For those of you spending this Thanksgiving with family, you might be in for many hours of biting your tongue. I get it. I’m there with you. This is a rough time. It’s hard to be on social media right now. I’m sure it will be even harder to be around relatives who might say bigoted things.

Riding your bike can be a good way to shed that excess frustrated energy or to burn off all that pie you’ll be eating. There are several fun bike things happening this weekend that you shouldn’t miss.

Thursday

Major Taylor Birthday Ride – Thanksgivings Meal Warm-up: This ride will help you get in some exercise before you stuff your face with turkey. It’s also a celebration of Major Taylor’s 137th birthday! The ride meets at the Dunn Brothers at 4648 East Lake Street at 8:30am and rolls out at 9am. It’ll be about 15-20 miles, and there will be one warm-up stop. The ride will wrap up around 10:30am, so you can fit it in even if you have an early Thanksgiving meal planned.

Friday

Black Friday Ride p/b Koochella: This weekend is supposed to be pretty mild. Koochella is organizing an 11am ride down at the river bottoms for cross, mountain, or fat bikes. They advise: Bring snacks and your beverage of choice!

The Leftovers Ride: Oh look, a new ride popped up. Freewheel is leading a ride to help you get back in shape after eating all that turkey on Thanksgiving. This is a two-hour ride led by Mario Macaruso that starts at Freewheel West Bank at 3:30pm and lasts for about two hours.

Saturday

A Very Spinning Stories Showcase: Spinning Stories is a storytelling event that travels by bike. At a Spinning Stories event, you get to hear stories told in the places where they actually happened. At the Spinning Stories showcase, they’re highlighting some of the best Spinning Stories performances to date. It’s getting colder, so this event is being held at Patrick’s Cabaret (at 7pm) instead of outside. It’s a perfect excuse to go support local storytellers and be around folks who like riding bikes.

Sunday

BIKEFUN! presents: Work off that turkey: Okay yes, this is an event that I just created today. I’ve planned several group rides over the past few months, and for this one, I just want to ride bikes. It’s not going to be fancy, and since it’ll be cold out I don’t want to make any stops. Meet at Smith Triangle Park at 2pm. We’ll roll just fast enough to stay warm while exploring our city, and maybe get some dinner afterwards.