From Nicole Freedman, bike czar:

Olympians. National champions. We’re talking the country’s BEST pro cyclists pedaling by you so fast, you’ll feel the breeze! It’s the first annual TD Bank Mayor’s Cup Pro Race on Saturday, September 26th at Boston City Hall Plaza. It’s all FREE to spectators. The “Boloco Block Party” kicks off at 2pm. Then catch the pro races, a kids race, and a mascot race. It all wraps up with a free concert featuring Ultrasonic Rock Orchestra on The Plaza.

And if you’re adrenaline is still pumping on Sunday, come on out for the fifth annual Hub On Wheels citywide bike ride. All proceeds go to support Boston school kids. When you’re done, The Boloco Block Party will still be there waiting for you.

Check it out today and enter to win a free bicycle. www.tdbankcyclingweekend.com

JP Bikes rides to beautiful Farm Pond in Sherborn this Sunday August 23rd. Bring lunch and a suit so you can take a dip in the pond. It’s about 18 miles each way with some rolling hills too so this ride is more suited for those with some experience with longer distance rides. I expect we’ll average around 15 mph, so not too slow or too fast.

If you really want to go but are concerned with the speed or distance, the commuter rail stop in Natick is six miles from the pond and there are lots of good roads for biking in this area. Reply to this email if you’re interested in doing this and I’ll look into a good route.

Meet at Ferris Wheels at 10 am.

The Green Streets Initiative is best known for the creation of monthly Walk/Ride Days. Walk/Ride Days occur on the last Friday of every month. On these days people everywhere are invited to go, and wear green!

Our vision is to create a monthly city-wide party, which celebrates alternative transportation, gives people an opportunity to make community connections, and promotes a festive local atmosphere.

See http://www.gogreenstreets.org/ for details.

The Green Streets Initiative is best known for the creation of monthly Walk/Ride Days. Walk/Ride Days occur on the last Friday of every month. On these days people everywhere are invited to go, and wear green!

Our vision is to create a monthly city-wide party, which celebrates alternative transportation, gives people an opportunity to make community connections, and promotes a festive local atmosphere.

See http://www.gogreenstreets.org/ for details.

JP Bikes will join MassBike and Rozzie Bikes for a ride through East Boston to Deer Island and back. Sure to be new territory for most of us with lots of exploring. Rozzie Bikes will be coming up the SW corridor path around 9:15 and we’ll meet them in front of the Green St T station and ride with them to Charlestown. Details below or go to massbike.org.

MassBike Spins to the Harbor Islands
Saturday, July 25, 10:00 am

We’ll bike from Paul Revere Landing Park in Charlestown through East Boston on the East Boston Greenway to Deer Island and back, stop for lunch at Constitution Beach, and explore a few little side paths on the way back to Charlestown. Last year we found four.

Cyclists can join the ride at the East Boston blue caboose around 10:30-10:45.

Department of Conservation and Recreation
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
and the Emerald Necklace Conservancy

Wednesday, July 1, 2009
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Arnold Arboretum Visitors Center/Hunnewell Building
125 Arborway, Boston

At the meeting, design alternatives for safer pedestrian crossings to Jamaica Pond will be presented, and public input sought, for the following three locations:

• Jamaicaway at Eliot Street
• Parkman Drive at Kelley Circle
• Parkman Drive at the Parkman Memorial

If you have questions about the public meeting, please email DCR.Updates@state.ma.us or call 617-626-4974.

The City of Boston along with the Boston Collaborative for Food and Fitness (BCFF), Emerald Necklace Conservancy, and Franklin Park Coalition present “R.O.C.K. Roll and Ride” – community bike days providing bike-related activities for the whole family.

Last year the City of Boston hosted one successful “R.O.C.K. Roll and Ride” with many partners like yourselves. This year we are hosting three “R.O.C.K. Roll and Ride” events:

Franklin Park, July 18th,
Moakley Field (S. Boston), July 25th
Allston/Brighton, August 8th.

1:00-3:00pm – Discover Roxbury Bicycle Ride. Start at Roxbury Heritage State Park in Eliot Square and ride around Franklin Park and Forest Hills Cemetery. You can buy lunch at the Golf Clubhouse, sit on the terrace and hear tidbits about Franklin Park history.

Summer biking to Cape Ann Sunday June 28th! It’s supposed to warm up this weekend finally! Take your bike on the MBTA’s Bike Train. The bike train has a special car with bike racks replacing the passenger seats along one side of the car. Two ride options are available:

One group will take the 10:15 AM bike train from North Station to Rockport. Meet at Ferris Wheels at 9:00 am or meet at North Station in time for the train. This group will then ride the coastal route from Rockport to Manchester, where we will go to Singing Beach to eat and swim (if you can brave the cold water!). The bike trip is about 18 miles.

The other group will not take the train to Rockport but instead ride all the way to Manchester (about 30 miles). This group should still meet at Ferris Wheels at 9. You might be interested in this route if you’ve always wanted to know how to ride northeast from Boston through Chelsea, Everett, and Revere.

Both groups can hang out at the beach, or consider more riding. And then, both groups will take the train back to Boston. The 2:21 train is not supposed to be a bike train, but bikes are allowed and there is often plenty of room. The 5:31 train from Manchester is a bike train.

Please RSVP to Matthew at mdemarrais@yahoo.com and let him know which ride you would like to do.