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Massachusetts Bike Week 2005
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All events are tentative!
Email Doug Mink your Massachusetts Bike Week (or Bike Month) events as soon as you have them scheduled.
Check out local event calendars for Cambridge, Metro Boston, Metrowest, and the Pioneer Valley.
See the pages for previous bike weeks for ideas:
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National Mayor's Bike Ride
Tuesday, May 3 Boston City Hall 4:30 pm |
We will all meet at 4:30 PM in Boston City Hall Plaza.
Those who wish to ride into the Plaza together should meet at 4:10 at the corner of Park St. and Tremont -- just at the entrance to the Park St. MBTA station. At about 4:15 we will cross Tremont, ride down Winter Street, go left on Washington (both streets are closed to traffic), then continue with traffic on Washington, go left on Court St. and then glide into City Hall Plaza. Starting at 4:30, Steve Miller will officially welcome everyone. Vineet Gupta, Director of Policy & Planning for the city Transportation Dept. will present the proclamation issued by Mayor Menino. Representatives of MassBike, Bikes Not Bombs, and other groups will have a chance to say something, too. At about 4:45 or 4:50 at the latest, we ride out together and go down Tremont St. back to Boston Common where we disperse. |
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Longwood Bike Nite
Tuesday, May 10 Boston 5:30 - 9:00 pm | Mingle from 5:30-6:00 p.m., and from 6:00-7:30 p.m., talk on "Safe Biking in Massachusetts" by MassBike Executive Director Dorie Clark, followed by an "Urban Biking 2005" panel discussion and Q&A with participants including bike attorney Andrew Fischer and bike shop owner Jeffrey Ferris. The event is free and open to the public, and takes place at Enders Auditorium, Children's Hospital, 320 Longwood Ave. in Boston. The event is sponsored by MassBike, MASCO, and the Sports Medicine Division of Boston's Children's Hospital. |
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Free Bike Tune-Up
Wednesday, May 11 Boston 7:30 - 9:30 am | ABC TMA Free Bike Tune-up at the Mass. General Hospital Bike Cage. Breakfast sponsored by Espresso Royale Caffe. |
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Free Bike Tune-Up
Thursday, May 12 Boston 7:30 - 9:30 am | ABC TMA Free Bike Tune-up at the Verizon garage at 125 High St. Donuts provided by teh ABC TMA. |
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Bike to Work Week Commuter Challenge 
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Check with your local Transportation Management Association (TMA)
or fill out the
forms on the ABC TMA web site (http://www.abctma.com/events_bikeweek.htm)
to participate in the
Bike to Work Corporate Challenge during Bike Week May 16-20.
You have to work in Boston or nearby parts of Cambridge to enter.
Click here for help concerning bike commuting from the League of American Bicyclists. |
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Fundraising Breakfast
7:30 - 11:00 am Easthampton |
Fundraising Breakfast at the Manhan Rail Trail
For info, call Liz Sturgen 413-527-6230. |
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Very Long Ride
? Westfield |
300 km road ride.
For info, call Don Podolski at 413-562-5237. |
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Parkman Drive Cleanup
9:00 am - noon Jamaica Plain | Francis Parkman Drive, a useful bike route around Jamaica Pond, will be closed from 9am to 12pm on Saturday May 14 for a cleanup of the surrounding parkland. Meet at 9:00am on the Francis Parkman Drive side next to the William F. Kelly Circle (just south of Jamaica Pond). DCR will provide all needed tools and the City of Boston has promised to provide anything DCR won't. Dunkin Donuts has promised to donate donuts and coffee for all volunteers. |
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Milton Bike Day
9:00 am - ? Milton |
Celebrate the beginning of Bike Week with this event in Cunningham Park.
Proceeds will benefit the Milton Rotary Club Scholarship program.
Click here for more information and registration form.
Public Races: 9:00 AM - Children 8-12 1.5 miles (Course A 1 time) 9:30 AM - Teenagers 13-17 12 miles (Course B 4 times) 10:00 PM - Women 18-54 and Seniors 55+ 12 miles (Course B 4 times) 11:00 AM - Men 18-54 24 miles (Course B 8 times)
10:00 am: Public Ride: Start at Cunningham Park and go "off the
beaten path" around Milton. Trail condition permitting, the ride will
feature off-pavement portions along Pope's Pond and the new recreation
path along Pine Tree Brook.
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Cochituate Trail Cleanup
Framingham 9:00 am - 3:00 pm |
Park at 500 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham on the north side of the MassPike.
Walk north and across OCP to the trailhead for Cochituate Brook Reservation.
Join the NPBAC and the FCRTC for a day of clearing and clean-up on our regional
Cochituate Rail Trail! Arrive in the morning or afternoon. Work for an hour and
get a free CRT-shirt. Free pizza lunch at noon.
Please bring any of these tools that you have: rakes, shovels, hand saws and loppers. Pick-up trucks are extremely helpful. Work gloves, long sleeves and long pants are recommended. |
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Bike Rodeo
Greenfield 9:30 - 11:30 am |
At the Greenfield Middle School
For info, call Deb Schilling at 513-665-0156. |
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Spy Pond Trails Weekend
Arlington 9:30 am - 3:30 pm | Volunteer work crews will be restoring the paved path on the Route 2 side of Spy Pond. Additional volunteers are needed. |
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Wake Up the Earth
11:00 am - 4:00 pm Jamaica Plain |
The Wake Up The Earth festival begins with a march from Curtis Hall at
11:00 and activities throughout the day in the Southwest Corridor park
south of the Stony Brook T station and along Lamartine Ave.
The Wake Up the Earth Festival began in 1979 when a group of local neighbors and activist banded together to stop the I-95 expansion into Jamaica Plain. The festival began as, and still is, a celebration of what can be accomplished when people of all traditions, cultures, ages, and beliefs come together. A great many individuals, local artists, community groups, and schools join forces every year to make a unique community collaboration. Recent festivals have included an enchanted puppet forest, sideshows, live bands, dancers, acoustic performers and a giant pageant. |
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Charles River Wheelmen
Spring Century 8:00 am Wakefield |
Join The Charles River Wheelmen on one of four beautiful routes on
slightly rolling rural roads through the Merrimack Valley of
northeastern Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. The 100 mile ride
will take you through Exeter and Hampton Falls, NH. The other routes
travel through such towns as Boxford, Groveland and Topsfield. All
routes pass through the Harold Parker State Forest.
Day of Event registration: $15.00 ($12.00 for CRW members) |
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Bikes Not Bombs
18th Annual Bike-A-Thon Roxbury | Bikes-Not-Bombs biggest fundraiser, and one of their most fun and social events. BNB is also the place to donate your extra bike, or pick up an inexpensive city beater bicycle. All three rides begin in Jamaica Plain at Jamaica Pond and end at Mississippi's Restaurant in Mission Hill. To ride, you have to collect pledges, $80 for adults, $40 for youth. Check the web site for more info: http://www.bikesnotbombs.org/bat-2005.htm. |
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Spy Pond Trails Weekend
Arlington 9:30 am - 3:30 pm | Volunteer work crews will be restoring the paved path on the Route 2 side of Spy Pond. Additional volunteers are needed. |
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Dudley Road Ride
Bedford 9:45 am |
Bike Rides for Ordinary People is
leading a 19-mile ride over flat and gently rolling terrain
leaving from the Bedford end of the Minuteman Bike Path (opposite
Bikeway Source) through Arlington, Lexington, Bedford, Billerica, Carlisle.
There will be an ice cream stop at Great Brook Farm,and there is a map
on the web site.
Helmets are required, and a steady rain will cancel the ride. |
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Neponset Trail Tour
Boston 10:00 am | Meet at 10:00 am for a ride up and down the Neponset Trail with a group from Bike to the Sea, led by Neponset Greenway Council member Doug Mink. We hope to finish at around 1:00 pm. |
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Charles River Road Ride
Natick 3:00 pm | Meet across from Bacon Free Library in South Natick for a moderately-paced 7-mile road ride along both sides of the Charles River in South Natick, Sherborn and Dover. For further information, contact Martin Kessel at 508-653-5083 or email him. |
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Bike Commuter Breakfast
7:30 - 9:00 am West Springfield |
Breakfast at City Hall
For info, call Sabine Prather at 413-781-6045. |
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University Park
Bike Commuter Breakfast 7:30 - 9:00 am Cambridge |
On Mass. Ave. at Sidney Street, the Charles River Transportation Management
Association will sponsor a bicycle commuter breakfast in University Park,
near Central Square. Cyclists will show their helmets to get breakfast.
Contact Jim Gascoigne at 617-324-6119 or email him. |
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9th Annual Bike Valet Party
5:00 - 10:00 pm Davis Square, Somerville |
Redbones, 55 Chester St., Davis Square, Somerville, MA
$15.00 gets you bike valet parking, a Redbones sandwich and sides (vegetarian available), a beverage and two raffle tickets. Proceeds benefit MassBike and NEMBA. There is more info on the Redbones web site. |
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Bike Clinic
7:00-8:00 pm Natick |
Basic Bike Maintenance Clinic at Landry's Bicycles, Route 9 eastbound.
Fix a flat. Easy adjustments. Learn how from the experts! 20 seats available. Reserve your seat by email him. e-mailing your name and phone number. |
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Pancake Breakfast
7:30 - 9:30 am Cambridge |
Broadway Bicycle School, 351 Broadway, Cambridge Meet your fellow bicycle commuters over free coffee and pancakes. See the faces behind some of the names you see on the Internet. |
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Bike Ride
6:00 pm Westfield |
Evening bike ride from New Horizons Sports.
For info, call Don Podolski at 413-562-5237. |
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Easy Bike Ride
7:00 pm Natick |
Meet at Pegan Cove Park parking lot, on Washington Avenue for an
easy bike ride on trails and roads in downtown Natick. We'll visit
Pegan Cove Park on Lake Cochituate, and Middlesex Path (on the
Underground Railroad!), and, maybe, Old Dell Park Cemetery and Fisk Pond.
Led by Dick Miller (508/653-6136, or email him. |
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Bike Commuter Breakfast
7:00 - 10:00 am Northampton |
Breakfast on the Couthouse lawn
For info, call Ruthy Woodring at 413-586-8591 |
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Bike Commuter Breakfast
7:30 - 9:30 am Chicopee |
Breakfast at Mickey's Bike Shop 7:30-9:30AM
For info, call Hank Herchel at 413-592-4282 |
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Bike Commuter Breakfast
7:30 - 9:00 am Westfield |
Breakfast at New Horizons Sports
For info, call Don Podolski at 413-562-5237 |
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Harvard Square
Bike Commuter Breakfast 7:30 - 9:30 am Cambridge |
In front of the Au Bon Pain in Harvard Square, Harvard University will
host a bicycle commuter breakfast. Present your bike helmet and have
a yummy breakfast alongside your fellow bicycle commuters. As added
attractions, Quad Bikes will be performing bicycle "safety checks" in
front of Lehman Hall, and free bicycle registrations will be conducted
by the Harvard University Police Department.
Contact Holly Bogle - 617-496-5354 or email her. |
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Bike/Walk to Work Day
6:30-9:30 am Falmouth | People are encouraged to leave their automobiles home and either walk or bike to work today (or May 19 if it's raining). Kiosks will be set up at three locations: the Trunk River Parking Lot on the Shining Sea Bikeway, Peg Noonan Park on Main Street, and Fieldcrest Farm on the corner of Old Palmer Ave. and Sippewissett Road from 6:30 am to 9:30 am. At each station, food and drinks will be provided to participants, helmet checks will be available, and many prizes will be distributed to participants. A corporate competition will be organized to encourage employers to promote cycling or walking to work. There will also be a special prize drawing for those who try walking or cycling to work for the first time. Anyone who provides thir name and commuting mileage at the kiosks OR at the website is eligible for prize drawings and the corporate competition. |
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Road Ride
5:45 pm Natick | Meet at Landry's Bicycles, Route 9 eastbound for a 15-plus mile road ride in Natick, 16 mph average speed, led by Cory Lovett. |
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Bike Ride
6:00 pm Westfield |
Evening bike ride from New Horizons Sports.
For info, call Don Podolski at 413-562-5237. |
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Ride of Silence
7:00 pm Northampton | For info, call Ruthy Woodring at 413-586-8591 |
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Bike Commuter Breakfast
7:00 - 9:00 am Hadley |
Breakfast at Valley Bicycles trailside, on the Norwottuck Rail Trail
For info, call Dorothy Baumann at 413-586-9932. |
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Bike Commuter Breakfast
7:00 - 9:00 am Holyoke |
Breakfast at City Hall
For info, call Sharon K. at 413-322-5575 |
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Bike Commuter Breakfast
7:00 - 9:00 am Springfield |
Breakfast at the YMCA at Liberty and Chestnut
For info, call Jonathon Moss at 413-794-8865 |
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Back Bay
Bike Commuter Breakfast 7:30 - 9:30 am Boston | Breakfast on the Boylston St. Plaza of the Prudential Center, sponsored by the Back Bay TMA. Sponsored by Espresso Royale Caffe. |
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Kendall Square
Bike Commuter Breakfast 7:30 - 9:30 am Cambridge |
In the park between Six Cambridge Center (Marriott Residence Inn) and
Eight Cambridge Center (Cambridge Technology Partners) in Kendall Square,
the Charles River Transportation Management Association will sponsor a
bicycle commuter breakfast. Cyclists will show their helmets to get breakfast.
Contact Jim Gascoigne at 617-324-6119 or email him. |
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Bike Commuter Lunch
Noon - 2:00 pm Greenfield |
Lunch at Bicycle World
For info, call Alden Booth at 413-773-0333. |
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Bike Movie
7:00 pm Somerville | Off Road to Athens, a documentary about the 2004 U.S. Olympic Mountain Bike Team will be shown at the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square. Tickets are $8 advance from www.offroadtoathens.com, or $10 at the door. Director Jason Berry will be in attendance before each show. (also showing on Friday night) |
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Bicycle Commuter Appreciation
Cambridge 7:30-9:00 am |
As part of National Bike to Work Day, the Cambridge Bicycle Committee
and the City of Cambridge will be thanking commuters who bike to work
by presenting them with a small giveaway. Members of the Bicycle Committee
will be stationed at
Kendall Square, Central Square, Harvard Square, and Alewife/Minuteman Bikeway
to catch cyclists on their way to work and give them their gift
Contact Stephanie Anderberg at 617-349-4671 email her. |
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Bike Commuter Breakfast
7:30 - 9:30 am Amherst |
Breakfast on Town Common North
For info, call Meryl Mandel, MassHighway, at 413-584-1611 X251 |
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Bike Program Training
11:00 am - 2:00 pm Hadley |
Training for Accessible Cycling Programs at Valley Bicycles Trailside
on the Norwottuck Rail Trail.
For info, call Megan Briggs at 413-527-8980 |
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Bike Movie
7:00 pm Somerville | Off Road to Athens, a documentary about the 2004 U.S. Olympic Mountain Bike Team will be shown at the Somerville Theatre in Davis Square. Tickets are $8 advance from www.offroadtoathens.com, or $10 at the door. Director Jason Berry will be in attendance before each show. (also showing on Thursday night) |
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Birding and Biking
Norwottuck Rail Trail 8:00 am - noon | For info, call Megan Briggs at 413-527-8980 |
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Bike Rodeo
Montague 9:00-11:30 am |
At the Sheffield School
For info, call Deb Schilling at 413-665-0156 |
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Tour of Historic
Cambridge and Somerville 10:15 am |
This bicycle tour of Cambridge and Somerville with a history theme
departs from Cambridge Common at 10:30 am. Please arrive by 10:15 for
orientation. It will be an easy 9-mile ride with stops for historical
commentary, with refreshments at the ride's midpoint behind the Davis
Square T station at around 11:30 am and end at the former Somerville
Police Station on Bow Street around 1:00 pm
Click here for a map of the route, a history pamphlet, rain date announcements, and more information. Rain date May 22, same departure time. |
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Bike Rodeo
Deerfield noon - 1:30 pm |
At the Deerfield Municipal Bldg.
For info, call Deb Schilling at 413-665-0156 |
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Bike Movies
Northampton 2:30 pm | At the Forbes Library |
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Hills of Boston
Franklin Park Boston 9:30 am | Meet at the rear ("Giraffe") entrance to Franklin Park Zoo for a 15-20 mile ride through the hills of Boston. Sponsored by the Boston Bicycle Festival, in collaboration with the Boston Public Health Commission's STEPS program and the Charles River Wheelmen. |
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BIKE-Arlington Tour
Arlington 9:30 am |
Meet at Hurd Field parking lot, off of Drake Road (behind Trader Joe's)
in Arlington Heights for a family-friendly bicycle tour will pass on both
the Minuteman Bikeway and local roadways, featuring scenic rest stops at
Cooke's Hollow, Mill Brook, Meadowbrook Park, and Alewife Brook Reservation.
The bicycle tour will cover about 8 miles and last a few hours. The tour
is free of charge, and all participants will be responsible for their own
safety. Bicycle helmets are required. Bring something to drink.
Steady rain will cancel.
For more information, see the Arlington Bicycle Advisory Committee website. |
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Town Hall Forum
Natick 7:15-9:00 pm |
"Exploring Resources: Alternative Transportation for Natick"
A Legislative Forum, hosted by the Natick Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee. Bring your friends, bring your groups, share your ideas for alternative transportation. |
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Bike Week Bash
Boston 5:00-7:00 pm | Celebrate the end of Bike Week and find out who won the Commuter Challenge at Kings, 10 Scotia St. in Boston. There will be free food, and a cash bar will be available. Raffle winners will also be chosen at the Bike Week Bash. | |
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Bike the Minuteman Bikeway
Arlington 6:15 pm |
Join the Northeastern Section of the American Chemical Society at the
Uncle Sam Statue in Arlington Center (Mass Ave and Mystic St) for a
leisurely ride up the beautiful
Minuteman Bikeway
toward Lexington Green and further, if time allows. After returning
to Arlington Center, we'll share dinner and drinks at Kerry's Kitchen
BBQ Grill. What is the connection between bicycling and chemistry?
Well, bring YOUR ideas on that, but at least one historical anecdote
will be revealed!
Light colored clothing, reflective vests and bands, lights and helmets highly recommended! Please RSVP by May 24, or for more information, email Joe Snodgrass or phone 617 494-0400, ext 235 |
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Commute a Better Way Day
all day Cambridge |
Cambridge's voluntary car-free day to encourage single occupant vehicle
commuters to try a different mode of transportation. Participants will
take the "Commute A Better Way pledge", stating that they will try
walking, cycling, taking the T, carpooling, or another option, instead
of driving to work. Commuters who take the pledge will receive a
recognition packet in return. They will also be entered into a drawing
to win a FREE copy of "Car-Free in Boston". To take the pledge, send an
email, including your name, commute mode choice for May 21, usual commute
mode, round trip commute mileage, and mailing address (for the recognition
packet).
Contact Stephanie Anderberg at 617-349-4671 or via email. |
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