hand out a car window weaving in and out of the wind. You can't help but smiling.

People are always saying they want a community. I've always said community is only going to be as good as what you give. Bike Bus is a great example of what we can all give back to the community. In the form of cycling education. In the form of a fitter youth. In the form of our local residents getting the biggest smile of their day at 7:41am when our group of happy kids rolls on by their front porch.

It all counts. It all matters.

Have a great first week of school everyone! See you next week!

7:30am. Wednesdays. Bar Harbor Ballfields.

Bring a bike. Bring a helmet. Bring the fun.

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09/01/2026

Bike Bus returns tomorrow morning. 7:30am at the Bar Harbor Ballfields!

08/25/2026

08/25/2026

The downside to summer being almost over...is that summer is almost over...

The upside though is that we're back to school next week and that means...BIKE BUS IS BACK!!!

We'll be at the Bar Harbor ballfields at 7:30am each Wednesday until it's so cold everyone stops showing up! For the new kids coming into their first bike bus experience we just ask a few things:

1. Be able to start and stop on your own. We have a few turns and and stop signs and every riders should be able to start and stop without falling over.

2. Everyone needs a helmet. If you don't have a helmet...we'll find you one!

3. If you really want to do Bike Bus...but don't have a bike??? Send me a message or email ([email protected]) and we'll see if we can round up a bike for you.

4. Do you have to live in town to participate? No. Actually, as it turns out most of the regulars live in Bar Harbor but not in the village. We load up our bikes and helmets each Wednesday to a bike rack and meet at the kids and parents that ride in to meet us at the ballfields. Some parents drop their kids off with their bikes and head off to work. Some parents stay and ride to school with us. All options work great!

5. We stay off the sidewalks and we bike as a group from point to point. We stay to the right side of the road, yield to oncoming traffic and we ride aware of everyone around us in the group. Getting from point A to point B safely is our #1 priority and a lesson within Bike Bus each week so the children learn to navigate the streets safely so they can be more independent on a bicycle as they grow older.

6. Music is a big part of Bike Bus and we'll play songs the kids love and current and requested. But mostly...we'll be teaching the kids about some of the greatest bands with a different artist playlist each week. As many of us are parents in our 40's...that means a heavy dose of 90's bands and we will be blasting some classics unapologetically all morning!

We are always looking for some crossing guards if anyone has Wednesdays free and want to help. Even a random Wednesday is all you have available, it's helpful. Just show up and we'll give you a reflective vest.

The route is only a mile and takes less than ten minutes to get there. It's not a long ride but Spring street is a long uphill for the little ones. Feel free to meet us along the course if that is easier, or meet up when you are ready.

For the parents that ride to the school with the Bike Bus...we usually ride back to the ballfields together as most of us are off to work after that. Which...as much as the Bike Bus is fun...the parents ride back is also a really great time, short as it is!

7:30am. Wednesdays. September 2nd, 2026 is the first ride of the new school year. Hope to see everyone there!

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07/15/2026

Wednesday, September 2nd will be our first Bike Bus of the 2026-2027 school year! Can’t wait- share with a friend! 😎