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Email Doug Mink your Metro Boston Bike Week events as soon as you have them scheduled.
Check out statewide event calendars at
MassBike
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the City of Boston.
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Fill out this form to participate in the 250,000 Mile Commuter Challenge.
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National Train Day Ride
10:00 am Davis Square, Somerville to Framingham | Meet at 9:30 am for a ride parallelling the Mass. Central Railroad from Somerville to Framingham using the Red Line Linear Park, the Fitchburg Cutoff Trail, and streets. Wide tires will help; helmets are required. |
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J.P. Rolls Ride
10:00 am South St. Mall, Jamaica Plain | Meet at 11:00 am at the corner of South St. and Carolina for bike repairs and decoration. will start riding at 11:00 to celebrate the covering up of the trolley tracks on South and Center. Helmets are required. Afterward a group of us might go investigate the Prince St. bike route which a committee of the Boston Bicyclist Advisory Board is studying. |
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South Boston Seaport
Bike Commuter Breakfast 7:30 - 9:00 am Boston | The South Boston Seaport Transportation Management Association will sponsor a bicycle commuter breakfast at the World Trade Center West, Cyclists will show their helmets to get breakfast. |
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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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Mayors Press Kickoff
Noon Boston | Join Mayor Thomas M. Menino of Boston and Mayor E. Denise Simmons of Cambridge on a short, midday ride from City Hall Plaza to Post Office Square to kickoff the 2009 Bay State Bike Week. Email Nicole Freedman. Limited to first 100 to RSVP. T-shirts and water bottles provided. |
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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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Alewife Station
Bike Commuter Breakfast 7:30 - 9:00 am Cambridge |
The Charles River Transportation Management Association and the City of
Cambridge will sponsor a bicycle commuter breakfast at the Alewife MBTA
Station at the end of the Minuteman Commuter Bikeway. Cyclists will
show their helmets to get breakfast.
Contact Jim Gascoigne at 617-324-6119 or email him. |
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Free Short Bicycle Films
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Harvard University Carpenter Center (Basement level Room B04) Cambridge | In celebration of Bike Week, the Harvard Film Archive is pleased to present a free screening of short films. The program will include documentaries on the Tour de France in the early 1960s and the amateur St. Laurent Bicycle Race in 1966, educational films about bicycle safety, and other bicycle-themed shorts. The screening will be approximately 90 minutes, and the films will be screened on 16mm. For further information contact Liz Coffey. |
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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. |
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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. Cyclists will show their helmets to get breakfast. Contact Kris Locke at 617-495-7374 or email her. |
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DotBike Commute Ride Home
5:30 - 6:30 pm Boston | On the second Wednesday of every month DotBike leads a fun and relaxed ride home, meeting at the Brewer’s fountain in the Boston Common near Tremont street at 5:30pm. After a short chat we will leave at 5:40pm and head south towards Dot Ave. and Dorchester. |
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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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Longwood Medical Area
Bike Commuter Breakfast 375 Longwood Avenue 8:00-9:30 am | Join Commute Works for a FREE breakfast (first come, first serve) and bike safety checks. Registered bike week cyclists must show their bike helmets in order to receive FREE breakfast. For more information, contact Commute Works via email. |
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Commuter Open House and Block Party
Cambridge Bicycle Shop Cambridge 5:30-6:30 pm | Postponed to May 21 due to rain. |
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Bike Convoys
6:45-9:00 To Boston City Hall |
Celebrate
National Bike to Work Day and Bay State Bike Day by joining a bike convoy
to a Breakfast Pit Stop on City Hall Plaza.
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City Hall Bike Breakfast
7:00-10:00 am Boston | Stop by for free breakfast, goodies and fun on your way to work or ride in with one of the convoys. |
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Bike Commuter Appreciation
7:30-9:00 Cambridge |
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 locations throughout the city to catch cyclists on
their way to work and give them their gift. Watch for them at
Central Square, Harvard Square, and along the Charles River.
Contact Stephanie Anderberg at 617-349-4671 or via email. |
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Ride the Hills of Southwest Boston
Adams Park, Roslindale 10:00 am | Join MassBike and RozzieBikes for this exploration of the hills of the southwest part of the City of Boston. We will climb over 1500 feet in a bit more than 15 miles. Helmets, good brakes, and good hearts are required. Some of these hills are really steep! We will try to finish in time to bike up to Newton. |
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Bike Newton Bicycle Rally and Ride
Newton 1:00 pm | Meet at Newton City Hall on the War Memorial Steps for a rally and ride to support making Newton a truly bicycle-friendly city. |
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Bike Bash!
5:30 - 7:30 pm Cambridge |
Join us for a fun-filled evening at Flat Top Johnny's in Cambridge, as
we recognize the employers who have won the MassCommuter Challenge,
and celebrate the success of the first Bay State Bike Week. Free food
and pool, and a cash bar will be available. In addition, all attendees
will be entered into a raffle to win fabulous prize bags from local bike
shops.
Flat Top Johnny's is at One Kendall Square, Cambridge, near the Kendall Cinema. |
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Commuter Open House and Block Party
Cambridge Bicycle Shop Cambridge 5:30-6:30 pm | Cambridge Bicycle Shop invites you to attend their first annual Cambridge Bicycle Open House and Block Party!! Think you got one sweet commuter ride? If so, stop on by and sign up for the "Best Commuter Bike Contest". Have questions about how to start bike commuting? No problem! Friendly and knowledgeable staff will be on hand to answer your questions on how to best outfit your bike to get you on the road in no time. And, if you are just curious to know what sort of new commuter models are available, pop in and take a test ride around the block. Cambridge Bicycle has you covered on the entertainment and raffle prizes; drinks and food are generously being provided by Central Square area restaurants and cafes. All you have to show up with is your love of all things commuter-bike-related and be ready to have a good time! This event is free and open to the public. |
