MKE Bike Bingo 2024

About the Bicycle Benefits (sticker) Program
Bicycle Benefits helps cyclists support bike-friendly local businesses. Buy a sticker for $5, put it on your helmet, and collect rewards from over 2,000 places all over America!

What is Bike Bingo?

Bicycle Bingo 2024 challenges cyclists to explore businesses and events right here in Milwaukee, WI. Ride to the places on your bingo card, use your benefits, and ask if they will punch or stamp your bingo card.

Collect prizes for bingo rows/columns and if you manage to complete all 25 spaces you can earn bigger rewards!

Rules for Bike Bingo 2024

• Remember that it’s a game, be nice and have fun!

• You must have a Bicycle Benefits sticker on your helmet, a Bingo Card, AND ride your bike

• Participating businesses are showing their support of cycling so show them the same support by purchasing a product or service to the best of your ability!
• Tip your server on the full price BEFORE discounts

• Stickers are available at most participating businesses for $5 and never expire
• Bingo Cards are available at most participating businesses for $3 and they expire October 13
• When a prize is collected for a row, column, or diagonal be sure the business marks through the five spaces of the bingo with a line!
  
  
  Details of the 5 event spaces:

1: Tuesday Night Rides

TNR is a weekly slow-roll that rides to a variety of parks, businesses, and public concerts. Gather at 6pm and roll out at 6:30. Meetup locations vary (as of May 2024 it was frequently Dream Lab, on 3rd & National). Details at facebook.com/mketnr

2: Critical Mass

Critical Mass highlights the need for better bike insfrastructure. Gather in Red Arrow Park (920 N Water St) at 5:30 and roll out at 6pm sharp. Dates for summer 2024 are May 31, Jun 28, Jul 26, Aug 30, and Sep 27. More details on instagram and facebook.

3: Group Ride

Mark the square yourself (honor system!) with the date of the ride. Here's some suggestions, we'll add more as they're announced!

Various Dates: Bike Breakfast (often on the Oak Leaf Trail near the Riverside Park UEC), look for announcements on Bike Benefits FB page and MKEBKE

May 25: 11am Petal Parade at The Pink House, 601 E Wright St

May 31: 5pm BVGN Rollout at Rush Mor Records, 2635 S Kinnickinnic Ave

Jun 9: Ride with Pride, time and location TBD

Jun 21: Tosa Full Moon Ride

Jul ?: Milwaukee Underwear Bike Ride, time and location TBD

Jul 21: Tosa Full Moon Ride

Jul 26 : 7pm Riverwest 24 near 2663 N Pierce St

Aug 19: Tosa Full Moon Ride

Sep 17: Tosa Full Moon Ride

4: Mobile Bike Repair

The Mobile Bike Repair program trains and employs youth to repair bikes for free in underserved communities of Milwaukee. We practice what we preach by providing this service via cargo bikes that bring tools and supplies directly to community centers like libraries and parks. For dates and locations find them on Instagram or Facebook

5: Volunteer With Bicycle Benefits

We always need help growing the cycling community here in Milwaukee! Feel free to contact us (below) for new ideas. Some ideas include:

• bring a friends to a transit Public Input Meeting for improvement such as Brady St, I-794 Lake Interchange, the KK Connect Trail, the I-175 Corridor or similar. Exhaustive list is at https://wisconsindot.gov/Pages/projects/by-region/se/default.aspx
• Organize a group ride to participating Bike Bingo businesses, promote it on social media, and then lead it!

Questions? email us at info@BicycleBenefits.org