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                        DC Danish Adventure!                       

Do like the Danes do and travel by bike with help from Bike and Roll. Start off at our National Mall location where we will help you get everything you need to cycle around town. Enjoy all that Demark has to offer in DC and bring back your Phillips Collection Admission ticket to receive 50% off your rental (full day rate only).

Make your first stop at Tryst at the Phillips Collection, the new artsy outpost of the cozy coffeehouse bar and lounge for some Danishes and coffee. Like the Danish, you are going to want to be fully caffeinated for this remarkable exhibit. (Did you know the Nordic countries consume the most coffee per capita?) The Phillips Collection, like Tryst for best coffeehouse, won the Washington City Paper's 2012 reader poll for best museum.

Venture out of the café to experience one of the world's premiere art collections and special exhibition Per Kirkeby: Paintings and Sculpture where you will discover the sensuous paintings and striking bronzes of Denmark's most acclaimed living artist. Tweet a photo of your bike in front of the museum to @PhillipsMuseum for $2-off admission, or show your Washington Area Bicyclist Association (WABA) membership card for 2-for-1 tickets. Enter to win a trip to Copenhagen in the lobby (courtesy of VisitDenmark, Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), and the Arp-Hansen Hotel Group), and step into the museum shop to admire Danish designer Arne Jacobsen's iconic tea service and a beautiful handcrafted bamboo bicycle by ThreePenny Bikes, WABA's 2012 "BikeBuilder of the Year." Pick up a Washington, D.C., bicycle map in the admissions lobby to chart safe routes as you continue to explore the city Danish-style.

After the museum ride through Montrose Park and Dumbarton Oaks Gardens to the Embassy of Denmark for an awe-inspiring look at D.C.'s first modern embassy designed by acclaimed Danish architect Vilhelm Lauritzen.

Then veer over to the Folger Shakespeare Library to read up on the tragedy of Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark to round out the afternoon.

Washington DC's first ever Tour de Fat bicycling and beer festival was a monumental success, raising $15,000 for the Washington Area Bicycle Association. Bike and Roll's bike blender was a hit, as was our Penny Farthing Wheel of Fortune! DC residents flocked to the Navy Yard, decked out in some fantastic costumes. We took turns manning the booth to take a spin on the shoe bike, side by side tandem, and compete on the giant connect four board and life size jenga. 

Tour de Fat, a traveling bike and beer festival put on by Colorado's New Belgium Brewery, encourages participants to trade their cars in for bicycles. One lucky winner who hands over their keys will be supplied with a heafty credit to a local bike shop to purchase the ultimate commuter bike of their choice. Hip hip hooray for Tour de Fat! 

Click here for more Tour de Fat photos!

Whether you're new to bike commuting or it's old hat, it's not too late to register for Bike to Work Day! Join over 10,000 fellow bikers on May 18th at one of 58 rest stops in and around Washington. Registered participants have the chance to receive a free t-shirt, food, drinks, and raffle prizes. 

Put on by the Washington Area Bicycle Association (WABA) and Commuter Connections, this year's Bike to Work Day promises to be even bigger than the last. 

Don't have a  bike? Bike and Roll Washington DC is offering free bike rentals for the day. Please call ahead to reserve your bike, which can be picked up between 5pm and 7pm on May 17th, or starting at 7:30am on May 18th (202-842-2453). 

Register here for Bike to Work Day 2012! Registration is free and open until the day of the event.

The annual Bike DC ride is a fantastic way to celebrate Mother's Day while exploring the off-the-mall-sites of Washington DC and Arlington. Participants can pick either the 24-mile ride or the 11-mile family friendly ride. The entire route will be car free, and for the first year ever the National Park Service is permitting riders onto a car free Rock Creek Parkway!

Kick off will start on Capital Hill on Sunday, May 13th, and will pedal past the White House, Arlington National Cemetary, the Airforce Memorial, and over the George Washington Parkway. Proceeds will go to benefit the Washington Area Bicycle Association, a non-profit dedicated to promoting safe bike riding around the Washington DC area.

In it's third year participating, Bike and Roll Washington DC will offer Trek hybrid, performance and kids bike rentals for Bike DC. Bikes are available for pick-up the day before the ride at no extra charge. Reserve online by clicking here or by calling 202-842-2453.

Bicycle pick-up times for Bike DC are Saturday, May 12th between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. and Sunday, May 13th starting at 7 a.m.

Equipment should be returned to our Downtown DC location (11th and Pennsylvania NW, by the Federal Triangle Metro station) by 5:45 p.m. on Sunday, May 13th.