Allston-Brighton bikes

Dear Friends of Bay State Bike Week,

On behalf of the city of Boston, Mayor Thomas M. Menino and the Bay State Bike Week organizing committee, I would like to cordially invite you to the Bay State Bike Week Kickoff Press Announcement and mini-bike ride.

• Monday, May 11, 2009
• 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM; departing City Hall at 12:00 sharp.
• Start @ 1 City Hall Plaza, Boston, MA (at flagpole on Cambridge Street side).
• Finish @ Christopher Columbus Park, Boston, MA

Together we will bike 1 mile from City Hall Plaza to Christopher Columbus Park for the speaking portion where Mayor Menino and members of the Mass Commute team launch Bike Week. Thank you T-shirts provided to first 50 arrivals and water bottles to all who join.

R.S.V.P preferred but not required: Nicole.freedman.bra@cityofboston.gov

Sincerely,

The Bay State Bike Week Team

Come celebrate Bike Week with hundreds of cyclists and enjoy our FREE BREAKFAST, BIKE EXPO AND MUSIC on City Hall Plaza in Boston on Friday May 15th from 7 AM to 10 AM. Ride home with your gift bag and water bottle. And if that is not enough, we will personally escort you to downtown Boston. You can join any of our police-escorted cycling convoys for a safe and fun commute to work and meet new friends. Led by experienced cyclists and escorted by Boston Police, convoys follow a fixed schedule and route and originate at locations throughout metro-Boston. All convoys finish at City Hall Plaza Boston. You can join a convoy in Boston, Cambridge, Arlington, Newton, Dorchester, West Roxbury, and Jamaica Plain. More event and route information is available at: http://baystatebikeweek.kintera.org/faf/help/helpEventInfo.asp?ievent=300139&lis=1&kntae300139=46AB74DCE2174141BBB4C2A3232AE3AA

Please spread the word to ALL who may be interested!

If interested in being a ride leader for the Allston-Brighton route, contact Amy (volunteer coordinator) at: Amy@hubonwheels.org

Check out the links provided below by Boston Bikes to learn more about upcoming Boston Bikes events, opportunities to volunteer (as a ride leader for the Allston-Brighton convoys of the rides, to work with the new youth programs, etc.), or check out and provide feedback on the Boston Bikes bike map!

EVENT INFO – HUB ON WHEELS, BIKE WEEK, BIKE FRIDAY
Hub On Wheels: www.hubonwheels.org
Bike Week: www.baystatebikeweek.org
Bike Fridays: www.bikefridays.org
Boston Bikes: www.cityofboston.gov/bikes

VOLUNTEER SIGN UP for Boston Bikes events (ride leaders for A-B routes, etc.)
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Q8JilYGs1ClJOwYxuecoBw_3d_3d

YOUTH CYCLING –  INFO AND SIGN UP FOR YOUTH GROUPS
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=WXKxcnPnjep2BGj4zha25w_3d_3d

BIKE MAP
View map: http://www.cityofboston.gov/TridionImages/BikeMap_Jan09_tcm1-3455.pdf
Provide feedback: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=32_2f5JXAWyZzBwzspV3XLbQ_3d_3d

A MassBike ride to some of Boston’s famous and lesser-known graveyards in honor of Halloween. Trip leaves at 9:30am and will be about 15 miles and take about 3 hours. We will start from the Central Burying Ground on the Boston Common near the corner of Boylston and Charles. Saturday October 25, 2008 at 9:30AM. For more information contact Dick Bauer <dick.bauer@alum.mit.edu>

A-Bbikes now has a Google group about all things bike for kids in Allston-Brighton, MA (and those who work with A-Bbikes on youth issues and programs). Check it out and spread the word! visit A-BbikesKIDZ

subscribe (type YOUR email):

If you know a kid in Allston-Brighton who wants to participate (and can get a guardian/parent’s permission) but needs a bike, helmet and/or ride to the event, please let us know at ABbikes @gmail.com and we’ll try to help out!

Check out http://www.gbnemba.org/kidsday2008.php for all of the updated 411!

TKMTB Day 2008 is part of the MA Department of Conservation and Recreationʼs (DCR) “No Child Left Inside” initiative and sponsored by the International Mountain Bike Association (IMBA) and Greater Boston New England Mountain Bike Association (GBNEMBA)

before A-Bbikerz and A-Bbikerkidz can ride the really fun parts o Ringer, we need to get rid of the broken glass, hypo needles, and other debris! volunteer to help clean up to prevent flat tires and injuries, and let Joan know you want to focus on the paths in the rocky area and you’re helping as part of A-Bbikes!

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR ANNUAL FUN FALL CLEAN UP OF RINGER PARK OCTOBER 4, 2008 – 9:00A.M. – 1:00P.M.

The Parents & Community Build Group, Inc.(501c3) and The Ringer Park Partnership Group are seeking volunteers for our Annual Fun Fall Clean Up of the 12.38 acres of Ringer Park on Saturday, October 4th from 9:00-1:00p.m. Volunteer and Join the Fun – Breakfast, Lunch, Refreshments, Work Gloves, Tools, etc. are provided. Volunteers can work any time that they choose. Ringer Park is MBTA accesible by Bus # 57 from Kenmore Station, #66 from Harvard and Dudley Stations to the Cambridge St./Union Square Stop, and the Green Line from the Allston Street Stop. Please Contact:JOAN PASQUALE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, PGBG,INC. – RPPG, 617-254-0632, 617-254-7091 FAX, pcbginc@verizon.net, www.parentsandcommunitybuildgroup.org

A-Bbikes has been talking with the Boston Parks Dept., Greater Boston New England Mountain Bike Association, West End Boys and Girls Club, local bike retailers and others about developing a proposal for youth programming in Ringer Park in the rocky outcropping area that would include urban (bmx and mountain) bike programming. We’re very excited about working through new partnerships to explore how we can better utilize this area of our local park… stay tuned! If you’re interested in working with us on this project, please let us know at ABbikes@gmail.com (and please spread the word to others who may be interested and encourage them to contact us)!

So we all pretty much agree that we DON’T like our current logo all that much…

what we need is for you with artistic talent to email to us a proposed NEW logo, and/or cool designs for stickers, T-shirts, etc. As a new community group we have a really slim budget and we need some of you artistic A-Bbikers to share your talent so we have cool designs to wear and put on our blog/site… so… let the artwork/designing/ drawing begin… and email it to ABbikes@gmail.com!

Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s

Hub On Wheels

Sunday, September 21, 2008

For one day in September Storrow Drive becomes a bike path. We’d like to encourage you to join us for this special day and ride as part of our A-Bbikes team. It’s a chance for us to get together and explore the greenways and the shoreline, the neighborhoods and the communities of Boston. Riders choose from 10, 30, or 50 mile loops with food and support provided along the way. No bike? No problem—reserve one on the website and it will be waiting for you at the start.

A great cause. A fabulous time. Your participation in Hub On Wheels will enable a parent and child in the Boston Public Schools to receive the technology and the skills they need to succeed in today’s world. It’s a wonderful way for all of us at A-Bbikes to team up and show our support for a terrific cause.

Sign up now. Pump up those tires and get ready to ride. But the important thing is that you get out there on September 21st and have some fun, help raise money for a good cause, and show everyone the great people we have here at A-Bbikes.

Complimentary registration available. Boston Bikes has provided us with a discount code good for a limited number of complimentary registrations for A-Bbikers. If you want to participate as a member of Team A-Bbikes but may not be able to pay/raise funds for the registration fee, please contact us at ABbikes@gmail.com. (Free slots on team won’t last long, so please be sure to contact us ASAP!)

Let’s ride.

For more information, please visit www.HubOnWheels.org or contact Nathaniel Brooks at 617-918-4343 / nathaniel.brooks.bra@cityofboston.gov.