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Bay State Bike Week Begins!

Written by Boston Biker on May 16

Got this great email from Hubway with a whole host of great bike week stuff that is coming up, get out there and ride!

Massachusetts is the only state in the nation with a statewide bike week, and Bay State Bike Week promises to deliver! During the week May 14-22, there will be dozens of events — including workshops, festivals, clinics, commuter rides, and more. With new Hubway stations recently installed and more on the horizon, we hope you’ll join in the Bike Week and Bike Month fun, and pedal with us all summer long!

The Challenge begins Saturday!

The MassCommute Bicycle Challenge promotes cycling as a healthy, inexpensive, and eco-friendly transportation choice. Joining the Challenge is fun, easy and FREE for anyone who lives or works in Massachusetts! Log all of the miles you ride May 14-22 and enjoy some friendly competition between local businesses, universities and communities. The Challenge culminates in a Bike Bash on June 1 at Flat Top Johnny’s in Cambridge. Register today →
ONE OF THE BEST CYCLING WEEKENDS OF THE YEAR

Fri, May 20th: Boston’s National Bike to Work Day Festival

Boston Bikes is making it easy to participate in Bike to Work Day with guided morning commuter convoys, leaving from dozens of locations throughout the Boston metro area. Rides will end at City Hall, where there will be free breakfast, coffee, and t-shirts! Select a convoy route and register here →

Sat, May 21st: The Cambridge Bicycle Committee presents “The Reel Ride”

This guided 2-hour ride will celebrate movies in Cambridge, including the theaters where they’re shown, the locations they’ve featured over the past half century — Love Story, Good Will Hunting, & more — and the people who film them. Preview the sites and get more info here →

Sat, May 21st: Somerville PorchFest

After the Cambridge Reel Ride, pedal over to Somerville to celebrate with more than 400 bands & musicians, playing from porches throughout the city! There will be something for everyone – Bollywood funk, killer blues, Moroccan, Balkan, gospel, American space rock, and more. Enjoy as many bands as possible by riding Hubway around Somerville! More details →

Sun, May 22nd: Brookline Bike Parade

New England’s largest bike parade begins & ends in Amory Park, and gives you a car-free ride up and down historic Beacon Street. Free ice cream at the finish line! Save time and register online today →

Hubway Expansion News
New Balance Hubway expanding in Roxbury & Northern Dorchester.
Thanks to the generous support of the Barr Foundation, Boston will add ten new stations in Roxbury and northern Dorchester this summer. The goal is to build a highly-connected bikeshare network in these neighborhoods, so that all residents live within a 5- to 10-minute walk of Hubway. So where will the stations go? Join Boston Bikes on Saturday, May 14th, 10-11:30am, at Dudley Square Library, to talk about what makes a good site and work together to prioritize general locations for new stations.

All four Brookline stations are back
The wait was long, but we’re happy to report you can once again snag a Hubway bike at Brookline Village, Coolidge Corner, Washington Square, and JFK Crossing.

East Somerville’s first station, more to come in Somerville
Broadway at Lombardi Way station in E.Somerville is now open, and four more in Winter Hill & East Somerville are are on their way later this year.

Newbury/Hereford, Kenmore, and Boston Public Library stations return
These three stations have returned in Boston and are fully operational.

Where do you want bikeshare in metro-Boston?
Hubway’s Suggest a Location tool is here, and better than before.

Where To Ride

Tue, 5/17, 7:30-9:30am    Broadway Bikes Bike Week Pancake Breakfast
Broadway Bicycle School, 351 Broadway, Cambridge. This annual event features a raffle to win great prizes and benefit the Green Streets Initiative to celebrate and promote the use of sustainable and active transportation.

Tue, 5/17, 5:45-8pm    Innovation in Transportation: a panel discussion
WeWork, 745 Atlantic Avenue, Boston. A special event presented by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce on the evolving mobility landscape and the future of transportation in Boston.

Tue, 5/17, 6:30-9:30pm    Boston Cyclists Union’s 5-year anniversary party
Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, 41 Berkeley St, Boston. Food & drink from your favorite local establishments, raffle prizes, and dancing into the night to acknowledge and celebrate the hard work going towards making biking better in the Boston region! Tickets include a 1-year membership to the Bike Union!

Tue, 5/17, 7-9pm    FREE Bike Week Screening – Jour De Fete
Harvard Film Archive, 24 Quincy St, Cambridge. In Jacques Tati’s 1949 film, a small-town mailman tries to outdo his American counterparts by delivering the mail at a frantic rate on his bicycle. View the trailer here.

Thu, 5/19, 2-3pm or 6-7pm    Healthy Aging in Cambridge – Urban Cycling Basics
Citywide Senior Center, 806 Mass Ave, Cambridge. Workshop geared towards riders aged 50+. Each participant receives a free helmet!

Sun, 5/22, 2-5pm    Somerville Historic Bike Ride
Join the Historic Preservation Committee for a ride along Paul Revere’s famous route. Departing from the Holiday Inn at 30 Washington Street, Somerville.

Fri, 5/27, 8-9am    Bike and Walk Commuter Breakfast
Somerville Bicycle Committee hosts a breakfast at the Whole Foods at 45 Beacon Street, Somerville.

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Hubway Trying To Break A Record This Friday, Also Rolls Out New Stations

Written by Boston Biker on May 15

Hubway is looking to break its all time single day bike ride record this Friday.

Hello Hubway riders!

Massachusetts is the only state in the nation with a truly statewide bike week. Whether you ride Hubway regularly or just every once in a while, you’ll find plenty of opportunities during Bay State Bike Week, including a very special one this Friday May 16th is National Bike To Work Day — we think that would be a pretty sweet day to break Hubway’s single-day rides record (currently just over 5,900 rides). According tothe League of American Bicyclists, more than half of the U.S. population lives within five miles of their workplace. So grab a coworker and ride in together this Friday.

Ride on,
The Hubway Team

 

They have also rolled out a new station:

 

 

NEW STATION LAUNCHES TODAY 

 

The newest Hubway station has launched in Cambridge! TheBioMed – Kendall Square station is located on the sidewalk of Kendall Street off of Third Street. Kendall Street is an L-shaped street that runs between Third & Athenaeum Street.

 

View the entire Hubway station map here.

 

Please use the Spotcycle app for smartphones or Hubway Tracker for up to the minute system information and bike/dock availability.


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“It’s A Lot Faster Than Taking The F$*&^ing Bus”

Written by Boston Biker on Jun 12

Love it. Any film makers in Boston want to make some PSA’s like this?


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Celebrate Bike To Work Week In Dorchester

Written by Boston Biker on May 16

From Dotbike

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Join Dot Bike for Bike Week in Dorchester May 14th – 21st

Start off Bike Week on Saturday May 14th by exploring some of the jewels of the Emerald Necklace by bike from 10:30 – 12:30. Meet at the Franklin Park Club House. The ride will be at a relaxed pace and involve both road and path riding. After the ride head on over to the Bike and Kite festival in Franklin Park from 12 – 4 p.m. an event sponsored by the Franklin Park Coalition, Boston Bikes and Boston Centers for Youth and Families. There will be free bike rentals, rides in the park and other activities including kite flying

Start the workweek off right by riding down to Ashmont Cycles in Peabody Square (551 Talbot Ave.) on Monday May 16th for the Ashmont Cycles/Dot Bike commuter breakfast. Stop by on your bike anytime between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. and get some eats to energize you for your ride to work.

Want to learn how to fix a flat, change a tube and other basic adjustments for your bike to make it just so? Join Jack the owner of Ashmont Cycle at his shop for a free fix-a-flat workshop on Tuesday May 17th at 6:15 p.m. Give him a call at 617-282-6552 with questions or to let him know you’re coming.

Join the Ashmont Cycle shop ride on Wednesday May 18th at 6:00 p.m. All riders are welcome and we’ll break into different groups based on rider speeds and abilities. For this bike week shop ride you’ll have an option to do a mostly flat ride partially on the Neponset bike path or hammer away in the Blue Hills for short or long loops depending on how you feel. After the ride meet up back at the Ashmont Grill for food and drink with other riders.

Thursday morning May 19th from 7:30 – 8:30 a.m. is another Dot Bike Commuter Breakfast in Edward Everett Square at the Pear. Stop by for some tasty treats.

Friday May 20th is the first Boston Bike Friday of the season with the Mayor’s bike fest on City Hall Plaza. Join the Dorchester convoy as we ride up Dot Ave. to City Hall Plaza. We start at 7:00 a.m. in Peabody Square in front of Ashmont Cycle or you can meet up with us at Fields corner (intersection of Adams St. and Dot Ave.) at 7:10.

To close out Bike week join Dot Bike, Boston Cyclists Union and Boston Natural Areas Network for a Dorchester Coast Trail exploration ride on Saturday May 21st at 2:00 p.m. We’ll look at the options for connecting the Neponset Greenway to the Harbor Walk outlined in a report produced by Tufts University UEP graduate students for the DCR. Meet at Pope John Paul II park at the parking area near the playground.

Also on May 21st from 12 – 4 p.m. is the first Bikes-not-Bombs Open Bicycle Repair Clinic at BNBs new warehouse space in Dorchester’s Four Corners area (10 Harvard Street). This will be a recurring event every third Saturday of the month per month time for you to get free mechanics time and bike advice.


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