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Cycle Kettering Community Rides 2025
Cycle Kettering Community Rides 2025
Sun., Aug. 24 (3-6pm) is the fifth in a series of Cycle Kettering Community Rides for 2025. Cyclists will be led on a tour of Woodland and Calvary Cemeteries. The ride going “peak to peak” (7.6 mi.) will begin at 3:00 at Calvary Cemetery entrance. For a shorter version of the ride (2.1 mi.) with a focus on Woodland Cemetery meet at the entrance of Woodland at 4:15. * Be aware that this tour will take us to two of the highest points in the Dayton area.*
Sun, August 24, 2025, 3pm Woodland & Calvary Cemetery Ride (03-20205 B)
See the final resting place of some amazing cycling citizens of Dayton including Wilbur, Katherine, Orville, Earl, John, Paul, George, Richard, Samuel, Albert & Arthur.
Starting Point at the Entrance of Calvary Cemetery.
Sun Sept. 21, 2025, 3pm Thankful for the Arts of Kettering Ride (03-20205 C)
Tentative Plan is Starting Point at the White Oak Camp, Hills & Dales
To register create a user account and log into the Kettering Parks Recreation & Cultural Arts Department website and search on bicycle or the activity code. Registration for the June through Sept. rides are not open yet.
The next Cycle Kettering Meeting will be a road trip to Bicycles For All on Thurs, Oct. 2, 7pm at the BFA location in the basement of the red Armory building at 201 E. 6th Street, Dayton, Ohio 45402. Access to the entrance is off of Patterson in the parking lot behind The Armory Building. This will be an exclusive tour for Cycle Kettering members and guests, outside of the regular BFA hours on Mon.& Weds. evenings from 6-9. Cycle Kettering members are encouraged to bring any type of old cycling gear, bikes included, that you’d like to see get recycled and used by others. You will get a behind the scenes tour and see how volunteers take old bike donations, repair and turn them back into safe adult bikes and help children connect with a free bicycle.
CyclePaths April 23-Oct.15 Weds. morning rides every week for 55+ cyclists, sponsored by Cycle Kettering, Charles I Lathrem Senior Center and Kettering Parks Recreation & Cultural Arts Dept.
* * Past Events * *
Aug. 14 7pm. Bike Packing 101 workshop on traveling by bike at the Lathrem Garden Shelter
Cycle Thru! The Art of the Bike at the Cincinnati Art Museum, Fri, April 4–Sun, Aug. 24, 2025
Thurs, March 27, 8pm - Jeffrey's Journey - In this documentary, on Think TV, follow Kettering’s Jeffrey McElfresh over the course of ten days as he cycles along the Ohio River, from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati. follow juicymelt on facebook/instagram for additional content and cycling related fun stuff.
Mon. March 31 - 6:30-8pm Youth Cycling and Safe Routes to school.in Kettering with Tracey Cunningham
Mon. Feb. 10, 2024 - Planning and Bikepacking the Ohio to Erie Trail, by Guest Speaker Chad Ingle Kettering resident, adventurer and city engineer and Ron Hundt.
Weds. Feb. 12, 2024 - CyclePaths Organizational meeting at the Charles I Lathrem Senior Center in Kettering
Mon. Jan. 13, 2024 Traffic Engineering for Cycling in Kettering, City of Kettering Traffic Engineer Brad Walwer to discuss Archived Presentation
Mon. Nov. 25, 2024 - Bicycling Far, Eat More! A comprehensive review of strategies of eating while bicycle touring or just casual riding. This presentation by Chef George Sideras is the culmination of 50 years experience cooking on the road with all its trials,tribulations and rewards. Archived Presentation
Mon. Oct. 28, 2024 - 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps - Ranger Roger Osorio of the Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument, in Wilberforce, Ohio will share the story of the 25th Infantry Regiment Bicycle Corps who in 1896 completed a 1,900-mile journey from Montana to Missouri.
Mon. Sept. 30, 2024 - Meet Daniel Cox of Bike Miami Valley, Lights on Bikes distribution starts at 6:30 pm
Cycle Kettering Community Rides 2024
Cycle Kettering Community Rides 2024
In Partnership with the Kettering Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts Department The rides starts/ends at the Kettering Recreation Complex. We will ramble along at a “no sweat” pace for around 10-12 miles. Community Rides are held in coordination with Kettering Parks, Recreation & Cultural Arts Department. For more info about this ride and future rides, visit the Cycle Kettering Website or the KPRCAD Spring 2024 Program Guide and search for
Sun, August 25, 3pm (3-5pm)
Sun, August 25, 3pm Ice Cream Ride
Sun Sept. 22, 2024, 3pm Sculpture Theme
Armchair Adventures 2024May 16-25, 2024 - Dayton STEM School STEMMersion
Sat. April 27, 2024 - Celebrate Trails event on the Iron Horse Trail
Mon, April 22, 2024 - Armchair Adventures - 20 x 20 slideshow presentations on cycling adventures near and far.
Mon, March 25, 2024 - Guest Speaker - Maleyah Bhandari - Gr. 7 Language Arts Teacher, Dayton Regional STEM School, Organizing Spring STEM School Rides and back by popular demand Mark Messer & Don Moncrief on Tuning up your Bike for Spring! Part II
Mon. Feb. 26, 2024 Guest Speakers - Mark Messer & Don Moncrief Tuning up your Bike for Spring!
Mon. Jan. 29, 2024 Guest Speaker - Matt Lindsay of the Miami Valley Regional Planning Commission (MVRPC) - Manager, Environmental Planning, Active Transportation MVRPC Presentation - Regional Active Transportation Planning - Jan. 2024
Weds. Nov. 29, 2023 - Guest Speakers - Chuck Smith Ohio Bike Federation & Kendall Draeger of the Kettering Bike & Pedestrian Advisory Committee speaking on State & Local Issues for Cyclists
Weds. Sept. 27, 2023 - 6:30-8:00 Guest Speaker - Brian Housh - Rails to Trails Midwest Policy Manager Rails to Trails - Building Ohio’s Trails Network - Sept. 2023
Sat Sept. 16, 2023 - ECO Fest @Lincoln Park
Sunday July 9 - 4:00 PM - 6:30 PM - Bike Centerville & Cycle Kettering unite for an extended ride through Kettering and into Oakwood and Dayton. Some cyclists on the Kettering Community rides have asked about longer more challenging rides. Iron Horse Park, Centerville, 21 miles - "Sight-seeing" pace, +/- 10mph
Armchair 2023May 18, 2023, 11am - Ribbon Cutting for the Hewitt Ave. Connector
May 19, 2023, 7am - Ride to Work Day Meet at the Kettering Govt. Center to ride downtown to Riverscape.
Weds, March 22, 2023 - 6:30-8:00 - Armchair Adventures - 20 x 20 Pecha Kucha style slide shows 20 slides @20 secs/slide. See the Armchair Adventure slideshow 2023
Weds, Feb. 22, 2023 - 6:30-8:00 - E-Assist Cycling, Planning 2023 Activities
Weds, Jan. 25, 2023 - 6:30-8:00 - 2023 Community Ride Planning
Weds, Oct. 26, 2022 6:30-8:00 - Maps & Apps. Learn about mapping apps helpful to cyclists while enjoying appetizers!
Weds, April 27,2022 - 6:00-8:30 - Bike Miami Valley Ride Leader Training Indoors & Out
Mon, March 21, 2022 Bicycle Maintenance & Safety at the Lathrem Senior Center 6-7pm (01-20610-A)
Weds, March 23, 6:30-8:00 - Community Ride Leader Orientation for 2022
Lights on Bikes Night - June 7, 2021, 7-8:30 at Wenzler Park
A fun Cycling Calendar to celebrate cycling almost any day of the year - see Calendar below....
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