Dubuque Bike Coop

🚲Great Opportunity for Younger Riders! 🚲

The City of Dubuque is offering a great program for current 5th–7th graders (rising 6th–8th graders) focused on building safe, confident bike riders.

BikeWise: Street Smart Cycling teaches kids how to ride safely on city streets, not just for fun, but for everyday transportation.

Participants will practice core bike handling skills and learn important rules of the road, bike lane safety, and real-world riding awareness.

📅 Session Dates:

Monday-Thurday

June 1–4, 2026 or

July 27–30, 2026

⏰ Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

📍 Location: Multicultural Family Center (daily start/end)

👥 Limited Spots: Only 12 kids per session

✅ Registration: Activity Search - City of Dubuque Parks and Recreation

This is a great way for kids to build confidence and learn to ride safely around town.

Spots are limited, please help spread the word!

Home NINE DAYS, TWO WHEELS , ONE EPIC EVENT!

A huge THANK YOU to the Dubuque Bicycle Club for their very generous donation to support our voucher bike program! This will help those in need get reliable transportation

Howdy, folks! While we'll be creating an official event in the next day or so, we wanted to give you all a heads up that we'll be holding our first (hopefully) monthly New Volunteer Recruitment and Orientation next Wednesday, 29 April, at the Coop starting around 6pm. We'll talk through our mission, operation and ways to get involved. Hope to see you there! Please share far and wide.

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Did you know that the Coop has several used bike racks available for purchase? We have some hitch mount racks (mostly 2" at this time) available for $50 and trunk/rear hatch mount for $25. We also have various roof top options. Stop by and check them out! Currently open to the public Tuesdays and Thursdays form 6pm to 8pm.

It's bike riding season! We've got a few tagalong bikes ready to go. $40 each. Get 'em!

“But mom/dad… I don’t want to practice… I want to go ride bikes.”
https://www.facebook.com/share/r/18AFUcnMg9/

FYI

This bill was meant to regulate e-bikes.
What it actually does is regulate everyone who isn’t in a car.

HSB 637 was introduced on Jan 28th as a “safety” and “device regulation” bill. But the actual language goes way further - impacting bikes, strollers, wheelchairs, scooters, skateboards, delivery riders, commuters, gravel cyclists… and even events like RAGBRAI.

🚫 Roads over 25 mph? Off limits.
🚫 Class 3 e-bikes? Effectively banned.
🚫 Commuting on neighborhood collector streets? Illegal.
🚫 Scooters or mobility devices in small towns? Effectively Illegal.
🚫 Bike delivery? Illegal.
🚫 Bike races and large rides? Suddenly complicated - or worse.

This isn’t a bike bill.
It’s a sweeping rewrite of who is allowed to use Iowa’s roads and trails - and most people don’t realize it yet.

We dug into what the bill was meant to do vs. what it actually says
https://www.bikeiowa.com/Feature/2118/iowas-hsb-637-a-bill-that-bikes-should-fear

No action needed yet... the Iowa Bicycle Coalition has their pulse on this bill and will be watching it closely.

Anyone in the Dubuque area have some astroturf they're looking to rid of? Also looking for a couple of mannequins. Thanks!

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