The Family Bike Ride kicked off Health Days week. The weather was perfect at Mack Park — sunny and cool. Over a hundred riders as young as three (usually in trailers) to, well, much older came to enjoy the evening air and have fun with their family and friends. “It’s just to have a good time,” said event organizer Leslie Clegg. The cyclists ride up the canyon on the paved road to the campground and come back. “It’s not a race,” added Clegg. “They come back and they have a drawing on gifts. There’s apples and bananas and all kinds of fun gifts for just coming and having fun.”

This will be the fourth year since Leslie Clegg started the cycling programs for Health Days. “Why don’t we just do something with bikes,” Clegg said she asked at a committee meeting. “They said, ‘Well, then you can do it, you can be in charge.’”

“That’s not quite what I meant, but that’s how it all evolved,” laughed Clegg.

And evolved it has. In addition to the Family Bike Ride held this time on a Monday night so more families can participate. There is also a tougher Mountain Bike Challenge this Saturday. It starts at 2 p.m. at Mack Park. The ride is up Smithfield Canyon, then they turn at Birch Creek and ride up Birch Creek Canyon until it turns into a single trail. The ride is five miles one way and not for a beginner. It’s a technical ride for experienced mountain bikers. More drawings and prizes will be given away at the end.