This year, MassBike finished third in its size category (1-24 employees) in the MassCommuter Challenge, right behind Ciclismo Classico (2nd) and Urban AdvenTours (1st). MassBike was honored with a certificate of accomplishment and a photograph on the winner’s pedestal. For an organization with only three employees, we were quite happy to have logged 370 miles [...]
Despite the rain, this year’s Bay State Bike Week had a record number of events across the state. Bicyclists from Orleans to Pittsfield showed up to celebrate bicycling, as they channeled the thoughts of John Ruskin, who once wrote, “There is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.” Or, as [...]
A long-time leader in the local bike community, Redbones is the place to be during the annual bike party. The block party is a great way to hang out with other bicyclists, have a good time, and get a delicious meal. The fifteenth straight year of this event, the night includes food, drink, live music [...]
Tonight at 7:00pm (meet by 6:45pm) in Davis Square, bicyclists will depart on a six-mile ride through Somerville, Cambridge, and Boston on the Ride of Silence. This ride honors cyclists killed or injured on public roads, and raises awareness among drivers to be more careful around bicyclists. The more riders that participate, the more powerful the [...]
This Saturday, ride to the Radio 92.9 EarthFest, and take advantage of MassBike’s free valet bike parking. Let us watch your bike while you enjoy the music, booths and free samples. We’ll also have an information booth where we’ll hand out Bay State Bike Week t-shirts and more! Volunteers Needed: If you are interested in helping [...]
With the weather Wednesday predicted to be the worst of the week, we’ve decided to postpone the Boston-area Ride of Silence. The purpose of the Ride of Silence is to draw attention to bicyclist safety, and to do that we need lots of people to participate, which is unlikely to happen on a rainy evening. [...]
As they say, if you don’t like the weather in New England, just wait a few minutes – and this spring has proven the wisdom of that sentiment. The rain has come, and gone, and come back, and for this week it has decided to loom heavy. As a result, it is very important to [...]
MassBike will lead the Boston-area Ride of Silence on Wednesday, May 18, 2011, one of hundreds of such rides taking place worldwide to honor bicyclists killed or injured while riding on public roads, and to raise awareness of the need for motorists to exercise more caution around bicyclists. The ride occurs during Bay State Bike [...]
Next Wednesday, May 18, 2011, at 3:30pm, state, city, local officials, and community organizations will join Transportation officials at Maverick Station to officially announce the Bikes on the Blue Line Pilot Program. The MBTA, in collaboration with the Chelsea Creek Action Group (CCAG) and MassBike initiated a six-month pilot project on the Blue Line beginning [...]
The month of May brings with it many things: blossoming flowers, the mass exodus of college students, musings over how next year’s hockey season is going to be (even) better. Perhaps most importantly, though, is Bay State Bike Week, that one magical week in the middle of the month where biking is elevated as the [...]
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