Bike Week 1997 Community Bicycle Rides & Events
All events are FREE. Helmets are REQUIRED on all rides.
Check out these rules for group riding.
Saturday, May 17
Roslindale's Emerald Necklace Ride
- A 10-mile ride through the greenspace surrounding Boston's Roslindaleneighborhood: Arnold Arboretum, Stony Brook Reservation, the Boston StateHospital site, Forest Hills Cemetery, and Franklin Park . This route isnot flat, and in fact includes the two highest points in the City of Boston,Peters and Bellevue Hills.
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Meet: 10:30 am, Forest Hills Orange Line Station, Boston
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Leader: Doug Mink (BikeBoston), 327-4489, <dmink@cfa.harvard.edu>
NOW Ride: "Exercise Your Right"
- Social 10-mile ride through Boston and Cambridge, sponsored by theGreater Boston chapter of the National Organization for Women.
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Meet: 10 am, NOW offices, 971 Commonwealth Ave., Boston.
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Leader: Evelyn Neuber (NOW), 782-1056, <neuber@binah.cc.brandeis.edu>
Sunday, May 18
Wake-Up-Your-Bike Ride
- Welcome to summer! Slow-paced, 10-15 miles around town for beginningurban riders.
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Meet: noon, Ferris Wheels Bicycle Shop, 64 South St., JamaicaPlain
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Leader: Jeffrey Ferris (Boston Bicycle Committee), 522-7082
CRW Century Rides
- The Rites of Spring: the Charles River Wheelmen host 100, 62, 50, and25 mile rides starting from Wakefield, MA. Please see http://www.crw.orgfor details.
Monday, May 19
Boston / Cambridge Mean Streets Ride
- Urban 10-mile ATB ride: sturdy tires required. Explore retro-grungeindustrial sub-culture: lots of dirt, gravel, glass, steps, ramps and otherchoice terrain.
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Meet: 5:30 pm, Copley Sq. Park, Boston
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Leader: Charles Hansen (HI-AYH), 734-0720h, 572-0277w, <chansen@jhancock.com>
Tuesday, May 20
Emerald Necklace Ride
- Ride the Emerald Necklace to the Arboretum with possible extensionto Forest Hills Cemetery and return to Copley Sqare via Southwest Corridorbike path.
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Meet: 5:30 pm, Gov't Center, Boston.
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Leader: Charles Hansen (HI-AYH), 734-0720h, 572-0277w, <chansen@jhancock.com>
Leisurely Ride: Bike or Skate the Arboretum
- Families including kids
on a bike or in a trailer
welcome. A relaxed,stop-&-see-the-flowers ride with intermediate inline-skaters (hilly,but no cars). Rain cancels.
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Meet: Call for directions.
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Leader: Bonnie Friedman (HI-AYH), 783-0358h, 253-2685w, <bonnie@math.mit.edu>
Wednesday, May 23
Volunteer Night at Bikes Not Bombs
- Learn basic bicycle maintenance in a fully-equipped shop, 442-0004.
Thursday, May 22
Feet First '97
Bike, Walk or Skate Morning Commute
- Sponsored by Boston employers (including NYNEX, Boston Univ. MedicalCenter, BankBoston, MGH, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Brigham & Women'sHospital, Harvard Medical School.)
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- Register for food, t-shirts, prizes (including a drawing for mountainbike!), group rides & bike buddy information.
- Artery Business Committee TMA - Allison Simmons, 557-7322, <asimmons@gbcc.org>
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group ride to Boston Bicycle Festival
- Longwood Medical and Academic Area - Commuteworks TMA - Laura Merrick,632-2796, <merrick@masco2.harvard.edu>
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free t-shirts
- Boston Medical Center - ITMA - Maureen Flaherty, 638-7473, <Maureen.Flaherty@bmc.org>
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breakfast coupons
Bike Lane Tour of Cambridge
- Leisurely, 1.5-hour ride loops through Cambridge neighborhoods mostlyfollowing and exploring the new bike lanes. Rain cancels.
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Meet: 6:30 pm, Cambridge City Hall, Mass Ave, Central Sq., Cambridge
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Leader: Peter Desnoyers (Cambridge Bicycle Committee), 661-1979,<pjd@giga-net.com>
Friday, May 23
Critical Mass Ride
- Non-athletic, rush-hour ride on city streets celebrates bicycles astransportation. Route to be decided; if you want to promote one, photocopycue sheets/maps.
- Critical Mass rides are held the last Friday of each month; in May,there will also be a CM ride on the "traditional" date of May30.
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Meet: 5:30 pm, Gov't Center T, Boston. Ride leaves at 6 pm.
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Leader: None and all.
Saturday, May 24
Bicycle Tour of Orchards and Parks
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Route (and pick-up points): Hatch Shell 9:30 am; Arlington &Comm. Ave. 9:50 am; Willow Pond Ave. & Jamaicaway (Daisy Field) 10:30am. Ride ends at noon. At the end, riders can attend the Agassiz UrbanOrchards potluck and/or visit the Arboretum.
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Leader: Bill Taylor (EarthWorks), 983-WIND, <erthwrks@thecia.net>
Container Loading at Bikes Not Bombs
- Help send recycled bicycles to Central America. 442-0004.