MAY 2024 EVENTS:
Check out all the activities HBL has happening in May!
May 4 (Sat) Free Bike Maintenance Clinic
5/04 (Saturday) Fix-a-Flat Workshop
What: A hands-on introductory course to teach any adult (no prior mechanical experience needed!) how to fix a flat tire with ease, lubricate their chain, and keep their bicycle in tip-top shape. We will make sure that you come out of this workshop empowered with the most important bike maintenance skills so that you can continue to ride happily, for many miles to come.
When: 10:00am – 11:30am
Where: Villages of Kapolei Association Recreation Center #1 [here]
May 5 (Sun) National Ride a Bike Day
5/05 (Sunday) Cruise to da Brews
What: Bikes and Beers. Hop on a bike and we’ll be riding 3 miles to Howzit Brewing. Meet up with Chris Salas for this planned route along the King Street Cycle Track for National Ride a Bike Day or ride your own route and meet us there. Taqueria Hawaii will be selling tacos out front and Trivia starts at 6 if you want to play. Remember to bring a helmet and lights for your bike.
When: 5PM
Where: Starting at Honolulu Old Stadium Park and biking to Howzit Brewing
May 11 (Sat) Adult Learn to Ride Workshop
5/11 (Saturday) Adult Learn to Ride – Free Workshop!
What: Are you an adult who has never been on a bike before (or haven’t been on one for decades)? Come out to a FREE workshop held by the Hawaii Bicycling League, where our friendly & always patient instructors will get you rolling safely – whether you have never been on a bike before or it’s been a long while.Bring a bicycle or use one of ours!Registration is required in advance and is limited to 7 participants per workshop.
When: 2:30 – 4:00pm
Where: Ala Wai Promenade Bike Path [here]
May 13-17 National Bike to Work Week
HBL is excited to celebrate National Bike to Work Week! We look forward to saying thanks to everyone who rides their bike to work, and encouraging people to give it a try. Commuting by bike is a great way to get your daily exercise in and is way more fun than sitting in traffic! While we think every day can be a great day to ride a bike, we’re excited to highlight biking to work May 13-17 and celebrating commuting on two wheels!
5/13 – 5/17 (Monday – Friday) National Bike to Work Week:
May 13 (Monday) Energizer Station
When: 7:00 – 9:00am
Where: Behind Honolulu Hale at Punchbowl St. + Civic Center Bike Path [here]
HBL, DTS, and Kaua‘i Coffee is rewarding those moving by bicycle with Energizer Stations every day of the week. Stop by for snacks, refreshments, and epic high fives – and get rewarded for riding!
– Coffee provided by –
– Bike check-ups provided by –
May 14 (Tuesday) Energizer Station
When: 3:30 – 5:30pm
Where: Thomas Square Park at S. King St. + Ward Ave. [here]
HBL will be joined by OMPO to thank those moving by bicycle with Energizer Stations stocked with snacks, refreshments, and epic high fives.
– Bike check-ups provided by –
May 15 (Wednesday) Energizer Station
When: 7:00 – 9:00am
Where: Behind Honolulu Hale at Punchbowl St. + Civic Center Bike Path [here]
HBL, DTS, OMPO, and Kaua‘i Coffee is thanking those moving by bicycle with Energizer Stations every day of the week. Stop by for snacks, refreshments, and epic high fives – and get rewarded for riding!
– Coffee provided by –
– Bike check-ups provided by –
May 16 (Thursday) Energizer Station + Commuter Portraits!
(Rescheduled to Thursday, 5/23)
When: 3:30 – 5:30pm
Where: Thomas Square Park at S. King St. + Victoria St. [here]
Stop by HBL’s Energizer Station for snacks, refreshments, cycling swag, and a whole lotta aloha.
As a bike-by bonus: on Thursday we’ll be taking Commuter Portraits at Thomas Square! This is a chance to capture you and your commuter bike and celebrate biking to work! We always love to see the variety of bikes and think portraits are a fun way to capture & share this.
Bike check-ups provided by:
May 17 (Friday) Energizer Station
When: 7:00 – 9:00am
Where: Behind Honolulu Hale at Punchbowl St. + Civic Center Bike Path [here]
Coffee provided by:
Joined by:
Bike check-ups provided by:
May 17 (Fri) Bike to Work Week Pau Hana
May 17 (Friday) Pau Hana
What: HBL will have bike parking outside Howzit Brewing. Join other like minded cyclists and share some beers and stories. Cheers to Bike to Work Week! Howzit Brewing is giving $2 off all beers to people that bike.
When: 5:00 – 7:00pm
Where: Howzit Brewing (330 Kamani St, Honolulu, HI 96813) [here]
May 16 & 17 (Thu & Fri) Guest Lecture Henry Grabar
May 16 (Thursday) Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World
What: This month’s Better Tomorrow Speaker Series will feature Henry Grabar who will discuss how better parking policies can make more livable, sustainable cities. HBL will be providing a free bike valet! UH Architecture Auditorium – Thursday, May 16th at 6:30pm. Click here to reserve your free seat.
When: 6:30 – 8:00pm
Where: UH Mānoa’s Architecture Auditorium (ARCH205) (1899 University Avenue #1859) [here]
May 17 (Friday) How Parking Ruined America’s Cities… and what we can do about it
What: Honorary Host Councilmember Tyler Dos Santos-Tam proudly presents Paved Paradise: How Parking Explores the World author Henry Grabar. Henry is a Harvard planning fellow and a journalist from Slate who has released a fast-paced, witty, and well-researched book on how badly designed parking policy destroys everything. He shows how excess parking requirements and poor use of space elevates housing prices, destroys wetlands, hurts small businesses, exacerbates inequality, and, not least, drives us all to distraction. You won’t want to miss this interesting, dynamic and important speaker! Click here to reserve your free seat.
When: 10:00 – 12:00pm
Where: Mission Memorial Building (530 South King Street Honolulu, HI 96813) [here]
May 18 (Sat) Zach's Ride in Paradise for Safe Streets
May 18 (Saturday) Zach’s Ride
This event will incorporate a short ride in urban Honolulu, a rally for safer streets at the State Capitol, and a talk-story over lunch.
The community-based ride brings people together for the love of biking and emphasizes our need for safer streets and sharing Hawaiʻi’s roads. Our responsibility to look out for one another with Aloha.
May 23 (THURS) Commuter Portraits
May 23 (Thursday) Commuter Portraits!
When: 3:30 – 6:00pm
Where: Thomas Square Park at S. King St. + Ward Ave. [here]
The rain had us feeling a little too gloomy last week, so we rescheduled our Commuter Portraits. This is a chance to capture you and your commuter bike and celebrate biking to work! We always love to see the variety of bikes and think portraits are a fun way to capture & share this. Bike on by and show us “why you bike” and get a nice photo of you and your bike.
