Tour De Graves 2016

from the email, looks like fun.
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Tour de Grave

What: A trip to some of the Boston area’s famous and lesser-known graveyards in honor of Halloween. Trip leaves at9:30am in order to avoid the majority of ghosts, and will be about 13 miles and take about 3 or 4 hours.  Steady rain cancels.  Helmets required.  Appropriate costumes are encouraged for this ride!

Where: We will meet at the Central Burying Ground on Boston Common, near the corner of Tremont and Boylston Streets

This year we will be exploring cemeteries in downtown Boston, the North and South Ends, Roxbury, Dorchester, South Boston, and Charlestown.

Here are the map and cue sheet

When: Saturday October 29, 2016 at 9:30AM

From more information, contact:

Dick Bauer <[email protected]> 857-540-6293

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Boston By Bike At Night Aug 13 2016

From this years flyer:

Twenty eighth annual tour of architectural and historic sites.

• Meet at 11:15 pm aug 13th in front of Trinity Church in Copley Square
• Bring a bicycle with a light and wear something reflective.  Helmet recommended
• Commemorative T shirts available.  Bring something for pot luck breakfast Sunday in Christopher Columbus Park.
• Please bring a spare inner tube that fits your tires.
• Sponsored by the Back Bay Midnight Pedalers

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Historic Middlesex Canal Tour 2016

from email looks like a fun time:

The Middlesex Canal Association Presents:

Spring Bicycle Tour of Historic Middlesex Canal

On Sunday, April 3, 2016, the Middlesex Canal Association will present its spring bicycle tour of the Middlesex Canal.  The Canal was the “big dig” of the end of the 18^thcentury.  Completed in 1803 after 10 years of construction, the Canal connected the Merrimac River in what is now Lowell with the Charles River at Sullivan Square in Charlestown.  In many ways it served as a model for later canals including the Erie Canal. The Canal remained in operation for 50 years, providing both passenger and freight service, but could not compete successfully with the Boston and Lowell Railroad which began operation in the 1830’s.

The ride will depart from the Lowell Train Stationshortly before 11AM. You can take your bicycle on the 10 AM train from North Station which arrives in Lowell at 10:43. (Riders can also board at West Medford at 10:11 or just meet at Lowell Station). This year an early group will take the8:00AM train from North Station to allow more time in Lowell and breakfast at the historic Owl Diner (<http://www.owldiner.com/>, aka the Four Sisters).  Route visits the Pawtucket and otherLowell canals, river walk, Francis Gate, and then Middlesex Canal remnants in Chelmsford. Quick visit to Canal Museum, then on to Boston.

Lunch at Route 3A mini-mall in Billerica.  Long day, but sunset is late. Riders needing to leave early can get the train to Boston at 1:07 at North Billerica or at 3:14 at Wilmington. Participants are responsible for one-way train fare [$9.25 from Boston to Lowell]. Complete Lowell line schedules can be downloaded <http://www.mbta.com/schedules_and_maps/rail/lines/?route=LOWELL> if anyone wishes to plan a rail travel itinerary specific to their needs.

The route is pretty flat and level and we will average 5 miles per hour, so the ride will be an easy one for most cyclists.  Along the way we will stop at a number of remnants and restored sections of the Canal, as well as the Mansion of Loammi Baldwin, the chief engineer of the Canal (who discovered the Baldwin apple while building the Canal), the two remaining aqueducts  (which carried the Canal over rivers and brooks), and the northern end of the floating towpath that carried horses over the Millpond.

The ride will be led by Bill Kuttner (617-241-9383, [email protected]) and Dick Bauer(857-540-6293, [email protected]) of  the Middlesex Canal Commission . Helmets required.  Steady rain cancels.
For more information about the Middlesex Canal go to:http://www.middlesexcanal.org

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BBMA Spring Sprints Tournament Series

Found this in my local bike shop, looks like a good time!

I have been to these sorts of sprints before, its a blast, go check it out and support the 2016 NACCC’s!

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