BikeNewark

09/29/2026

We hope you'll visit us at one of our two fall bike checks!

Bring your bike to Delaware Ave at the UD Green on Wednesday, 9/30, 11-1:30 and Thursday 10/8, 11:30-2 for our fall Bike Safety Checks. The checkpoints provide bicyclists with free safety information, maps, bicycle lights, helmets, and basic bicycle repairs. The program is designed to help keep residents, workers, and students safe while traveling by bicycle. Reps from DelDOT, UD Public Safety, BikeNewark, Newark Bike Project, Delaware Commute Solutions, and WILMAPCO will be there to help!

09/03/2026

FirstFriday Ride Friday September 4 at 6pm
(weather permiting. cancelled if raining or thunderstorm).

Easy Social Ride of 4-6 miles starting at Hillside Park. Frost Lane and Hillside Road.

Children welcome with parents or guardians.

08/19/2026

Delaware has maintained a top 10 ranking in the country as being a Bicycle Friendly State since 2012. For the 2026 ranking, there is a new public survey component, where the League of American Bicyclists wants to hear from people who bike in Delaware. Whether you ride every day, occasionally, or simply care about improving bicycling where you live, your feedback can help shape the League's 2026 Bicycle Friendly State ranking.

The survey takes just a few minutes to complete and is open through September 1.

Take the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RTDKCD2

Please consider sharing it with friends, family, coworkers, and fellow riders. The more responses we receive, the stronger the picture we will have of bicycling in Delaware and across the country.

Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

08/07/2026

Thunderstorm Warning for 6pm forces it to cancel the FirstFriday Ride this month

08/06/2026

FirstFriday Ride is ON!

August 7, 2026. 6pm

weather permitting.
We will go even if it is HOT (bring water)
but NO GO if raining/storm

07/03/2026

FirstFriday Ride July 3 Cancelled
Due to dangerous temperatures above 100' F at ride time tonight we have reluctantly decided to cancel the event this month.
Hope that you can find a cooler way to celebrate the Independence Day Holiday

06/04/2026

Newark Nite Friday June 5 is happening when we normally schedule FirstFriday Ride for June.

We are cancelling the FirstFriday ride this month so that we can attend NewarkNite on Main Street on June 5.

NewarkNite is back after several years and we wanted to help promote it in conjunction with Newark Parks and Recreation.

We hope to see you on Main Street.

Read more about it here:

After an eight-year hiatus, the popular Newark Nite festival will return next week.

04/16/2026

As the weather warms up, more people are out and about on their bikes, but it is important to ride safely.

The past two weeks, BikeNewark has partnered with Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT), Delaware Commute Solutions, Newark Bike Project, Wilmington Area Planning Council and the University of Delaware to offer Bicycle-safety checkpoints at the pedestrian intersection of The Green and Delaware Avenue.