Boise Bicycle Project

06/03/2026

Mark your calendars! Open Streets Boise is rolling into the Collister Neighborhood on Sunday, September 27th, from 12 - 5 PM, transforming it into a car-free community space where we can bike, walk, and roll together!

Join us for a free, family-friendly event filled with local businesses, live music, delicious food, art, and interactive activities alongside the Collister Neighborhood Association. Route will be announced in the summer.

We’re looking for:
🔵 Artists, musicians & performers to bring the streets to life
🔵 Nonprofits & community groups to engage with attendees
🔵 Food trucks & vendors to keep the crowd fueled
🔵 Business sponsors to support this growing event

This year, we’re prioritizing businesses in the Collister Neighborhood - but applications are open to everyone! You can apply to be part of the event or become a sponsor using the link in our bio or by visiting boisebicycleproject.org/open-streets-boise

See you in the streets! 🚲

Thank you City of Boise for supporting Open Streets Boise 2025.

06/02/2026

This May, Boise was one of many places to gather and share in bike joy for National Bike Month. National Bike Month is a chance to showcase the many benefits of bicycling — and encourage more folks to give biking a try. Organizations across town put together jam-packed event calendars to get people out and riding. Here at BBP, we hosted seven different bike events. 

We kicked off the month with bike trivia at Here’s How Public House, where people learned about Lael Wilcox’s record-breaking ride around the world and how ahead of the time Idaho was with the stop-yield law. In between, there was lots of bike riding, with a BASH hosted at the Ann Morrison Traffic Garden, Bike to and from Work Day with our neighborhood friends Dawson Taylor and Lost Grove Brewing, and a group ride to an AC Boise home game that helped avoid the traffic and got us right to the front of the stadium. Local residents came to an after-hours presentation with Nina Schaeffer from the City of Boise to learn more about the Pathways Master Plan and discuss the current status plus ask questions about the future. To wrap it all up, there was the second annual Bike Month Alleycat Race, Freewheel Frenzy! Over 100 riders and 28 teams turned out Saturday afternoon to decipher clues and bike all around Boise, with the last clue sending them to Barbarian Brewing for a well-deserved bevvy, where a portion of beer sales were donated back to Boise Bicycle Project.

To all who attended one event or many, thank you for supporting and being a part of this community. It fills our cup to see familiar faces and new ones, gathering and sharing in the collective love and joy of bicycling. By showing up, you are helping to create the community you want to see in Boise. A community where you can ride for fun, fitness, or with family, or for taking essential trips to work or shop. Where, by just riding your bike, you are part of the movement for safer streets, connected communities, a healthier planet, and happier people. How cool! There is something special here at BBP, and we’re glad you are a part of it!

05/28/2026

Join us on Saturday, May 30th, from 1 - 4 PM for a high-energy spring alleycat race during the Freewheel Frenzy! Starting at BBP, you’ll crack clues, find checkpoints, and chart a race route through the city.

You can expect 15 - 20 miles of riding. Teams of 3 - 5 are encouraged, but all group sizes are welcome, ride solo or squad up!

⏰ Rider Check-In: 12:30 PM
🚲 Roll Out: 1 PM sharp
🏁 Finish: By 4 PM (or whenever you crack the final clue)

Bring your bike, helmet, lights, lock, repair kit, water, snacks, and something to write with.
Afterwards, join us at Barbarian Brewing in Garden City from 4 - 7 PM for our National Bike Month wrap-up party! Bring your spoke card with at least five marks and *get a free beer on us 🍻 *Limit 20 people

We’ll see you at the starting line! RSVP using the link in our bio or at boisebicycleproject.org/calendar

05/27/2026

WOWZA! Just like that, May is already almost behind us. We can’t believe it either! We hope you’ve been enjoying National Bike Month!

It’s not over yet… we still have three events left before we close out!

➡️ Sustainable Gardens Bike Tour 🌿

Join us tomorrow night (Thursday) for a bike tour around some of the best greenspaces in Boise! Hosted by the University of Idaho Extension and the BBP, we’ll learn from local experts like on how trees and urban habitat are the key to biophilic design, working with biology to make cities a better place to live. Bring your bike & picnic dinner if you please, meet us at BBP at 5:30 PM, and we’ll roll shortly after! Registration required at boisebicycleproject.org/calendar

➡️ Freewheel Frenzy Alleycat Race 🐱

Our spring alleycat race is back again this Saturday from 12:30 - 4 PM! Start at BBP, solve riddles as your ride through town, and then rally with us at our wrap-up party. Registration required at boisebicycleproject.org/calendar

➡️ Wrap-Up Party for National Bike Month 🍻.

This Saturday from 4 - 7 PM, let’s close out National Bike Month with good company and drinks! Everyone’s welcome to join us at Barbarian Brewing in Garden City from 4 - 7 PM. Barbarian is giving $1 per beer back to BBP, so every pint supports bikes in our community. Celebrate the end of National Bike Month with us! If you picked up a spoke card for Bike Month and attended five or more events on the back, get a *free beer on us. *Limit 20 people.

Ride on!

05/27/2026

The next session of our teen apprenticeship program is here! 🔧 The deadline to apply is next Tuesday, June 2nd.

Our "fixies" learn industry-level bike mechanic skills, interpersonal skills, and service industry skills while having a fun time with their cohort. In this program, they'll gain over 40 hours of community service in five weeks! Anyone ages 13 - 17 are welcome to apply, and we strongly encourage young women, LGBTQ+ individuals, and people from diverse backgrounds to apply.

This session will run between July 7th and August 6th on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons between 1 and 5 PM. The fixies will also help run one of our BASH (bicycle and safety program) events at the traffic garden on Saturday, July 18th!

Applications are open, and we hope to connect with many interested teens! You can apply on our website at boisebicycleproject.org/calendar

05/26/2026

Last Thursday, five BBP staff members and eleven volunteers headed to Duck Valley Reservation with vehicles packed full of bikes, tubes, tires, and parts for the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes’ Duck Valley Arbor & Earth Day Celebration.

For the past three years, we’ve partnered with the tribes to provide refurbished bikes and repairs to this remote community of 1,300+ residents, where access to resources can be limited and bikes are often a vital form of transportation. 113 bikes were claimed in less than three minutes, and throughout the day, 48 bikes were repaired! Kids rode our BASH safety course for hours, decorated helmets with stickers, raced down gravel roads, and spent the afternoon outside together in the sun.

One local social worker shared that for many youth on the reservation, bikes provide not only transportation, but meaningful connection, independence, and encouragement. Last year, her son learned to ride for the first time with support from our volunteers. This year, he came back ready for a bigger bike. Because of this community’s generosity, these bikes will continue empowering youth and families at Duck Valley for years to come. We’re proud to continue strengthening our partnership with the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes.

05/26/2026