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Brick by Brick: A Historic Bicycle Tour of Medford.

Saturday, September 26 at 2 PM

Learn about the history of Medford’s brick industry and explore some of the city’s most interesting brick houses, buildings and structures. The tour will begin at Medford City Hall and cover about 10 miles.

Helmets required. Suggested donation $3.

Organized by the Medford Historical Society with the Medford Bi-Peds and Medford Saving Lives.

For more information email kynahamill@yahoo.com

Got this in the email today looks pretty interesting.

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6/27: Bicycle Tour of Roxbury

Dillaway Thomas House, Eliot Square, Roxbury
June 27, 11am-1pm FREE with RSVP

RSVP to info@discoverroxbury.org

RSVP REQUIRED!

Helmets are required.
Limit 20 people. Enrollment closes Thursday, June 25.
Tour departs Roxbury Heritage State Park/DCR (directions) at 11am.

Ride to the southern reaches of Roxbury through historic neighborhoods, Franklin Park, and the Forest Hills Cemetery. Begin in Colonial Roxbury with a ride to the top of Fort Hill for a view of the surrounding area. On the way to Franklin Park, ride past Malcolm X’s former home and the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists. In Franklin Park the tour will visit old stone ruins where Duke Ellington performed and another view of the area from Schoolmaster Hill, where Ralph Waldo Emerson once lived. After a stop for lunch at the clubhouse, we will continue into Forest Hills Cemetery, which was originally created as a public cemetery by the Mayor of Roxbury in 1848. During our visit, we will make a stop at the Chapel and see some of the more interesting gravesites. The tour will return to Roxbury Crossing via the Southwest Corridor Park.

Got this in the email tonight. Looks like a good time, and not too far away either, you could easily ride up and check this out.

Tour de Lexington Bike Ride: Saturday, June 13

Celebrate the Fun of Bicycling in Lexington!

TOUR de LEXINGTON BIKE RIDE
SATURDAY, JUNE 13 9 AM
LEAVING from the LEXINGTON VISITORS’ CENTER
RECOMMENDED for RIDERS 14 years and older

An easy-pace 11-mile bike tour of Lexington, including brief stops at some of Lexington’s conservation lands.

Sponsored by the Friends of Lexington Bikeways, the Lexington Bicycle Advisory Committee, and the Lexington Conservation Stewards. Coming? Email lcarp@rcn.com (Includes some unpaved paths; heavy rain cancels).

Get involved with Biking in Lexington!

The Bicycle Advisory Committee and the Friends of Lexington Bikeways meet together on the 2d Thursday of every month: 7 pm, in Room 111 of the Town Office Building. All welcome!

Sign up for the Lexington Bicycle Newsgroup: http://groups.yahoo.com/ (search on Bike_Lexington)

Peggy Enders
Chair, Lexington Bicycle Advisory Committee

Got this in the email a while ago, looks like a fun time.

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Sunday, June 7, 2009 — KING’S TOUR OF THE QUABBIN, 62, 100 or 125 miles, staggered start/finish (9:00/8:00/7:00 a.m.) at Naquag Elementary School, Route 122A, Rutland, Mass., rain or shine; $15-$20 to pre-register online by June 3, or $20-$25 to register at start. Hilly! Presented by Seven Hills Wheelmen. Details: www.sevenhillswheelmen.org/centuries.htm . Contact: Lynne Tolman, 508-831-0301, LTolman@LTolman.org, or Peter Howard, 508-799-2453.

www.sevenhillswheelmen.org
SEVEN HILLS WHEELMEN presents:

KING’S TOUR OF THE QUABBIN

Sunday, June 7, 2009

Bicycle 62, 100 or 125 miles on a challenging road route around
the Quabbin Reservoir, a pristine jewel in the heart of Massachusetts.
Not much traffic — plenty of hills.

All rides start from Naquag Elementary School,
Route 122A (Main Street), Rutland, Mass.

7 a.m. DOUBLE METRIC CENTURY (200 km = 125 miles)
8 a.m. CENTURY (100 miles)
9 a.m. METRIC CENTURY (100 km = 62 miles)
RAIN OR SHINE

Entry fee $15-$25.
Pre-register online by June 3,
http://www.sevenhillswheelmen.org/quabbin

Entry fee covers cue sheet, arrowed route, snacks.
Helmets are required.

More information: Lynne Tolman, 508-831-0301, LTolman@LTolman.org,
or Peter Howard, 508-799-2453
Description, profile, map, cue sheet and registration:
http://www.sevenhillswheelmen.org/centuries.htm

Directions to Naquag School in Rutland, Mass.:
Interstate 190 to Exit 2;
Follow signs to Holden (but don’t take Ararat Street;
go west on West Mountain Street/Doyle Street, left onto Shrewsbury Street, right onto Main Street/Route 122A);
Stay on Route 122A north into Rutland. School is at top of hill on left.

Alternate directions to Naquag School in Rutland, Mass.:
Interstate 290 to Exit 13 (Kelley Square, Vernon Street, Worcester);
Go north on Route 122 about 10 miles to center of Paxton;
Turn right on Route 56 north to Rutland center (about 5 miles);
Turn left onto Route 122A north. School is about 1/2 mile on your left.

Got this fun little announcement in the mail today, looks like it would be a nice ride.

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The Fall Foliage ride cycles through some of Boston’s great ‘green’ and urban spaces. Leaving from Landry’s Bicycles at 890 Commonwealth Ave. at 10am on October 19th, Urban AdvenTours takes you down towards Olmsted’s Emerald Necklace via the Fenway. Here you’ll see some of the great colors flourishing in the Fens. Riding past Jamaica Pond and through the Arnold Arboretum, we’ll see how some of Boston’s great parks actually do connect. We’ll also venture into the beautiful.

Andrew Prescott
Chief Wheel Officer for a ‘Greener’ Boston
Urban AdvenTours- Guided Bicycle Tours and Bike Rentals

Email: andrew@urbanadventours.com
Office: 617-233-7595

ArtROX!, the 10th annual Roxbury Open Studios is this weekend, October 4-5, 11am-6pm.

This year Discover Roxbury and ACT Roxbury are jointly promoting new self-guided bike routes. There are 5 routes of various difficulty ranging from 2 miles to 8 miles.

click here for a poster of the event (sorry image is too big to fit on the page)

Although the routes are short in length, each presents a combination of group shows and individual artist studios highlighting artists working in various disciplines. The routes also cross each other in different parts of the neighborhood allowing riders to combine routes and create their own itineraries.

Visit www.roxburyopenstudios.org and click on the “New in 2008″ tab to view
the routes and see a list of sites along the way.

Got this in the mail today, it costs 10 smackers, but looks like a good time.

Pianos to Pints

A Bike Tour of Roxbury and Jamaica Plain

Saturday, September 13th, 10am-12pm, $10. On September 13, Discover Roxbury
will launch its fall tour series with a bike tour along the Southwest
Corridor Park that will examine the hidden industrial history of Roxbury
and Jamaica Plain. Participants will see how Boston’s once-thriving
breweries and factories have found new lives and learn how community
protest stopped I-95 from being built through both neighborhoods. The tour
begins at the Piano Factory and travels along the route of the Orange Line
to Roxbury Crossing, through the heart of the former brewery district, and
ends at the former Sturtevant Factory in Jamaica Plain.

The tour is 2.5 miles along mostly flat ground. Beginners are welcome. The
tour is weather permitting and is limited to 20 participants. All
participants must bring and wear a bike helmet. The event is co-sponsored
by the Jamaica Plain Historical Society.

Tickets for the tour can be purchased on the Discover Roxbury website at
www.discoverroxbury.org. Riders will meet in front of the Piano Factory at
791 Tremont St at 10am.

Discover Roxbury is a non-profit organization based in Eliot Square,
Roxbury. The organization is currently celebrating its 5th year of
promoting cultural tourism and the economic revitalization of Roxbury. We
offer a regular series of tours and events highlighting the arts, culture,
and historic assets of Roxbury, from the colonial period to the present
day.

For more information or to schedule an interview, contact the Discover
Roxbury office: 617-427-1006, info@discoverroxbury.org,
www.discoverroxbury.org.