SPECIAL EDITION Roast Ride: Coffee ride on the Indianapolis Cultural Trail

It is FREE to participate in the Roast Ride. However, any optional coffee or other purchases made by the riders would be on their own. We recommend participants bring a credit card or cash should they choose to make any purchases.

We recommend bringing your own bike if possible. However, our friends at the Indianapolis Cultural Trail will be providing a limited number of free Pacers Bikeshare Bikes for each ride. You WILL need to sign an additional waiver. Pacers Bikeshare bikes must be docked or locked when not in use.

Our friends at The Cultural Trail have you covered! They have adaptive bicycles, that are specifically designed for people who aren’t comfortable or have mobility challenges that make riding a two-wheeled bike difficult, that can be utilized. You will need to sign an additional waiver for these.

Roast Rides begin promptly at 10 AM and typically lasts 2-3 hours. The ride covers about 3-5 miles in distance at a leisurely pace with a few stops at local shops to grab coffee and rest. Please arrive early with plenty of time to sign waivers, ready bikes, and go over any preceding announcements.

We'll watch the weather as closely as we can, and riders will be notified at least an hour in advance of any cancellations. That being said, the Cultural Trail is kept free of snow and ice, so as long as it's not raining too badly, we should be good to go! <insert joke about Indiana weather here>

Besides planning for the weather, be sure to bring all the safety and personal equipment you need for biking, including a helmet, a lock, and water!

Yes, this is a beginner-friendly ride that welcomes all ages, abilities, and paces. However, space is limited for these events. Each rider needs to individually register through Eventbrite. We may not be able to accommodate unregistered riders.

Part of the fun of Roast Rides is that we will be hitting up different local coffee shops each month! The rides will always begin and end at Lugar Plaza and primarily use the Indianapolis Cultural Trail.

Lugar Plaza is a modern public square in downtown Indianapolis, located just north of East Washington Street between Delaware and Alabama Streets, on the south side of City-County Building and across from the Julia M. Carson Transit Center.The address for Lugar Plaza is 200 E. Washington St.

Roast Ride are held on select Saturdays at 10 AM. Make sure to check Eventbrite and the Indianapolis Cultural Trail event calendar!

For this ride, we'll be biking out to Speedway to visit our friends at The Spark Coffee and Founders Grounds.

Are you a Marion County resident? You can ride Pacers Bikeshare for free, 30-minute trips courtesy of the brand-new Indy Rides Free program! Learn more and sign up today => https://pacersbikeshare.org/indyridesfree/ To receive your pass by the ride, complete the process at least 10 days before.