Think you know how to bike Boston?

Urban AdvenTours, Boston’s bicycle tour and rental resource, has openings for guides for our exciting bike tours. If you are personable, social, eco-friendly, enjoy meeting new people and riding your bike, this job is for you. We are looking for enthusiastic people who think on their feet, ride bikes, and know their way around Boston. If interested please email jobs@urbanadventours.com with a resume and cover letter. Training starts the first weekend in March.

got this bit of interesting news in the email today, urban adventours are good people, check this out. Cheap good quality bikes too!

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come check out the future site of the
Urban Cycling Institute
109 Alantic Ave, Boston
Saturday, February 20
Noon – 5pm
-Used bikes for sale ($100 – $1000)
-Giveaways
-Chat with our staff
-Sneak a peek at our handpicked 2010 bike line

The good people over at Urban Adventours are hiring. Check these out!

Email from them below

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Mechanic info:

We are looking for an experienced bicycle mechanic who is eager to help develop our shop. In addition to working on customer bikes, responsibilities will include maintaining our fleet of rental bikes, building bikes, managing shop inventory, assisting with ordering, and selling bike parts and accessories. This is an opportunity for a
motivated and knowledgeable individual to join a great green business with plans for growth. Ideal candidates will be detail-oriented, friendly with customers, and prepared to take on responsibilities beyond just wrenching.

Intern info:

We are seeking an organized, ambitious, entrepreneurial student to be a Marketing Intern. Responsibilities will include representing and promoting Urban AdvenTours on social networking sites, promoting UA on our blog and other blogs, organizing contact lists and other marketing materials, helping us identify and contact potential customers and partners, and assisting with office and administrative tasks. Candidates should be organized and competent with computer applications including web browsers and Microsoft Office. Those with web/graphic design experience are also encouraged to apply.

Email jobs[at]urbanadventours[dot]com with a resume and brief letter explaining your interest.

BostonBiker is happy to be able to give you all a heads up on this fun offer, get in before the crowds do!

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Saturday, October 17th.

“Down 2 Earth(D2E) is happy to partner with Urban Adventours on a great bike ride during one of New England’s best seasons!

Discover Frederick Law Olmsted’s famous system of parks on this bicycle tour of the historic Emerald Necklace. From the shaded boulevard on Commonwealth Avenue to the popular shores of Jamaica Pond to the winding paths of the Arnold Arboretum, this chain of gardens, reserves, and open space displays some of the most colorful flora as the fall sets in. Come enjoy a route that’s a favorite among locals and the best way to see thegreen side of Boston.

The extensive tour, specifically designed to show you the best foliage in Boston, will ride along and through:

* Boston Common
* Boston Gardens
* Commonwealth Mall
* Fenway Victory Gardens
* Arnold Arboretum
* The Southwest Corridor
* And more!

Your tour includes an individually-fitted bike, helmet, water, and, of course, a friendly and knowledgeable guide who will lead you on your travels. The tour is 2.5-3 hours long and covers 10-12 miles. From the Charles River Esplanade to Jamaica Plain you will see the best of Boston’s foliage, by bicycle!

The tour is FREE, but space is limited to 20 reservations. To make a reservation, call (617) 670-0637.

For more information about Down 2 Earth, visit www.d2eboston.com

For more information on this tour and others by Urban Adventours visit www.urbanadventours.com

Tour de Farms
Saturday, August 1st

Urban AdvenTours! offers environmentally-friendly and exciting bicycle tours of Boston.
As part of the MassBike Spin Series you can visit urban farms in Roxbury, Dorchester, community farms in the Blue Hills, Waltham and Newton, as well as Allandale Farm, Boston’s oldest working farm. You’ll get a chance to sample fresh, locally grown food, learn about the benefits of local agriculture and how you can actively support these local farms.

Ride either the 15-mile, Boston Urban Farm Loop or the 40-mile, Community Farm Loop, rain or shine. Both rides will be led by experienced riders and there will be technical support in the case of flat tires – but please be sure to bring extra tubes and tools!

There is a $10 registration fee. Learn more at Urban Adventoures or book your Tour de Farms now!

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

Greening the Greenway cycling tours — a 10 mile cycling tour covering
Boston history; beginning and ending at the Greenway.

When: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 11am – 12pm and again, 1-2 pm
Where: Dewey Square Parks, Go Green

Presented by Urban AdvenTours