Celebrate City’s history, Bike Month on “Beards, Bonnets and Bikes!” family ride with Mayor Suthers Saturday

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- Families are invited to celebrate June as Bike Month and Colorado Springs’ Sesquicentennial (150^th anniversary) in a special mayor’s ride Saturday, June 5. Fashion your best bonnet and burliest (or well-trimmed) beard and ride like it’s 1871 with Mayor John Suthers and his wife Janet for Beards, Bonnets and Bikes! to kick of the 2021 season of family rides for Kids on Bikes.

Riders of all ages are invited to join the Colorado Springs Sesquicentennial celebration by wearing their favorite “bonnet” or “beard” in leisurely themed bike ride. Join Mayor Suthers and his wife Janet for a family ride to celebrate community biking and local trails. This ride is organized by Kids on Bikes.

The event will be Saturday, June 5, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m at the America the Beautiful Park, 126 Cimino Drive.

Riders should arrive by 9:30 a.m. to check-in before the ride departs at 10 a.m. Helmets are required for children and are highly encouraged for adults.

The Beards, Bonnets and Bikes! Family Ride will start and end at America the Beautiful Park with a six-mile round trip along the Pikes Peak Greenway Trail at a very relaxed pace with minimal street crossings. The group will enjoy popsicles at the halfway point at what has affectionately become known as the PopCycle Bridge (on the Pikes Peak Greenway at Van Buren Street).