On Saturday, October 22, EBBC teamed up with Walk Oakland Bike Oakland, Jack London Square, and New Belgium Brewery to bring you the biggest celebration of the bicycle in regional history. Riders from all over the Bay rolled out to the waterfront for a terrific day of pedal-powered music, food, rides and more.

The first annual PedalFest was successful in every sense – over 18,000 people came out for the festival. The 13 entertainers on five stages were all huge hits, from the Rock the Bike soundstage to the daredevils on the Whiskeydrome and BMX stunt jumps. We raised more than $17,000 to benefit bike and pedestrian advocacy in the East Bay. PedalFest was a success in ways that can’t be summed up in numbers, too. Seeing thousands of riders having a great day together down at Jack London, it was clear that the bicyclists of the East Bay are developing into a real community. Thank you all for rolling out, and we’ll look forward to seeing you out at PedalFest 2012!

The East Bay Bicycle Coalition thanks everyone who attended a super-fun and totally incredible bike festival in Oakland. Special thanks to our event sponsors: Jack London Square, New Belgium Beer, Bay Area Bikes, and many other great supporting businesses, and a super-special thank you and recognition to Michael Stengl, who organized the biggest bike festival in the East Bay ever!

Cross psted from EBBC: http://www.ebbc.org/?q=pedalfest