Bike Month 2008

Bay State Bike Week is Monday, May 12-Sunday, May 18

Calendar of Events

Do you have a Bike Week/Bike Month event scheduled? To list it here, please email us.

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Pioneer Valley Events All Week Long!

Saturday, April 26

MassBike Spins - Boston Ride Series
Earth Day Ride, 10:00am, meet at the parking lot at Paul's Bridge and Brush Hill Road at the edge of the Blue Hills just off the Neponset Valley Parkway

Thursday, May 1

Go Green Kick Off Event, 11:30am-1:30pm, Central Square, Cambridge

Friday, May 2

Film: The Flying Scotsman, 6:30pm, Curtis Hall, 20 South St, Jamaica Plain, free popcorn and soda

Saturday, May 3

Bike Swap Fundraiser, 10am-2pm, MIT, 142 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, contact jotong@mit.edu for more infomation

Ladies Only Road Ride, hosted by the Boston LUNA Chix cycling team, 10am, leaving from Eastern Mountain Sports 300 Needham St, Newton, contact Wendy for more info

Saturday, May 10

Bike Safety Rodeo, sponsored by Noble Hospital, Westfield Kiwanis, and Westfield Police Department, 9am, Noble Hospital, Westfield

Bike The Charles, sponsored by MassBike Metro Boston Chapter, 10am, Watertown Sq

"Driving Your Bicycle" class, sponsored by Northampton Cycling Club, 9:30-11am or 1:30-3pm, 301 Seelye Hall, Smith College, Northampton

Northampton Community Bike Ride, sponsored by Northampton Cycling Club, 10am, Pulaski Park

Bike Rodeo, sponsored by Northampton Area Pediatrics and Northampton Cycling Club, 12-2pm, Jackson St School, Northampton

Bike Clinic / Basic Tune-Up, 2:30-4:30pm, Pulaski Park, Northampton

Pedal People: How & Why?, sponsored by Sustainable Energy Easthampton, 5pm, Manhan Cafe, 72 Union St, Easthampton

Sunday, May 11

"Driving Your Bicycle" class, sponsored by Northampton Cycling Club, 9:30-11am or 1:30-3pm, 301 Seelye Hall, Smith College, Northampton

Mother Earth Community Bike Ride, 1-2pm, Pulaski Park, Northampton (potluck picnic to follow)

Mary Serreze, Live Radio Discussion: "Cycling Advocacy in Northampton", 8-9pm, Valley Free Radio 103.3 FM

Monday, May 12

Highland Bike/Hardware Breakfast, 7-9am, 917 Hampden St, Holyoke

University Park Bike Breakfast, 7:30-9am, Cambridge

Community Bike Ride, sponsored by UMASS Cycling Club, 1pm, Haigis Mall, UMASS Amherst

Film Fest, 1:30-5pm, Jones Library, 43 Amity St, Amherst
1:30-2 "Enjoy the Ride"
2-3 "Contested Streets"
3-5 "The Day I Became a Woman" & assorted short films

12th Annual Redbones Bike Party & Benefit, 5-9pm, 55 Chester St., Somerville (rain date May 19)
RESCHEDULED TO MONDAY, MAY 19 DUE TO WEATHER

"Share the Road" Clinic and Bike Ride, 6pm, New Horizons, 55 Franklin St, Westfield

Film: "Middle of the World", sponsored by Smith College, 7pm, Stoddard Hall, Smith College, Northampton

Films: "Return of the Scorcher" and "We Are Traffic!", 7pm, Pelham Public Libary, Pelham (followed by talk with filmmaker Ted White)

Tuesday, May 13

Breakfast & Events, Holyoke Community College

Breakfast, sponsored by Baystate Health, Springfield Business Improvement District,, Greater Springfield YMCA, Partners for a Healthier Community, and Fit to Ride, 7-9am, Springfield YMCA, 275 Chestnut St

Breakfast, 7-9am, Flye Cycles, 22 Amherst Rd (Rt 116), Sunderland

Breakfast, 7-10am, New Horizon Sports, 55 Franklin St, Westfield

Breakfast, 7-8:30am, Dotbike, 1739 Dorchester Ave. Dorchester

Alewife Bike Breakfast, 7:30-9am, Cambridge

Broadway Bicycle School Pancake Breakfast, 7:30-9:30am, 351 Broadway, Cambridge

Film Fest: "Beijing Bicycle" and two short films, 3-5pm, Jones Library, 43 Amity St, Amherst

MassBike Volunteer Night, 5-8pm, 171 Milk St., Boston

Wednesday, May 14

Breakfast, 7-10am, Court House Lawn, Northampton

Breakfast, sponsored by Athena Health, 7:30-9am, 311 Arsenal St, Watertown

Harvard Square Bike Breakfast, 7:30-9:30am, Cambridge

Breakfast, 8-10am, Mickey's Bike Shop, 520 East St, Chicopee

Community Bike Ride, sponsored by UMASS Cycling Club, 4pm, Haigis Mall, UMASS Amherst

Dotbike's Monthly Ride home event. 5:30pm Boston Common, Boston

Film: "A Sunday in Hell", 7pm, Forbes Library, Northampton

Thursday, May 15

Breakfast, sponsored by Baystate Health, Springfield Business Improvement District,, Greater Springfield YMCA, Partners for a Healthier Community, and Fit to Ride, 7-9am, Court Square, 1277 Main St, Springfield

Breakfast, 7-10am, Trailside Bicycles, 8 Railroad St, Hadley

Kendall Square Bike Breakfast, 7:30-9am, Cambridge

Bike Tour: "At Risk Farmland", sponsored by Kestrel Trust, 4:30pm, Norwottock Rail Trail entrance at Whole Foods, Hadley

Free Bike Fit Analysis, 5-7pm, New Horizons, 55 Franklin St, Westfield

Framingham Ride Of Silence, 6pm click here (pdf) and here (html) for more details

Film: The Collective's "Seasons", presented by Cycle Loft, 7pm, Regent Theatre, Arlington

Lecture: "Rail Trail Development: Southern New England/Mass Central Rail Trail", 7-9pm, Jones Library, 43 Amity St, Northampton

Friday, May 16

National Bike to Work Day/Bay State Bike Day
Bike Convoys, 6:45-9am, locations in Boston and Cambridge
Bike Buddies, 6:45-9am, self-scheduled
Breakfast Pit Stop, 7-10am, City Hall Plaza, Boston
Goodie Zones, 7-10am, locations in Boston

Breakfast & Events, 7-10:30am, Town Common, Amherst

Lunch, sponsored by The People's Pint, 12-2pm, Bicycle World, 104 Federal St, Greenfield

Film Fest, 4-9pm, 101 Bangs Center, 70 Boltwood Walk, Amherst
4-6:45 Assorted Short Films
7-9 "The Bicycle Thief"

Roadside Repair Clinic, 6pm, New Horizons, 55 Franklin St, Westfield

Cambridge Bicycle Commuter Appreciation Day, 7:30-9, Kendall Square, Central Square, Harvard Square, and Alewife/Minuteman Bikeway

Saturday, May 17

Berkshire Brevet Bash Bish 300K Ride, 3am, New Horizons, 55 Franklin St, Westfield (yes, 300K - this is a 20 hour ride!)

Northampton Community Bike Ride, sponsored by Northampton Cycling Club, 10am, Pulaski Park

Ride: 'Trails, Sails, Rails and Wheels - Cambridge Transportation History', presented by Cambridge Bicycle Committee, 10:15am, Cambridge Common

Community Bike Ride, sponsored by UMASS Cycling Club, 1:30pm, Town Common, Amherst

Sunday, May 18

Breakfast Fundraiser for Manhan Rail Trail, 8-11am, American Legion Post, 190 Pleasant St, Easthampton

BIKE-Arlington Tour, 9:30am, meet behind the Jefferson Cutter House in Arlington Center

Bike Newton Event, 12-2:30pm, City Hall, Newton

Brookline Bikes Beacon Bicycle Parade, 12:30pm, Amory Playground, Brookline

Community Bike Ride, 1pm, Look Park, Northampton (potluck picnic to follow)

Geekhouse Bikes Open House, 2-8pm, 15 West Sorrento St, Allston

Monday, May 19

12th Annual Redbones Bike Party & Benefit, 5-9pm, 55 Chester St., Somerville
THE RESCHEDULED, BUT STILL NOT-TO-BE-MISSED KICKOFF OF METRO BOSTON BIKE WEEK!

Wednesday, May 21

Major Taylor Statue Dedication, 12pm, Worcester Public Libary

Bike Bash, 5:30-7:30pm, Flat Top Johnny's, One Kendall Sq, Cambridge

Ride of Silence, 7:00pm, East Longmeadow

Ride of Silence, 6:45pm, Pulaski Park, Northampton

Ride of Silence, 6:45pm, Seven Hills Park, Davis Sq., Somerville

Friday, May 30

Walk Ride Day, All day! Cambridge, Boston, Somerville

Saturday, May 31

Somerville History Bike Ride, sponsored by Somerville Bicycle Committee and Somerville Historic Preservation Commission, 10am, Somerville City Hall, 93 Highland Avenue (rain date June 1)

Hundreds of cyclists enjoy Redbones Bike Party.