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Some Fun Upcoming Events

Written by Boston Biker on Jun 20

Bike Friday
June 26th, 7-9am
Boston City Hall
A celebration of bikes with free breakfast, expo, music, and more

Bikes & Bites
July 18th
150 Jamaicaway, JP
2nd annual Women’s Bike Ride & Festival, a celebration of women who bike

Women’s Learn-to-Ride
July 18th, 10am-12pm
Willow Pond Road & Jamaicaway, JP
Free clinic taught by women for women (anyone who identifies as female) who want to build basic riding skills

Bike Friday
July 24th, 7-9am
Boston City Hall
A celebration of bikes with free breakfast, expo, music, and more

Mattapan on Wheels Bike-a-thon
July 25th, 9am-4pm
Mildred Ave Community Center, 5 Mildred Avenue
A community bike ride and fundraiser to raise awareness about bike-ability in Mattapan

Women’s Learn-to-Ride
August 25th, 5:30-7:30pm
Bunker Hill Community College
Free clinic taught by women for women (anyone who identifies as female) who want to build basic riding skills

Bike Friday
August 28th, 7-9am
Boston City Hall
A celebration of bikes with free breakfast, expo, music, and more

Women’s Learn-to-Ride
September 15th,5:30-7:30pm
Franklin Park
Free clinic taught by women for women (anyone who identifies as female) who want to build basic riding skills

TD Bank Mayor’s Cup
September 19th, 11am-5:30pm
Boston City Hall
The TD Bank Mayor’s Cup Criterium is a family-oriented celebration that promotes healthy lifestyles and offers a unique professional sports experience. The event is free for spectators.

Hub on Wheels
September 20th, 8am-2pm
Boston City Hall
Hub on Wheels city-wide bike ride, with three routes: 10, 30, or 50 miles of harbor views and hidden pathways, river greenways and Boston’s wonderful and eclectic neighborhoods.


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Upcoming Events

Written by Boston Biker on Apr 27

From Boston Bikes:

Upcoming Events

Boston Bike Events listed in orange
Other bike events in Boston listed in blue

 

Flat Fixing Clinic
April 30th, 8-9pm
18 Bartlett Sq, JP
Learn how to remove a tire, patch a tube, and remount them on the rim

Boston Bike Party
May 8th, 7:30pm
Copley Square
Monthly Celebration on Wheels! Every 2nd Friday of the Month

Women’s Learn-to-Ride
May 9th, 1-3pm or 3-5pm
Roxbury Community College Lot 2
Free clinic taught by women for women (anyone who identifies as female) who want to build basic riding skills

CycloFemme Boston
May 10th
Location: TBA
Join in celebrating CycloFemme–a global Mother’s Day ride to honor the Women’s Cycling Movement and fellow cyclofemmes around the world

Femmechanics
May 11th, 7-9pm
18 Bartlett Sq, JP
A workshop and open shop time for FTW (femme/trans/women) cyclists to learn more about bicycle mechanics

Boston Bike Week Festival
May 15th, 7-9am
Boston City Hall
Celebrate the end of Bay State Bike Week at a festival with 300 of you closest bike friends

Franklin Park Bike & Kite Festival
May 16th, 11am-4pm
Franklin Park
An annual tradition – a festival celebrating biking and kite flying. Bring a picnic and enjoy the day. Boston Bikes will offer bike rentals and a bike rodeo from about 1-4pm

Ride of Silence
May 20th, 7pm
Boston City Hall Plaza
The Ride of Silence is a worldwide free ride in honor of those who have been injured or killed while cycling on public roadways

Greenovate Boston Community Summit
June 6th, 10am-4pm
Location: TBA
Residents, businesses, government officials, and organizations come together to help Boston reach its sustainability and climate goals

Bikes Not Bombs’ Bike-A-Thon
June 7th, 8am-5pm
Stony Brook T Stop
Ride to support Bikes Not Bombs’ Youth Programs andInternational Programs

Femmechanics
June 8th, 7-9pm
18 Bartlett Sq, JP
A workshop and open shop time for FTW (femme/trans/women) cyclists to learn more about bicycle mechanics

Boston Bike Party
June 12th, 7:30pm
Copley Square
Monthly Celebration on Wheels! Every 2nd Friday of the Month!

Women’s Learn-to-Ride
June 20th, 2:30-4:30pm
Condor St and Glendon St, East Boston
Free clinic taught by women for women (anyone who identifies as female) who want to build basic riding skills

Bike Friday
June 26th, 7-9am
Boston City Hall
A celebration of bikes with free breakfast, expo, music, and more

Bikes & Bites
July 18th
150 Jamaicaway, JP
2nd annual Women’s Bike Ride & Festival, a celebration of women who bike

Women’s Learn-to-Ride
July 18th, 10am-12pm
Willow Pond Road & Jamaicaway, JP
Free clinic taught by women for women (anyone who identifies as female) who want to build basic riding skills

Bike Friday
July 24th, 7-9am
Boston City Hall
A celebration of bikes with free breakfast, expo, music, and more


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Hubway Update

Written by Boston Biker on May 08

From Hubway:

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Hello Hubway riders!

May is National Bike Month! Now that it’s warmed up, we’ll be celebrating all month long, and you’re invited to join the fun! Check out the events below, and join us for festivities and special events in Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, and Somerville.

 

And to make the month even more of a party, City Sports is offering Hubway members 20% off on all cycling apparel, footwear, and equipment! Just bring your Hubway key fob into any Boston-area City Sports store this month, and the discount is yours!

 

Make the most of National Bike Month!

 Ride on,

 

The Hubway Team

#HubwayEveryday

NATIONAL BIKE MONTH NEWS FROM YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD 

 

BOSTON


Mayor Walsh’s Bike Week Festival, Friday, May 9th, 7-9 AM, City Hall Plaza

Free breakfast by Boloco, vendors, music and fun!
Help kickoff Bike Week in the Boston area. Join us for one of Boston’s largest bicycle events at Boston’s Bike Week Festival. Ride into City Hall Plaza with one of our 9 convoys, or just meet up on the plaza for the festival. Get your bike tuned up, meet other wonderful cyclists, and bike home with lots of free goodies!
BROOKLINE

New England’s Largest Bike Parade, Sunday, May 18th, 1 PM, Amory Park

Bicycle Beacon Street like you’ve never done before, with no cars to get in your way. Ride the entire length of our historic avenue – both east and west – all car free! You’ll do a 5-mile loop with Brookline Police leading the way, riding with us, and covering our backs. Like a parade! Join us for food, music, and free ice cream! Registration and bike safety checks begin at 11:30 AM, and the ride starts at 1:00 PM. Visit the Brookline Bikes website for details, and register in advance online hereto skip the line the day of the parade!
Coolidge Corner Customer Survey
Do you shop, dine, or bike in Coolidge Corner? Keep Coolidge Corner a great place for all those things!
CAMBRIDGE

Cambridge Bicycle Network Plan is beginning, and the City wants your input! Last year, Cambridge received a Bicycle Friendly City Gold Rating, and is continuing to improve the city for bicycling! Here is your chance to say what you would like the future to look like. What would make Cambridge the most bicycle friendly city on the planet? What are the ways, small or large, short-term or long-term, that would make a difference for you? Visit the Bicycle Network Plan page to learn more about Cambridge’s Bicycle Master Plan,Towards a Bikeable Future, and for details on how to share your ideas.

sound + vision bicycle tour, Saturday, May 17th, 10 AM. The Cambridge Bicycle Committee, in partnership with the Cambridge Arts Council, presents sound + vision, a free bicycle tour of a city-wide sound art installation. Orientation begins at 10 AM, at the Cambridge Main Library, 449 Broadway. Ride departs promptly at10:15 AM.
SOMERVILLE

Bike Commuter Breakfast,Monday, May 12th, 7-9 AM, Beacon Street in the Star Market parking lot near Petsi Pies
Stop by for scones, snacks, and a chat about biking in Somerville. Get your bike checked by Bike Boom and come see Bicycle Belle’s cool bikes!

Hubway, Regional Bike Investments Build Community
The Somerville Times, May 1st
Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone

“In early April I joined in the reopening celebration of Hubway, one of the smartest bicycle infrastructure investments our region has made-and one of the most telling when it comes to understanding how our city and our nation are evolving. The country is undergoing the greatest demographic shift since the 1950s when people fled cities for the suburbs. Today that trend is reversing.”

 

BIKES NOT BOMBS’ 27th ANNUAL BIKE-A-THON, JUNE 8th

“THE BEST THING THAT I’VE DONE.” CLICK THE VIDEO, GET INSPIRED TO RIDE!

 

Join Bikes Not Bombs for their largest event of the year, the Bike-A-Thon on June 8th(rain date June 22nd)!

 

New for 2014 the Bike-A-Thon has four new routes: 10, 30, 50 and 80 miles. Departing from the Stony Brook T station the ride features picturesque roads and each route includes at least one rest stop, one with a swimming option! In the afternoon join the Rider After-Party with free food, live music, a raffle and prizes for our largest fundraisers, best team costumes and more.

 

Registration is only $20 for those 18+, $10 for those 17 and under. All adult participants are responsible for meeting a fundraising minimum of $150 and youth ages 3-17 must raise $75. All of the funds raised go directly to the non-profit Bikes Not Bombs which runs local programs like youth Earn-A-Bike and recycles and reuses bicycles for theirinternational programs in the Global South.

 

This ride will be fun for the whole family with an easy 10 mile ride for young riders or can serve as a great training tool for any longer rides planned for this summer. Register today!

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Boston Bikes Update

Written by Boston Biker on Aug 14

The city is doing all sorts of things, check it out below:

Join us for the last Bike Friday of the year!

August 30th, 7-9am

It will be a special event with a safety demonstration!
Stop by to learn about truck side guards, blind spots on large vehicles, and bike racks on buses.

Come join hundreds of cyclists for a morning bike party on City Hall Plaza. We’ll start the morning right – enjoy free breakfast by Boloco, bike away with free goodies, and spend the morning with some of your best cycling friends. Register now at www.bikefridays.org.

Email najah.shakir@cityofboston.gov to volunteer as a convoy leader

BikeFriday2012

Upcoming Public Meetings

Attend these upcoming public meetings to voice your support or criticism of bike facilities in the following areas.

Bike facilities on Hemenway St
Wednesday, August 14th
6pm – 7pm
Boston Conservancy
31 Hemenway St, T401, Fenway

Bike lanes on West Broadway
Tuesday, August 20th
6pm-7pm
J. F. Condon School
200 D Street, South Boston, MA

Cycle-track around Public Garden
Wednesday, September 18th
6pm – 8pm
Firehouse
127 Mount Vernon Street, Beacon Hill

Visit our website for more information. If you cannot attend the meetings, send us your comments via e-mail, Facebook, or Twitter.

We’re hiring instructors for the fall season of our Youth Cycling Program

The instructors will provide in-classroom and on-the-bike youth and adult cycling educational programming at Boston Public Schools and other community locations. A variety of hours will be available. Visit
bostonbikes.org to learn more about the program and e-mail
[email protected] for more information.


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Bike Events!

Written by Boston Biker on Sep 04

Here is an awesome list compiled by Ron of events in September and October. Mark your calendars now!

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Saturday, September 8, starting at 9 am:  Mystic River Watershed Association’s Meet Me At The Mystic festival, primarily a kayak and canoe event, will also include a bicycle tour.   All events start at the Mystic Lakes Dam (which separates Upper and Lower Mystic Lakes) in Medford.

Saturday, September 8, 5-9 pm: Spokes 2012 bike festival in Union Square, Somerville, preceded by a Tasting Tour at 3 pm 2:30 pm and followed by a SCUL mission at 9 pm (civilians invited).  A Somerville Arts CouncilArtsUnion production.

Saturday, September 15: Fay, Spofford and Thorndike “Bike Fest” in Malden. There will be a ribbon-cutting for the Malden section of the Northern Strand Trail, around 9 am, and a cook-out at 11 am .  I don’t yet know the location of this event.  Watch BikeToTheSea.com for updates.

Saturday, September 22, 10 am:  Medford History Bike Tour: Oldest Trees in Medford.  Meet at Whole Foods,  2151 Mystic Valley Parkway (Route 16).   Includes lunch at the end, on the lawn of the Royall House and Slave Quarters on George Street . Free for Medford Historical Society members, $5 for everyone else.  (Heavy rain cancels the event.)

Saturday, September 22, noon to 5:30 pm:  TD Bank Mayor’s Cup bike race on streets surrounding Boston City Hall Plaza

Sunday, September 23, 8 am: Hub On Wheels –  huge 50-mile bike ride (with shorter options), starting at Boston City Hall.

Saturday, September 29, 9 am:  Middlesex Canal historic bike tour, an annual event usually led by Dick Bauer, Bill Kuttner, and Robert Winters.  Starts at Sullivan Square station in Charlestown, passing through Somerville and Medford on the way to North Billerica and Lowell.  Cyclists return to Medford or Boston by MBTA commuter train.   Information should eventually be available at MiddlesexCanal.org, though I don’t see any yet.

Sunday, September 30, 1 pm:   Cambridge Bow Tie Bike Tour, starting at the Cambridge Main Library park on Broadway.  More info will be posted to  CambridgeBikes.org as the ride date gets closer.

Sunday, October 7, noon:  HONK! Festival Parade to “Reclaim the Streets for Horns, Bikes and Feet”, from Davis Square to Harvard Square Oktoberfest.  Watch http://honkfest.org/schedule/ for updates.

Friday, October 12: Boston Bike Film Festival at the Regent Theatre, 7 Medford Street in Arlington Center. Social hour (silent auction, light bites from Redbones, and cash bar) starts at 7 PM; films start at 8 PM.

Saturday, October 13, 10 am: Somerville Edge of the City Tour (the Somerville Bicycle Committee‘s 20th annual Tour de Somerville), starting at Seven Hills Park in Davis Square

Sunday, October 14:  Bike To the Sea’s Fall Colors ride.  No details available yet; watch BikeToTheSea.com for updates.

Saturday, October 27: Tour de Graves – bike tour of historic cemeteries.   Led by Dick Bauer.  No details available yet.


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