Bike Bonanza

No registration is required to attend a Bike Bonanza, but registration is preferred for children who plan to participate in a Learn to Ride — Kids class or Bike Driver’s Ed clinic. Get more info and register for Learn to Ride — Kids here. Get more info and register for Bike Driver’s Ed here.

All class dates and locations are subject to change. Please check back for updates.

Learning how to ride a two-wheeler can be challenging, and trying to teach a child the old-fashioned way can be even more difficult—not to mention frustrating! But Bike New York’s Learn to Ride — Kids class is different. Enroll your children and they’ll be balancing, pedaling, starting, and stopping with control before you know it.

Learn to Ride — Kids is free and open to kids five and older. Pre-registration is preferred. Participants must bring their own bicycles and helmets. Children must be accompanied by a legal guardian.

Get more details about Learn to Ride — Kids here.

Riding a bicycle is serious fun! Whether your kids are still riding on the sidewalk or biking all the way to school and back, it’s important that they, like adults, master the handling skills they need to stay comfortable, confident, and safe on two wheels.

Bike Driver’s Ed is a free clinic where kids practice cycling skills with certified instructors and trained volunteers. From cycling in a straight line to scanning for traffic and signaling turns, participants go beyond simply balancing and pedaling to riding their bikes predictably and with control.

The free Bike Driver’s Ed clinic is open to kids who can balance and pedal a two-wheeler. Participation is free and pre-registration is preferred. Participants must bring their own bicycle and helmet and must be accompanied by a legal guardian.

Get more information on Bike Driver’s Ed clinics and find registration information here.

Helmet hair is cool! Helmets are required by law for bicyclists 13 and younger, and are a good idea for everyone. While supplies last, the official New York City bicycle helmet will be fitted and distributed free of charge by NYC DOT staff at each Bike Bonanza.

To receive a helmet you must: be present; learn how to properly fit and wear a helmet before you receive it; have a parent or legal guardian present to sign a waiver for children younger than age 18; sign your own waiver if you are 18 or older and receiving a helmet for yourself.

Find more information on the NYC DOT Bicycle Information website.

Is your child’s bike too small? At each Bike Bonanza, non-profit Recycle-A-Bicycle hosts a kids bike swap, where families can bring used bikes that their children have outgrown and exchange them for fully refurbished childrens bikes. If there are bikes left over at the end of each event, Recycle-A-Bicycle will distribute them on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Get more information at recycleabicycle.org, and watch a video of a kids bike swap in action here.

Once you swap your old bike for a new one (or even if you don’t), kids and adults are invited to register their bikes with members of the NY Police Department’s Crime Prevention Unit.

Free of charge, NYPD will engrave bicycles with unique registration numbers and special decals, which help trace the bicycle back to its proper owner if ever stolen and recovered.