Kelly Brush Foundation Century Ride

Sick of sucking car fumes, and dodging busses. Wana shred that new road bike, and raise a little money for a good cause check out the Kelly Brush Century Ride.

Middlebury, Vermont, Sat. Sept. 13: 100-mile ride
through the beautiful Lake Champlain Valley. The third-annual event raises
money for spinal cord injury research and ski racing safety. Teams of
century riders may compete to raise the most money. Teams of two, three or
four riders may divide up the ride. Pre-registration is required.

See
www.kellybrushfoundation.org for more info.

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Franklin Park Transportation Meeting

The Franklin Park Coalition is having a meeting on Tuesday June 3rd regarding transportation issues in Franklin Park and Bike-related issues will be on the agenda so I encourage anyone who is interested to attend.

Come learn about a transportation study currently being conducted for Franklin Park. Offer input about improvements you want to see and your experiences.

Too many cars? Not enough parking? Too little access for bikes, walkers, drivers, or T riders? How are the crosswalks and roads leading to the park? No convenient bike parking? Are speeding cars a problem? What about vehicles in the park, like golf carts and maintenance trucks?

Location the Golf Clubhouse.
Time Tuesday June 3rd 6:30-8:00

Refreshments and child care provided – please call or email in advance if you are bringing children.

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Somerville History Ride

Join the Somerville Bicycle Committee and the Somerville Historic Preservation Commission for a bicycle tour of historical sights
around Somerville. This year’s ride will focus on the many commuter
rail stations that Somerville once had, and on the Green Line stations that will soon take their place.

The ride starts at Somerville City Hall, 93 Highland Avenue, at 10 am on Saturday, May 31. We’ll take about three hours to ride about ten miles, stopping along the way at railroad-related sites and at such historic landmarks as the Prospect Hill Tower and the Old Powder
House. The ride will end at the Somerville Museum, where we’ll
enjoy refreshments and an exhibit of the Somerville Preservation Awards.

Rain date is Sunday, June 1, same time and starting location. For
more information, e-mail [email protected] or call 617-628-8895.

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Bike to the Sea Day

Bike to the Sea Day, June 22

The 16th annual Bike to the Sea Day ride will be held on Sunday, June 22, 2008 at 9 am. Meet at the Dockside Restaurant, 229 Centre St. in Malden.

A 10 mile family ride will reach Vitale Park in Saugus and an 18 mile adult ride will reach Nahant Beach before returning to Malden. Children must be 8 or over, under 16 accompanied by an adult. Helmets must be worn by all. The $25 family of four fee and the $15 individual rider fee also covers T-shirts, pizza and door prizes after the ride back at the Dockside.

Volunteers needed for registration tables and to serve as marshals out on the course. To volunteer or for a ride registration form, call 781-397-6893 or you may pre-register at Active.com. Riders may also register outside the Dockside on the day of the ride from 8 until 8:45 am.

Bike to the Sea, Inc. is a Malden-based, non-profit organization that works for bicycle safety and safe places to ride. Bike to the Sea’s main focus has been the development of the Northern Strand Community Trail, a multi-use trail that will extend from Everett through Malden, Saugus, Revere to the Lynn waterfront. http://www.biketothesea.com

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Book Reading: Involves “Outlaw Bicyclists”

(note: picture only mildly related)

Free Book Reading/Signing/Discussion- May 17th 7pm
Nowtopia: How Pirate Programmers, Outlaw Bicyclists, and Vacant-Lot
Gardeners are Inventing the Future Today!
by Chris Carlsson (AK Press)

Lucy Parsons Center
549 Mass Ave.
www.lucyparsons.org

Outlaw bicycling, urban permaculture, biofuels, free software, and even the Burning Man festival are windows into a scarcely visible social transformation that is redefining politics as we know it. As capitalism continues to corral every square inch of the globe into its logic of money and markets, new practices are emerging through which people are taking back their time and technological know-how. In small, under-the-radar ways, they are making life better right now, simultaneously building the foundation—technically and socially—for a genuine movement of liberation from market life.

Nowtopia uncovers the resistance of a slowly recomposing working class in America. Rarely defining themselves by what they do for a living, people from all walks of life are doing incredible amounts of labor in their “non-work” time, creating immediate practical improvements in daily life. The social networks they create, and the practical experience of cooperating outside of economic regulation, become a breeding ground for new strategies to confront the commodification to which capitalism reduces us all.

The practices outlined in Nowtopia embody a deep challenge to the basic underpinnings of modern life, as a new ecologically driven politics emerges from below, reshaping our assumptions about science, technology, and human potential. Chris Carlsson, executive director of the multimedia history project “Shaping San Francisco,” is a writer, publisher, editor, and community organizer. He has edited four collections of political and historical
essays. He helped launch the monthly bike-ins known as Critical Mass, and was the longtime editor of Processed World magazine.

web site: http://www.chriscarlsson.com/

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