Today! West Hartford’s Annual Bicycle Festival, Wheel Fun Day

Sunday, June 15, 2014 | West Hartford Town Hall Parking Lot
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What better way for dads to celebrate Father’s Day than to bring their children to a Bicycle Festival in West Hartford that includes bike decorating stations, Big Wheel time trials, safety tip demonstrations, a World Champion Stunt Rider, juggler, face painting, free professional photographs of dads with their children on bicycles and live music!? Building on last year’s first bicycle festival in West Hartford, the town’s Bicycle Advisory Committee is hosting something even bigger and better this year. 

It’s free, open to all and incredibly family-friendly with cordoned-off safe riding areas and bike parking, terrific food vendors (Pinkberry, Get Toasted, and others) and even a Fashion Show (new this year!).

Professional Photographer Mark Marques will be on hand once again to take photographs of people with their bicycles, an extremely popular free option at last year’s festival and especially fun this year with the Father’s Day theme!

Wheel Fun 2014 Schedule of Events (subject to change)
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9:30-10:00am Bike Down Main.  Begins in the Marshalls Bishops Corner parking lot and will end at the West Hartford Town Hall Parking Lot. Riders ride at their own risk and must wear helmets; we suggest riders be age 11 or older.
10:00am Festival Opens
11:00am Performance by Chris Poulos, BMX World Champion Stunt Rider
noon-12:30pm Bike/Walk CT will demonstrate bicycle safety tips
12:45-1:15pm Fashion show of bicycling apparel and gear
1:30-2:00pm Decorated bikes parade
2:00-2:30pm Raffle
3:00pm Guided four-mile family friendly ride in West Hartford.  Sponsored by REI, Lulu Lemon and Bloomfield Bike  ($3 fee for insurance)

Ongoing Events throughout the day
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. Live music throughout the day
. Face painting and Valentine the Clown at the Bike West Hartford table
. Unicycling juggler 
. High Wheel Vintage bike demonstration
. Big Wheel Time Trials
. Bicycle decorating station sponsored by the Greater Hartford YMCA
. Professional Photographer Mike Marques will take FREE photographs 
of people with their bicycles in a special tent
. Bike Parking Area (no need to worry about where to park your bicycle)