Events
Bike Around the Bay
Bike Around the Bay is a fully supported two-day, 170-mile bicycle ride around Galveston Bay showcasing the natural beauty of Galveston Bay and benefiting the Galveston Bay Foundation. We have added mileage so the ride will be 170 miles this year and will truly be Bike AROUND the Bay! The ride will start at Barbers Hill ISD in Mont Belvieu, Texas and will continue along a scenic route that includes many fascinating sights and highlights. Riders will spend the night in Galveston where they will enjoy an informal dinner with other cyclists and friends and family. Day 2 will bring the riders north along the west side of Galveston Bay where they will ultimately finish at Barbers Hill ISD in Mont Belvieu, Texas.
2012 Bike Around the Bay
Bike Around the Bay 2012 will be held October 13-14. Registration is open! Visit bikearoundthebay.org to register, or contact Emily Demmeck at edemmeck@galvbay.org for all the details and to help answer any questions. Join in on the conversation at Facebook/BikeAroundtheBay to get up to date information!
2012 Bike Around the Bay Sponsors (to date)
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2011 Bike Around the Bay
2011 Bike Around the Bay will be held on October 8-9, 2011. Registration is now open. Register today! Please visit www.bikearoundthebay.org for all the ride details. Bike Around the Bay ride is now more eco-friendly--see how we've been Greening Bike Around the Bay!
2010 Bike Around the Bay
The 2010 ride took place on October 16th and 17th. Over 800 cyclists made the trek from Anahuac to Galveston on Day 1 and then from Galveston to Baytown on Day 2. Galveston Bay Foundation thanks all of the support team, volunteers, and riders who made for a great 2010 event! Check out all of the action shots on Bike Around the Bay's facebook page. Our friends at wiredin.cc also have some photos worth checking out!
2009 Bike Around the Bay A Success
Despite our setback in 2008 with Hurricane Ike, we were back this year, better than ever. We had 476 riders and over 350 volunteers that came out to support the Bike Around the Bay! Thank you to all our sponsors, riders, volunteers, and staff! Please click here for photos and videos from this year's ride.
2008 Clean Up Around the Bay
In 2008, Bike Around the Bay was canceled because of the conditions resulting from hurricane Ike. In lieu of the bike ride, riders and volunteers joined efforts for the Clean Up Around the Bay Ike recovery event.
More than 350 dedicated and hard-working volunteers helped clear hurricane debris at Galveston Island State Park, Virginia Point Peninsula Preserve, and the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge on October 18 and 19, and November 8 and 22, 2008. GBF wishes to extend a sincere thank you to the riders and volunteers who participated in the Clean Up Around the Bay! GBF also wants to thank CenterPoint Energy and KBR for sponsoring the event!
Thank you very much for helping restore Galveston Bay!
Photo Credit: Cindy Howard, Terry Marshall and GBF staff.
For details about the ride, please visit our Bike Around the Bay website.
