Bay State Bike Month Has Begun!

And the events are already pouring in.

From Dotbike:

Sunday May 12th Join JP Bikes for their annual Spring Roll 10 a.m. bike decorating and rodeo, 11 a.m. bike ride/parade

The South Street Mall and tennis courts, at Carolina and South St in JP. Meet up at 10 am for bike decorating and refreshments. We’ll then do a slow, festive bike parade around JP at 11 am.

New this year: the Boston Bikes Community Cycling Program has offered to run a “bike rodeo” at this year’s Spring Roll. Get here on time with your kids and have them participate before the parade rolls out at 11:00.

Friday May 17th Boston Bike Friday – join the Dorchester Convoy to City Hall Plaza 
Meet in Peabody Square in front of Ashmont Cycles for a 7:00 a.m. departure.  Or meet us along Dorchester Ave and join in along the way.  We’ll ride up to City Hall Plaza for a free breakfast and bike festival.  Registration for this free event is encouraged as it helps the city determine the level of cycling interest in our neighborhood.  You can register here: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/VXHKMMY

There will be many more events associated with Bike Month and tons during Bike week.  You can find events near you and more info here: http://baystatebikeweek.org/

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Help Dot Bike Help Roll It Forward!

from the email, looks like a fun time.

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Dear Dot Bikers,

We have a great opportunity next Tuesday up for anyone who feels like getting their hands a bit dirty for an outstanding bike cause.  Roll it Forward (http://rollitforward.blogspot.com/) is the branch of Boston Bikes that rescues and rehabs old bikes in order to give them away to needy members of the community.  RiF gave bikes to groups in Dorchester last year and has planned three more upcoming bike giveaways for Dorchester community groups this summer.

They need some help fixing up the bikes which have been collected from donors, and Dot Bike has volunteered to round up a crew for this coming Tuesday, June 28th, starting at 6 pm.  Food, and beer from the conveniently located Harpoon Brewery, will be provided!

Even if you’re not an expert mechanic, any extra hands will be a big help–and you may even learn some new skills!  If you do have mechanical experience, even better–bring whatever basic tools you happen to have, and we’ll have some there as well.

The Roll it Forward bike warehouse is in South Boston, very near the Harpoon Brewery.

Please RSVP to [email protected] to get the exact address and so we can be sure to get enough food.  Bring your friends!  We look forward to pitching in for this great cause with you!

–Dot Bike

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Common Boston Tour The “Indigo” Line By Bike

Got this in the email a while ago, looks interesting.

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Common Boston Festival, a free, 10-day festival celebrating architecture and design in Boston’s neighborhoods, has several events that you may be interested in. The text below highlights a bike tour of the T’s new Indigo Line. You can find more information about this and more than 40 other events at www.commonboston.org.

Indigo Line Bike Tour (Saturday, June 26, 10:00 am) Led by Dot Bike, ride from Hyde Park to Upham’s Corner will follow the MBTA Fairmount Line which will soon become the new Indigo Line of the T. We will visit the locations of the four new stations and hear about community involvement, station design, and the proposed Fairmount Greenway path.

Registration required for this free event open to all: http://commonbostonindigoline.eventbrite.com

The Boston Society of Architects (www.architects.org) is a proud sponsor of Common Boston.

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Ride In The Dot Day Parade

You’re invited to ride with Dot Bike in the Dorchester Day parade. Join Dot Bike with kids in trailers, in your racing gear, your commuter bike, on a mountain bike, folding bike, recumbent — anyone on a bike (or trike!) is welcome! We hope to have a large group to show our Dorchester neighbors that we’re all here enjoying riding a bike in Dot.

The assembly area is on Richmond St. between Dorchester Ave. and Adams St. The parade starts at 1:00 on June 1st (Sunday) so we’ll be decking out bikes with signs, flags, and other decor starting around 12:40. Feel free to bring your own signs and other bike bling.

A post-parade cookout is being planned. Details will be available at www.dotbike.org soon.

Please pass this invitation on to neighborhood associations, parent groups, youth organizations and anyone else who might be interested in pedaling in the parade.

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