Full Moon rides w/ Vie Cycle
Vie Cycle presents Full Moon Lighted Bike Parades, in collaboration with Bike Walk Tompkins! Check out Vie Cycle’s website for more details >>
These are family-friendly community bike rides, aimed at encouraging rider safety and visibility. We encourage you to put on some costumes, get your wheels lit up and come on a 5 mile slow roll around downtown Ithaca. Every ride explores different infrastructure and trails and we do ride on roads! The group gathers together one hour before sunset at the Bike Walk Tompkins office (803 Cascadilla St) and we roll out right as the sun goes down so that we can really show off our awesome light displays. Multi-color wheel lights can be purchased ($20/wheel) at the ride and installed on-site. Feel free to bring your own outfits and lights as well!
Upcoming Ride info
Pink Moon
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024
Meet at 7:30pm
Ride is from 8:00pm- 9:00pm
Flower Moon
Thursday, May 23rd, 2024
Meet at 8pm
Ride is from 8:30pm-9:30pm
Strawberry Moon
Friday, June 21st, 2024
Meet at 8:00pm
Ride is from 8:30pm- 9:30pm
Buck Moon
Sunday, July 21st, 2024
Meet at 8pm
Ride is from 8:30pm- 9:30pm
Sturgeon Moon
Monday, August 19th, 2024
Meet at 7:30pm
Ride is from 8:00pm-9:00pm
Corn Moon
Tuesday, September 17th, 2024
Meet at 6:30pm
Ride from 7:00pm-8:00pm
Hunter's Moon
Thursday, October 17th, 2024
Meet at 6pm
Ride from 6:30pm-7:30pm
2022 Winter Solstice Ride
Halloween parades
The Annual Halloween Lighted Bicycle Sculpture Ride brings art, bikes, fun and trick or treating all together for a spectacular fantastical event. Now in its 7th year, the Bike Sculpture artists continue to wow with more and more fanciful and cleverly lighted sculptures, all created on or towed by bikes. Over 50 sculptures are expected to turn up. The Practice Route (Friday, 10/27) runs from Hickey's down Tioga Street to the Commons where each sculpture is introduce as the others circle the square. The Halloween Night Route (Tuesday, 10/31) zigzags through Ithaca's most popular trick or treating streets: Utica, Tioga, Lincoln and Farm. All are invited to light up your bike and join in the fun! The start time to ride is 6pm from Hickey's.
Created by Dave Davies & Vikki Armstrong, with sculptors Nina Widger and Jim Sherpa.
2021 Winter Solstice rides & festivities
