Group Commute Rides
If you have questions about commuting by bicycle, please call the ride
leader for advice. Also, check out our Bike Buddy page.
Most rides are offered in the morning; you can talk to the ride leader
about meeting for a return commute.
All rides leave promptly; please plan to arrive early. Helmets are REQUIRED.
Check out these rules for group riding.
Cleveland Circle - Government Center
Thursday
Cassidy Playground parking lot, Chestnut Hill Ave. & Beacon St., 7 am.
Approx. 6 miles.
Route: Along Beacon Street to Kenmore Square, down Commonwealth Mall and past the Public Garden and Boston Common, descending into the urban hell of one-way streets that is Boston downtown, reemerging at City Hall Plaza
David Lewis, 621-7323h,
dbl@osf.org
Allston - Government Center
Thursday
Jackson Mann School, Union Sq., 7:15 am; via Charles River Bike Path.
Charles Hansen, 734-0720h, 572-0277w,
chansen@jhancock.org
Jamaica Plain - Government Center
Thursday
North side of Forest Hills T, 7:15 am; Jamaica Pond Boat House, 7:30 am; Copley Sq. Park, 7:55 am.
Hugh Flynn, 983-0724,
hflynn@shore.net
Jamaica Plain - Central Sq., Cambridge
Tuesday
Forest Hills T Station, 7:30 am.
To Broadway Bicycle SchoolÕs Pancake Breakfast!
Route: Bike path along Emerald Necklace, and then Chapel to Carlton St. to BU
bridge and up Brookline to L on Mass. Ave. and R on Prospect to L on Broadway. Drop off at Longwood Medical Area, if desired.
Bill Taylor (Earthworks), 983-WIND,
erthwrks@thecia.net
Roslindale - Cambridge
Monday, Friday
Adams Park, Roslindale (Washington St.), 8:00 am
7-10 miles, 10-15 mph
Route: South St. to Walter St., entering the Arboretum at Bussey St.,
riding the Arboretum road to the main entrance, following Bike Route 1
to Jamaica Pond, the Jamaicaway Bikepath to Route 9, Brookline Ave to
Aspinwall to Netherlands to Muddy River Bikepath to Park Drive to the
B.U. Bridge. I ride the Charles River Bikepath upstream past Harvard
Square, but welcome anybody headed toward Cambridge to join me.
Doug Mink, 327-4489h,
dmink@cfa.harvard.edu
Roslindale - Allston - Harvard Sq., Cambridge
Wednesday
Adams Park, Roslindale (Washington St.), 7:45 am
To the Hosteling International-American Youth Hostels Eastern New England Council office for free breakfast!
6 miles, 10 mph
Route: South St. to Walter St., entering the Arboretum at Bussey St.,
riding the Arboretum road to the main entrance, following Bike Route 1
to Jamaica Pond, the Jamaicaway Bikepath to Route 9, Brookline Ave to
Aspinwall to Kent, then back streets to the HI-ENEC office on Comm. Ave.
After breakfast, I will ride to North Cambridge via Harvard Square.
Call or e-mail Doug Mink, 327-4489h,
dmink@cfa.harvard.edu
if you want to ride with him.
Roslindale - Government Center
Adams Park, Washington St., 7:15 am; via Southwest Corridor bike path.
Route: Washington St. to Forest Hills, South St. past the Monument in Jamaica Plain at about 7:30 to Seaverns St. (sp?), to the Southwest Corridor. We will follow the bikepath to Ruggles MBTA station, then Columbus Ave to Park Square, Stuart St. to Washington, which we will follow to Government Center.
Doug Mink, 327-4489h,
dmink@cfa.harvard.edu
South End - Government Center
Thursday
Blackstone Sq., Washington St., 7:40 am.
Bob Lathrop, 266-6941h,
rjlathrop@bkb.com
Dorchester - Government Center
Thursday
Gibson Playground, 7:30 am
Ray Jordan, 436-6787h,
rjordan34@aol.com>
Revere - East Boston - Ferry - Government Center (rain cancels)
Thursday
Rotary at north end of Revere Beach, 7 am; Orient Heights MBTA Station, East Boston.
Thomas Domenico, 567-5561h
Malden - Boston Common
Monday, Tuesday, (see Thursday, below)
Walgreen's Main & Centre St. Malden, 7:30 am
7 miles, 10-12 mph
Route: Pleasant view of Boston and then a hellish ride down Route 99. Main St. to Route 99 to Main St. Charlestown to Charlestown Bridge, to MOS to Charles River Bikeway to Charles St. to Boston Common.
Stephen Winslow (Bike to the Sea, BCOM, DEP), 397-6893h, 574-6838w,
SteveNine@aol.com
Malden Sq. - Charlestown - Government Center
Thursday
Walgreens, Main & Centre St., 7:15 am; Charlestown, 99 Restaurant, 7:35 am.
Steve Winslow, 397-6893h, 574-6838w,
SteveNine@aol.com
West Medford - Davis Sq. - Government Center
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Dunkin Donuts at W. Medford Station, 7 am; Someday Cafe, Davis Sq., 7:15 am.
Michael Hering, 391-9981h,
MGHering@world.std.com
Porter Sq. - Inman Sq. - MIT - Government Center (rain cancels)
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Porter Sq. T Station, 7:30 am
(Thursday: Porter Sq. T Station, 7:20 am; Ryles Jazz Club, Inman Sq., 7:35 am; MIT Òhissing globe,Ó Main & Broadway, 7:45 am)
4-5 miles, slow pace
Route: From Porter Square, my route follows Somerville Ave. (briefly) to Beacon Street, Beacon Street to Hampshire, Hampshire to Broadway, Broadway to Main, Main to the Longfellow Bridge, and then Cambridge Street to Government Center.
Optional route: Ride home one day along Charles River Esplanade,
cut through Avon Hill area to Porter Square.
David McGowan (DFWELE Riverways Programs), 864-2490,
david.mcgowan@state.ma.us
Fresh Pond, Cambridge- Government Center
Thursday
Huron Ave. & Aberdeen St., 7:15 am.
Route: I go from Huron Ave starting on the west side of Fresh Pond Parkway and
proceed around Harvard Square to Broadway; from there it is a straight
shot to downtown.
Ted Hamann, 573-8536w,
thamann@acad.suffolk.edu
Arlington Heights - Alewife - Harvard Sq. - Government Center
Thursday
Old MBTA parking lot, Mass Ave., 6:30 am; Alewife T Station, 6:45 am; JFK Bridge, Cambridge side, 7:15 am.
Route: Leave from MBTA parking lot (next to old Highland Supermarket), Arlington Heights, 6:30 a.m. Car parking available in lot for those who want to drive part-way and ride into Boston. Leisurely paced. Will travel on Minuteman
Bikeway and Charles River paths, also some roads in Cambridge/Boston.
Jack Johnson, 646-4724h,
Jack2Bike@aol.com
Arlington Center - Harvard Sq.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday
Park bench along Swan Pl. next to Minuteman Bikeway, 7:45 am.
Route: Minuteman to Alewife, through park to Rindge to Sherman to Garden to Mass Ave.
Becka Roolf, 641-4782h,
becka_roolf@geocities.com
Needham - Government Center
Thursday
The square at Needham Heights Commuter Rail station, 6:30 am
10 miles, 12-14 mph
Route: The way in is mostly downhill. The way home will work off your stress
from a day full of work. East on Kendrick/ Nahanton to Brookline / Newton St.; Pass Helenic College and Jamaica Pond; Through Jamaica Plain and down the Southwest Corridor Multipurpose Path along Tremont St. and into downtown.
Paul Miller (CRW, BCOM),
pamiller@lynx.neu.edu
Marblehead - Government Center
Thursday
Corner Ocean and Atlantic Aves, Marblehead, 6 a.m. sharp (to avoid traffic)
19 miles @ 12to14 mph, conditions permitting
Route: Lynnshore Drive, Lynnway, Revere Beach, Chelsea Creek Bridge, Margin
Street, Produce Center, Rte 99, Rutherford Ave., Charlestown Bridge
Carl King, 946-8101,
cking@gmlaw.com