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Join us for the first "official" Bike Newton Group Ride of 2025:  an afternoon ride to the Somerville Porchfest.   Plan on meeting at the Star Market, 33 Austin St. in Newtonville at 1 pm.  We'll ride the Watertown-Cambridge Greenway, around Fresh Pond and arrive in Davis Square around 2pm.   We can spend a couple of hours checking out some of the (literally) hundreds of bands in the Central Zone, and then head back to Newton at approx. 4 pm, going the same way we arrived, or going via Harvard Sq. and the Charles River. Once at the Porchfest, it is bound to be a [...]

Be part of re-enacting revolutionary local history – on your bike! In 1775, on the night of April 18 into the wee hours of ApriI 19, militia members from around what is now Greater Boston responded to an alarm spread by Paul Revere, William Dawes and Samuel Prescott. The British were heading to Concord to seize militia weapons and supplies. Minute men from more than 20 communities, including Danvers, marched in some cases over 25 miles to stop the British in Concord and sparked this nation’s fight for independence.Can you imagine how much faster they could have made the trip to Concord if they [...]

Bike Together Waltham (BTW) conducts group rides on the last Saturday of the month, and today we will join their ride, and meet and mingle with our biking compatriots in Waltham!  We will depart from Star Market, 33 Austin St. in Newtonville at 11:30 am Saturday May 31, and bike along the Charles River Trail to Waltham City Hall where the BTW ride starts.  The BTW ride then loops around the Warrendale neighborhood of Waltham, about five miles, and finishes on Moody St, where we will have lunch.  We'll then bike back along the Charles to Newtonville. This is a family-friendly, “no-rider-left-behind” ride and [...]

Newton Porchfest 2025 is here!   SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 12-6pm:  Auburndale-Newton Lower Falls-Waban Center-West Newton.  It’s free and family friendly!   Over 110 bands! More than 60 porches, backyards, driveways! All kinds of music! Check this web address below for the latest schedule information:    https://newton.porchfest.info/schedule/   Once again, Bike Newton will be leading "Tour de Porchfest".  We'll start out with a couple of highly recommended musical stops, and then after that we can decide as a group where to go next.  In other words, play it by ear!   Meet in front of the Newton Main Library on Homer St. in Newton Center, and we’ll leave [...]

Join us for a ride to Fresh Pond in Cambridge using the Watertown-Cambridge Greenway.  We will loop around the pond and head back on the Greenway, or if the group would like, we can extend the ride a bit by going through Harvard Square, take a short break for a cold drink or cup of coffee,  and then continue along the Charles River paths back to Newton.  You will see how easy and fun it is to get to these delightful places on your bike! Meet in front of the Star Market at 33 Austin St, in Newtonville, and we’ll leave  at 9:30am. This [...]

Join us for a ride along the Charles River to the Charles River Jazz Festival this Saturday!  Festival is presented by the Boston Jazz Foundation.   The music goes from 12 noon to 9 pm; we'll be leaving from Newtonville at 2pm and heading to Herter Park Amphitheatre (1175 Soldiers Field Road).  We'll stay for a couple of hours, and head back to Newton by 5 or 5:30pm.  (We can discuss departure time as a group, but riders may choose to ride back to Newton on their own before or after that time.) You must pre-register for the free tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-charles-river-jazz-festival-tickets-1244007583169 The Amphitheatre has [...]

Join us for a special Wednesday evening ride which will include 3 exciting events:   First we'll bike a short route to Moody St. in Waltham and meet up with some of our fellow bikers from Bike Together Waltham.  Secondly, we'll ride the wonderful new bike lane which is the core of the Washington Street Pilot between Newtonville and West Newton.  Thirdly, we'll end the ride at Cabot's on Washington street and chat it up with our Waltham peers over a bite to eat and/or some ice cream. Meet in front of Star Market at 33 Austin St. in Newtonville, and we will leave at [...]

Join us for a nice bicycle ride to Jamaica Plain and the Arnold Arboretum, passing through Newton, Brookline and West Roxbury on the way.  Could include a stop for coffee or lunch in JP Center.    Meet in front of the Newton Main library on Homer St. in Newton Center, and we’ll leave at 9:30 am.  This is a family-friendly, “no-rider-left-behind” ride and all ages are invited, but all children must be accompanied by an adult. Bike helmets are required. Approx. 15 miles roundtrip. Be sure to check bikenewton.org for last-minute changes.

Join us for a nice ride through Metrowest on the Mass Central Rail Trail, Charles River Path and local roads through Newton, Weston and Wayland.  We are celebrating the renovation and re-opening of the railroad bridge near the Weston Waltham line.  Read about it here:  https://www.masscentralrailtrail.org/   To help celebrate, there will be a stop at Taqueria Mexico at 24 Charles St. in Waltham for a quick lunch.  (For those riders who would prefer to ride directly back to Newtonville, there will a leader for that contingent.) Meet in front of the Star Market at 33 Austin St. in Newtonville, and we’ll leave at 9:30 [...]