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Join us for a special holiday weekend ride we call "Bites and Sounds of the City".    This ride will include much of the Charles River bike path, and a stop in Boston's Chinatown for a dim sum brunch, and will continue on to the scenic Maritime Park in the Seaport District to view the harbor and check out a bit of the Boston Jazz Festival.  You will be able to see how accessible many great attractions in Boston are, using your bike to get around! After stopping in Chinatown, riders will have to option to head directly back to Newton, rather than continuing [...]

Sustainable Transportation At Northeastern (STAN) and the Boston Cyclist's Union are collaborating yet again for another Fall Bike Tour! The ride will be led by BCU board member and professor, Peter Furth. We will learn about bike infrastructure along the way with a focus especially on Cambridge's new Broadway bike way.   This will be a fun, informative and relaxed ride open to everyone! Reach out to us if you need a Bluebike for this event.  Meet in front of the Newton Free Library on Homer St. in Newton Center, and we’ll leave  at 9:00am. We'll bike 7 miles and meet up with Prof.  Furth [...]

It's October and that means it's time for Honk!  Festival of Activist Street Bands! Join us for a nice ride to Honk!   Starting in Newtonville, we'll go to Watertown Sq., then on the off-road bike path past Fresh Pond to Davis Square in Somerville.  We can have a bite to eat, see a few of the Honk! bands in the Davis Sq. area, and then head back.  How long we stay at Honk! can be determined by the group, but perhaps about one hour.   We can return either along the some route, or via Harvard Sq. and the Charles River bike path. Meet in [...]

LivableStreets Alliance is a wonderful nonprofit located in the Metro Boston area. They advocate for transportation solutions that are safe, affordable, and enjoyable.  Their goal is to make communities more connected and livable, and to dismantle invisible barriers that divide communities and people.  Tour de Streets is their most important annual fundraising event, featuring a walk, bike ride, and a celebration with food, drinks, + activities provided by local vendors! Join us for an interesting and fun ride as we bike from Newton to Central Square in Cambridge, join up with Tour de Streets for their "Bike ride North", a guided tour of urban [...]

Join us for what could the last official Bike Newton group ride of the year.   We will start in Newtonville, head out Commonwealth Ave. towards Weston, ending up on the Mass Central Rail Trail (MCRT) going west.   We'll bike to Wayland on the MCRT, turn around and head back to Waltham, eventually getting to the Charles River Trail and then back to Newtonville.  To celebrate the end of another great summer biking season (and the start of winter biking!) all riders are invited to come to  the Ride Leaders house in Newtonville, in the back yard for some hot cider and snacks. Meet in [...]

It's the first Bike Newton group ride of the year!   This is a great one for kids, families and folks of all ages.  And a good way to warm up for Mass Bike Month in May.   From the Newton Library, we'll go down the Commonwealth Ave. Carriage lane to Auburndale, through the Cove north and along Charles river path in Waltham, to Newtonville and back to the Library. Meet in front of the Newton Main library on Homer St. in Newton Center, and we’ll leave at 10:00 am Saturday morning.   This is a family-friendly, “no-rider-left-behind” ride and all ages are invited, but all [...]

Join us for a ride to kick off Mass Bike Month, hosted by Mass Bike, our great state-wide biking advocacy group.  We'll be going to Roundhead Brewing Co. in Hyde Park celebrate with other bikers.  The plan is to leave from the Newton Library on Homer St. in Newton Center at 3:00pm.   We'll arrive at Roundhead Brewery at approx. 4:15, meet up with other bike enthusiasts from the Boston area and enjoy a beverage and a snack for a little break, then head back to Newton, arriving back at the library by 6:30pm.  Mass Bike requests that you please register (https://www.massbike.org/bike_month_kickoff_2026)  , so they [...]

Let's celebrate EARTH DAY, presented by our partners Green Newton, at the Zervas School, 30 Beethoven Ave. in Waban.   Sunday May 3rd, 12 noon to 3:30pm.  Stop by the Bike Newton table and -- even better -- we invite you to volunteer to staff the Bike Newton booth:  Sign-up for a time slot right here!    Let people know you support safe biking in Newton! And don't miss Bike Newton's Earth Day family ride at 1:00pm.   Meet up at the Bike Newton booth and we'll go for a short 5-mile loop through Waban and Newton Highlands.   This is a family-friendly, “no-rider-left-behind” ride and [...]

Join us for a tour by bicycle of the Newton PorchFest 2026.   We'll start at the Library at 330 Homer St. and visit a number of bands in Waban, Aurburndale, West Newton and Lower Falls.  The whole tour is scheduled for about 4 hours; riders may bail out early and head home if they need to, or meet up during the ride at one of the stops.  Feel free to bring lunch, drinks, snacks.  The planned route is still in the works.  We'll let you know as soon as the band schedule is finalized. Meet in front of the Newton Main Library on Homer [...]