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Spring Bicycle Tour of Historic Middlesex Canal

Written by Boston Biker on Mar 29

from the email
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The Middlesex Canal Association Presents:
Spring Bicycle Tour of Historic Middlesex Canal
 
On Sunday, April 7, 2013, the Middlesex Canal Association will present a spring bicycle tour of the Middlesex Canal.  The Canal was the “big dig” of the end of the 18th century.  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 meet at 9:30 AM at North Station (commuter rail) and take our bicycles on the 10 AM train to Lowell. (Riders can also board at West Medford at 10:11 or meet the Train when it arrives in Lowell at 10:43). Route visits Lowell canals, river walk, Francis Gate, and then Middlesex Canal remnants in Chelmsford. Lunch at Route 3A mini-mall in Billerica. Quick visit to Canal Museum, then on to Boston.

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 [$6.75 from Boston to Lowell]. Complete Lowell line schedules can be downloaded at www.mbcr.net 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 of the Shirley Eustis House (617-241-9383, [email protected]) and Dick Bauer of the Somerville Historic Preservation Commission and the Middlesex Canal Commission (857-540-6293, [email protected]). Helmets required.  Steady rain cancels. 


For more information about the Middlesex Canal go to: http://www.middlesexcanal.org


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BoldSprints This Sunday

Written by Boston Biker on Jan 14

Ohh yea! Even though it’s cold, and even though it’s nasty, get your racing cog on and bring your shizzle down to the Middlesex for some fun indoor racing OPEN is hosting another BoldSprints par-tay at Middlesex Lounge this Sunday, the 18th of Jan.

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DJ Brek.One will be on the decks, plenty of prizes for you gear-hungry kids, and FREE Harpoon beer for all attendees, plus more FREE beer for BoldSprinters.

7PM Middlesex Lounge, Cambridge.


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