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The Death Metal Ride: Butchered by Bike
2025-06-07 02:00 - 03:00 UTC | Irving Park 707 NE Fremont St, Portland, OR 97212 Near the bathrooms at the top of the hill
Let's open up the pit!
Metalheads: gather at Irving Park on Friday, June 6th for one of the heaviest rides of the year, celebrating the most brutal genre of music - Death Metal!

THEME:
Death Metal! This ride will be set to a soundtrack of death metal, with tracks from its' origins to the present. Expect a playlist of old school, brutal, technical, progressive, cosmic, cavernous, grinding, slamming, gore-soaked death metal (although probably no deathcore, sorry!). Break out your best battle jacket/vest or other death metal gear for this ride. This is a curated playlist, so synced sound systems are welcome but please refrain from conflicting sounds/bringing your own playlist.

ROUTE:
Route will be about 14-16 miles with a store stop, taking roughly 2.5 hours in total. Ride will be a loop - you will be back at Irving Park at about 10pm! This will be a social-paced, no-drop ride moving at about 8-12mph. All wheels welcome.

While the route won’t be posted beforehand, feel free to ask the ride leader about specifics at Irving Park or the store stop if you have questions. Similar to a live metal show, the music will be loud; we’ll have some earplugs on hand, but we ask that you refrain from bringing pets on this ride.

See you in the pit!
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This ride aims to be a safer space. We take the Shift2Bikes Code of Conduct seriously and do not allow harassment, violence, racism, bigotry, threats, or other actions that go against the code of conduct. Ask before touching another person or their belongings. If you experience or witness an issue, please alert a ride leader. Banned riders are banned here.
Gather at 7, Ride at 7:30
https://shift2bikes.org/calendar/event-21098
