Biking with Others: More Fun & Safer!

Here’s a list of Greater Lansing-area biking groups to help you get more fun out of your riding, learn more about all the bike fun this area has to offer:

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    • Lansing Bike Party – Weekly (Friday evenings) slow & short rides around Greater Lansing whenever it’s above 40 degrees and decent weather (approx. mid-March thru October). The motto of the group “It’s about the smiles not the miles!“.  Started in 2009 on the MSU campus and since grown to almost 2500 members on Facebook! Meet-up and leave from the Lansing Bike Co-op (check the FB group for the time; it changes during the year to make the most of the sunlight). Members also organize many other rides on other days.
  • Tri-County Bike Association (TCBA) – The largest member-based bike club in the Tri-Co. area; organized rides for all ages/ abilities. TCBA organizes longer tours as well including the famous DALMAC tour.

  • EPIC Mountain Bike group: Regular group MTB rides on Wed. nights at trails in the Mid-Michigan area (Burchfield Park, Sleepy Hollow State Park, Anderson Park, West Lansing Trails, or the Lansing River Trail).

     

  • Thursday Evening Gravel Grind– A spirited weekly ride of approx. 34 mi. for those wanting to test their gravel riding skills and stamina. Meet-up at the MSUFCU parking lot north of Lk. Lansing Rd off of Coolidge Rd. 5:45pm, roll out at 6:00pm.

     

  • SPIN Bicycle Shop Monday Night Gravel Ride! – A new weekly ride for those into gravel or dirt road riding, organized/ sponsored by the SPIN Bicycle Shop in Old Town, Lansing.
  • Denny’s Central Park Women & MTB rides – Occasional rides for women-only are “…easy paced group ride designed to be fun, not fast, and great for those looking to build skills and confidence.” Thursday evenings are MTB ride nights for employees, customers, and more importantly friends of the shop.

     

  • Scooters Pro-Cycle rides – These are weekly (Thursdays I think) slow-roll rides similar to the Lansing Bike Party vibe, and open to the public.

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  • News story about more bike fun in the Greater Lansing area from 2021.

Author: Tim Potter

Sustainable Transportation Manager, MSU Bikes Service Center; member of the All University Traffic & Transportation Committee (http://auttc.msu.edu); founding member of MSU Bike Advisory Committee (https://msubikes.wordpress.com/volunteer-donate/msu-bac/); advocate for local & regional non-motorized transportation issues thru the Tri-Co. Bike Assn. Advocacy Committee (http://groups.google.com/group/tcatc); board member of the Ride of Silence (http://www.rideofsilence.org); year-round bicyclist of all sorts; photographer; soccer player; father of 3; married 35+ yrs. to Hiromi, Japanese national (daughter of former Natl. Keirin Champion, Seiichi Nishiji); Christ follower.

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