The CAKE Ride
Day
Friday, August 14, 2026
Meet
6:00 PM
Rolls
6:30 PM
Where
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Ladd Circle
1988 SE Mulberry Ave, Portland, OR 97214 · Hosford-Abernethy
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- 70 SE Ladd & Ladd Circle · 1 min walk
- 14 SE Hawthorne & 16th · 5 min walk
Distance
14.3 mi
Route
A loop
Audience
Family Friendly
Terrain
Rolling
Surface
Paved
NOTEPlease upload your photos / video to https://photos.app.goo.gl/9LvmV9dt6duAEqzj6
About
Do you love CAKE (the band)? Do you love cake (the food)? Then you will love this ride madly.
Roll along in your short skirt and long jacket while listening to the sweet, sweet tunes of Sacramento’s best export. We will go the distance, listening to CAKE’s entire studio album catalog, back to front. There will be a vibraslap! We will give away a tree! Ditch the stickshifts and safety belts, the long line of cars, and the unbearable carbon monoxide as you embrace your rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle and keep your wheels spinning round.
There will also be a cake break! Bring a cake (or cupcakes) to share at the park stop or at the ride finish to prolong the magic. We will have plates and forks but BYO to reduce waste. Also BYO trumpet.
We’ll roll at a casual pace with re-groups so everyone can stick together for a ~14-mile ride. Park stop halfway through at Lincoln City Park (SE 135th and Mill). There’s one hill of size and a few short gravel bits. Come at 6pm if you want to tune in to 2011's Showroom of Compassion. Bring lights for your bike since it will get dark about halfway through.
We will have two trailers, one towing a giant sound system and the other towing a giant papier-mâché cake which will hold actual cake inside it and display CAKE album visuals.
Even though we will go at a social pace and frequently regroup, if you get a flat / have a mechanical problem, the ride is not going to stop for you, so plan to take transit home.
Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/51593205
Photos / video from last year's ride: https://photos.app.goo.gl/t3sA4mzrRQQLaEdU8
Please post your photos / video for the 2026 ride here: https://photos.app.goo.gl/9LvmV9dt6duAEqzj6