Saturday, July 24, 2010:
Bike to the Harbor Islands
Leave Adams Park in Roslindale Square at 9:00 am
The ride formally starts at Paul Revere Landing Park at 10:00 am,
but people can also join it at the southern end of the East Boston
Greenway at 10:45 am.
We'll ride through Charlestown, Everett, Chelsea, East Boston,
and Winthrop to the tip of Deer Island, right in the middle of
Boston Harbor, with great views in every direction. On the way
home, we'll stop for lunch and a possible swim at Constitution
Beach. From Roslindale Square, this is a 40-mile ride; from
Charlestown, it's more like 25 miles. The route is not always
scenic, but it is interesting. Helmets are required, and you
should be ready for less than ideal pavement.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010: Bike the Neponset
Meet at 6:00 pm at the Martini Shell on the Truman Parkway in Hyde
Park
to explore the brand-new paved mixed use path along the Neponset River
from
Mattapan Square almost to Readville.
Saturday, July 10, 2010:
Ride Your Bike to the Roslindale Farmers
Market
[photos]
Rozzie Bikes will staff a table and provide valet bike parking, as
well
as lead a short family ride after the market is over at 1:30.
Click here for a PDF poster about this
event!
Friday, January 29, 2010: Go Green Bike Friday
7:30, Adams Park, Roslindale Square
7:45, Jamaica Pond Boathouse
We'll continue our Last Friday rides by taking the Emerald
Necklace to Jamaica Pond, where we will join riders from JPBikes
to the Charles River, where we'll split between Boston and Cambridge.
Rumor has it that the wonderful folks at the Harvard Square Business
Association are at it again, starting off the new year of Walk/Ride Days
with a great hot breakfast! This year, they say it will be inside...
Check the Green Streets Initiative
web site for more details, and
check in here for raffles and other challenges.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010: Bicycle Book Club
RozzieBikes invites cyclists from all over to Doug Mink's house
(90 Wellsmere Rd.) in Roslindale. We'll be discussing Peter
Zheutlin's Around the World on Two Wheels - Annie Londonderry's
Extraordinary Ride, which is available at the Boston Public Library
(and therefore also likely via other local library systems), as well as
in paperback from local bookstores and (of course) Amazon
(as new paperback from $11 plus change other used copies available,
Kindle edition ($9), and MP3 audiobook ($16)).
Please also bring other bicycle-related books to share with the group, especially travel and round-the-world books.
Doug's house is a block off Washington St. a half-mile south of
(and uphill from) Roslindale Square and a mile and a half south
of the Forest Hills Orange Line station. There is some car parking,
though less if it is really snowy, and lots of bike parking either
on the back porch or in the basement. There will be some Taza
chocolate from our November ride!
E-mail Doug Mink if you have any questions.
Saturday, December 5, 2009: Ride to Taza Chocolate Open House
RozzieBikes will be riding to the
Taza Chocolate Open House in
Somerville. The open house starts at 10 am, so we'll leave Adams Park in
Roslindale Square at 9:15 am and ride up the Emerald Necklace,
stopping at the Jamaica Pond Boathouse for a few minutes between
9:30 and 9:40 before heading on to Somerville. We'll use a lot
of bike paths and bike lanes in Boston, Brookline, and Cambridge
and try to head home before noon. The weather is supposed to be
nice, but we'll cancel if it is raining hard and maybe if it is
snowing hard... Helmets are required, as usual. The round trip
is a bit over 16 miles. Dress warmly, but not quite as heavily
as you think you should; on a ride this long, you'll generate
quite a bit of heat. Wear warm gloves, though.
Sunday, November 8, 2009: Mother Brook Bike Ride
1:00 pm, Fairmount Ave. at Truman Parkway, Hyde Park
RozzieBikes joins the Boston Natural Areas Network and the Friends
of Stony Brook Reservation on a tour of the entire length of the
Mother Brook, which connects the Charles River and the Neponset
River. See old mills and learn some early colonial history.
Friday, October 30, 2009: Go Green Bike Friday
7:15, Adams Park, Roslindale Square
7:35, Jamaica Pond Boathouse
We'll continue our Last Friday rides by taking the Emerald Necklace
to the Charles River, then splitting to go to downtown Boston and
Cambridge.
Sunday, October 25, 2009:
Ride to the Oldest House and the Newest Mall
Noon, Adams Park, Roslindale Square
Join us for a ride to the new Legacy Place Mall in Dedham, which
we are working to make more bike-friendly, with a tour of
the Fairbanks House in Dedham, "the oldest wood frame house in the
United States."
Thursday, October 22, 2009:
At-Large Boston City Council Debate on Parks and Open Space
6:30-8:00 pm at the Franklin Park Golf Clubhouse
Her the eight candidates talk about how they will promote and
support greenspace if they are elected. There will be questions
about funding, park management, bicycling, public safety in parks,
green jobs for youth, arts and nature programs, links to health
and wellness, community gardens, and more. RozzieBikes is a
co-sponsor.
Please put up this poster!
Sunday, October 4, 2009: Roslindale Day Parade
1:00 pm, Healy Field
Join the ROzzieBikes contingent as we celebrate our neighborhood!
Contact Laura Smeaton if you can join us
Sunday, September 27, 2009:
Hub on Wheels Ride
7:00-8:00 am, Registration on City Hall Plaza
8:00 am, 10, 30, and 50-miles rides around the city
Join the cyclists of Boston in this 5th annual celebration of
bicycling in our city!
Friday, September 25, 2009: Go Green Bike Friday
7:15, Adams Park, Roslindale Square
7:35, Jamaica Pond Boathouse
We'll continue our Last Friday rides by taking the Emerald Necklace
to the Charles River, then splitting to go to downtown Boston and
Cambridge.
Saturday, September 19, 2009: Farmers Market and Ride
9:00-12:30, Adams Park, Roslindale Square, Tabling
12:30 pm: Ride to Parkman Memorial in Jamaica Plain
Help spread the word about bicycling in Boston and then join
us for a mostly off-road ride to the Francis Parkman monument
overlooking Jamaica Pond utilizing one of Boston's unknown
"bicycle boulevards."
Saturday, June 20, 2009: Family Bike Ride
12:30 pm: Adams Park, Roslindale Square
Join us for a short, flat ride across Roslindale to
the Dale St. Playgroud and the Sherrin St. Urban Wild.
It will be less than two miles each way, and the route is
about as flat as you can get in our hilly neighborhood.
Bring food to share for lunch. (postponed from May 30)
[photos]
Friday, June 19, 2009:
Bike Friday
7:00 at Roche Brothers, 7:10 at Adams Park, 7:15 at Forest Hills
Join us on our ride to the monthly bike festival on City Hall Plaza!
[photos]
Saturday, June 13, 2009:
Ride the Hills of Southwest Boston
1:00 pm, Adams Park, Roslindale Square
Starting from the first Roslindale Farmers Market of 2009, we'll climb
(and descend) most of the hills of southwest Boston, going up
a total of 1800 feet in about 18 miles.
This ride was postponed from May 17 due to rain.
[photos]
Saturday, May 16: Cambridge Literary Tour
9:00: Adams Park, Roslindale Square
Bike to Cambridge Public Library for 10:00 am ride around Cambridge
sponsored by the Cambridge Bike Committee
Monday-Friday, May 11-May 15: Bike to Bike Week Breakfasts
[photos]
7:15: Adams Park, Roslindale Square
Monday: University Park, Cambridge
[photos]
Tuesday: Broadway Bicycle School, Cambridge
[photos]
Wednesday: Back Bay and Harvard Square
[photos]
Thursday: Longwood Medical Area and Kendall Square
[photos]
Friday: Police-escorted bike convoy to City Hall
[photos]
Friday, April 24, 2009: Go Green Bike Friday
7:15, Adams Park, Roslindale Square
For our last ride before city-wide Bike Fridays, we'll bike downtown
on a different route, through Franklin Park and Dudley Square to City Hall
Saturday, April 18, 2009:
Bike to a Bike Exhibit and Bike Night
[photos]
3:00 pm, Adams Park, Roslindale Square
(3:25 Jamaica Pond Boathouse, 3:45 Coolidge Corner Brookline
4:00 Brighton Ave at Harvard Ave. Allston
We'll ride to the
Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation to
MassBike's
Bike Night amid the museum's spring exhibit, "The Bicycle Takes Off".
Bring lights because we'll be biking home after dark;
the event ends at 8:00 pm.
Here is a map of the route we'll take to Waltham.
Email Doug Mink if you are interested in joining the ride.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009: RozzieBikes Meeting
7:00 pm, 90 Wellsmere Road
Prepare for rides and t-shirt sales.
Friday, March 27, 2009: Go Green Bike Friday
7:00 am, Adams Park, Roslindale Square
On the last Friday of every month, we invite everyone
in Roslindale to bike to work together. This month, we are
going to bike up the Emerald Necklace to the Charles River,
where we'll take the bike path in both directions. Doug Mink
will lead a group toward Harvard Square and George Ulrich
will lead a group toward downtown Boston. We're picking up
more riders at the Jamaica Pond Boathouse at 7:20. Beginning
on Friday, May 15, we'll have a police escort as Boston's
bicycle program begins its "Bike Fridays".
Map of route to Harvard Square
Tuesday, March 17, 2009: RozzieBikes Meeting
7:00 pm, location to be decided
Prepare for spring events.
Monday, March 9, 2009: Longfellow Area Neighborhood Association
7:30-9:00 pm, Longfellow School
We'll talk about bicycling in Roslindale, present and future.
Friday, February 27, 2009: Go Green Day
7:30 am, Adams Park in Roslindale Square
Celebrate Walk/Ride Day, the last Friday of every month,
with a ride from Roslindale Square up the Southwest Corridor
to Back Bay with Laura Smeaton.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009: RozzieBikes Meeting
7:00 pm, 73 Walter St.
Prepare for March 9 presentation and spring events.
Friday, January 30, 2009: Go Green Day
Celebrate Walk/Ride Day, the last Friday of every month,
with a ride from Roslindale Square to a celebration
in Harvard Square We'll be leaving Adams Park in
Roslindale Square between 7:00 and 7:15, and will stop at
Jamaica Pond to pick up people from JPBikes around 7:30,
riding through the Arboretum if the roads are relatively
clear or up Washington, South, and Centre if they're not.
We'll try to get to Harvard Square by 8:15.
The nominal route is on Bikely.
A free hot breakfast, provided by the Harvard Square Business Association, will be served from 7:00 to 9:00 inside and outside at Holyoke Center and Forbes Plaza, 1350 Massachusetts Ave. There will be extra raffles and goodies for those that GO GREEN and WEAR GREEN!
This event is part of the Harvard Square Winter Green Carnival 2009 from January 15th to February 1st and is co-sponsored by the Green Streets Initiative and the Office of Mayor E. Denise Simmons.
Thursday, January 29, 2009: Boston Bikes Update 7:00 pm, Boston Public Library, Rabb Lecture Hall Find out what's going to be happening for bikes in Boston.
Saturday, December 13, 2008: Almost Winter Bike Ride
11:00 am, Adams Park in Roslindale Square
We'll take a short ride around Roslindale (less than an hour)
to test what we learned at Wednesday's workshop, stopping for hot chocolate
at the end.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008: RozzieBikes Meeting
7:00 pm, 90 Wellsmere Rd., east of Washington St.
Debriefing from workshop and ride and planning for winter events.
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Wednesday, December 10, 2008: Winter Biking is Fun: We'll Show You How
6:30 - 8:30 pm at the Roslindale Community Center On Cummins Highway at Washington St. in Roslindale Square [PDF poster] [Press release] [Handout] [PDF Handout for printing] [Web Resources] [B ulletin article] |
Wednesday, November 19, 2008: RozzieBikes Planning Meeting
7:00 pm at 34 Augustus Ave., down the hill from Whitford St.
Help plan our December 9 Winter Biking workshop.
Sunday, October 5, 2008: Roslindale Day Parade [photos]
Contact Doug Mink [email] for more information and to help build this web site at MassPaths.net.