Upcoming community events and rides
Past Events
https://www.familybikeride.org/halloween
https://www.familybikeride.org/testdrive
Cargo Bike Test Drive Event Sunday May 7, 2023, 10AM Danehy Park, Cambridge
Spring CPX Family Bike Ride Sunday May 14th, 2023, 9:30AM, meet at Davis Square (rain date Sunday May 21)
Sunday, Nov 3, 4-6 PM: Come help support affordable and healthy transportation alternatives in Somerville!
Come celebrate the new streetscapes on Beacon Street and Broadway Winter Hill on Sunday November 3rd between 4 and 6 PM. We hope you can either come to the start at Whole Foods on Beacon St, go for a short ride with us along Beacon St and then making our way to Broadway, or party with us and the Second Line Brass Band outside of Winter Hill Brewery/ Broadway. Or do all three! Here are the details:
Beacon St celebration- 4:00 PM Whole Foods Beacon Street: Hooray for the completion of Beacon Street! We’ll gather at Whole Foods and share reflections on the end of a long project and aspirations for a better, safer more accessible Somerville.
The Ride- 4:30 PM Whole Foods Beacon St: We’ll enjoy a short bike ride from Whole Foods/ to Winter Hill Brewery/ Broadway highlighting new bicycle infrastructure in the City. A map of our ride can be found here.
Broadway celebration, 5:15- 6:00 PM Winter Hill Brewery: Dance and or tap your foot to Somerville’s own Second Line Brass Band. After the music, many of us will raise drinks to toast an amazing year and look forward to even more improvements in (gasp) 2020!
Feel free to bring signs stating your support of these progressive projects. In event of rain, information on whether the event will be on or not can be found at www.somervillebikes.org. Right now the weather looks good
Come celebrate the new streetscapes on Beacon Street and Broadway Winter Hill on Sunday November 3rd between 4 and 6 PM. We hope you can either come to the start at Whole Foods on Beacon St, go for a short ride with us along Beacon St and then making our way to Broadway, or party with us and the Second Line Brass Band outside of Winter Hill Brewery/ Broadway. Or do all three! Here are the details:
Beacon St celebration- 4:00 PM Whole Foods Beacon Street: Hooray for the completion of Beacon Street! We’ll gather at Whole Foods and share reflections on the end of a long project and aspirations for a better, safer more accessible Somerville.
The Ride- 4:30 PM Whole Foods Beacon St: We’ll enjoy a short bike ride from Whole Foods/ to Winter Hill Brewery/ Broadway highlighting new bicycle infrastructure in the City. A map of our ride can be found here.
Broadway celebration, 5:15- 6:00 PM Winter Hill Brewery: Dance and or tap your foot to Somerville’s own Second Line Brass Band. After the music, many of us will raise drinks to toast an amazing year and look forward to even more improvements in (gasp) 2020!
Feel free to bring signs stating your support of these progressive projects. In event of rain, information on whether the event will be on or not can be found at www.somervillebikes.org. Right now the weather looks good
Beacon St Broadway Celebration
May 1 12-2:30 PM- Somerville Open Studio Ride.
Join Somerville Open Studios and the Somerville Bicycle Committee to explore some of the open artist studios around Somerville. Each year, Somerville Open Studios organizes a community event for artists in our community to display their work and their studios. There are dozens of artists to check out all over the city. The Somerville Bicycle Committee will lead an organized ride on May 1 starting at 12:00pm in front of the Nave Gallery. We will continue to Gilman Square, Somerville Ave between Porter and Union, and finally conclude near Artisan's Asylum close to 2:30pm. The structure of the ride is simple - we'll spend about 30 minutes at each location. Riders can lock up their bikes, and explore the block for a half-hour. We'll then continue to the next spot. This will provide an opportunity to see some of the studios while riding in a group.The group will be escorted by members of the Somerville Bicycle Committe. We hope to see you on Sunday, May 1 for Somerville Open Studios!
Join Somerville Open Studios and the Somerville Bicycle Committee to explore some of the open artist studios around Somerville. Each year, Somerville Open Studios organizes a community event for artists in our community to display their work and their studios. There are dozens of artists to check out all over the city. The Somerville Bicycle Committee will lead an organized ride on May 1 starting at 12:00pm in front of the Nave Gallery. We will continue to Gilman Square, Somerville Ave between Porter and Union, and finally conclude near Artisan's Asylum close to 2:30pm. The structure of the ride is simple - we'll spend about 30 minutes at each location. Riders can lock up their bikes, and explore the block for a half-hour. We'll then continue to the next spot. This will provide an opportunity to see some of the studios while riding in a group.The group will be escorted by members of the Somerville Bicycle Committe. We hope to see you on Sunday, May 1 for Somerville Open Studios!
May 12 7:30-9 AM Somerville Bicycle Committee Bike Commuter Breakfast in the parking lot of the Beacon St Star Market
Brooklyn Boulders Somerville Bike Week! May 1 through May 9 at BKBS climbing gym at 12A Tyler Street: Co-sponsored by the Somerville Bike Committee- Over 10 bicycle advocacy groups, free bike check-ups, bike vendors, kid activities, crazy bike fun with SCUL, Boston Bike Polo, and bike rides including Boston Bike Party riding to BKBS with after party at Aeronaut Brewery. See here for details
Saturday, May 3 9:30AM: Library Bike Ride, co-sponsored with Friends of the Somerville Public Library. More details at TheLibraryRide.com
Sunday, December 15 (postponed from 12/14 due to snow): Somerville Illuminations Bicycle Tour, a wintry night-time ride amongst warmly lit homes. We hold this event in conjunction with the Somerville Arts Council's Illuminations Trolley Tour the same evening. Meet at 5:50 pm in front of the main entrance to Somerville High School, 81 Highland Ave. (next to City Hall). We'll depart promptly at 6 pm, riding for about an hour.
Please wear warm clothes and light up your bike -- the more lights, the merrier! Costumes are encouraged but not required. We suggest a $5 donation to support the Somerville Arts Council. After the ride, enjoy hot drinks, treats, and good cheer at City Hall.
See also our Facebook event, or ride the route on your own.
Friday, Nov 22: Celebration of Commuting and Silver Bikeability Status in Somerville. Join Mayor Joseph Curtatone, the Somerville Board of Aldermen and School Committee, Somerville Bicycle Committee City, Shape Up Somerville, and many others to celebrate walking, biking, and transit-riding in our city. Come join us for coffee and hot cider 7:30 to 8:30AM at the East Somerville Community School (Cross St side). Click here for details
Sunday, October 20, noon to 4 PM: Monster MashedUp @ SomerStreets. Somerville Ave. (Union Square to Elm St.)
Saturday, October 19, 10 AM, starting in Seven Hills Park (behind the Holland Street entrance to the Davis Square T station): Our 21st annual Tour de Somerville. This year's ride theme, "Over, Under, Around, and Through", will feature Somerville's many bridges, tunnels, overpasses, and construction sites.
Somerville police will help escort the ride, and Redbones will provide refreshments for a rest stop about halfway through the ride, at Blessing of the Bay boathouse on Shore Drive.
The tour will visit the sites of two bike path projects now under construction: the Somerville Community Path extension between Cedar and Lowell Streets, and the Wellington Undercarriage (a new boardwalk under Route 28, linking the Mystic River paths at Assembly Square to Shore Drive).
In case of steady rain, we'll postpone the ride to Sunday, October 20, same starting place and time.
Brooklyn Boulders Somerville Bike Week! May 1 through May 9 at BKBS climbing gym at 12A Tyler Street: Co-sponsored by the Somerville Bike Committee- Over 10 bicycle advocacy groups, free bike check-ups, bike vendors, kid activities, crazy bike fun with SCUL, Boston Bike Polo, and bike rides including Boston Bike Party riding to BKBS with after party at Aeronaut Brewery. See here for details
Saturday, May 3 9:30AM: Library Bike Ride, co-sponsored with Friends of the Somerville Public Library. More details at TheLibraryRide.com
Sunday, December 15 (postponed from 12/14 due to snow): Somerville Illuminations Bicycle Tour, a wintry night-time ride amongst warmly lit homes. We hold this event in conjunction with the Somerville Arts Council's Illuminations Trolley Tour the same evening. Meet at 5:50 pm in front of the main entrance to Somerville High School, 81 Highland Ave. (next to City Hall). We'll depart promptly at 6 pm, riding for about an hour.
Please wear warm clothes and light up your bike -- the more lights, the merrier! Costumes are encouraged but not required. We suggest a $5 donation to support the Somerville Arts Council. After the ride, enjoy hot drinks, treats, and good cheer at City Hall.
See also our Facebook event, or ride the route on your own.
Friday, Nov 22: Celebration of Commuting and Silver Bikeability Status in Somerville. Join Mayor Joseph Curtatone, the Somerville Board of Aldermen and School Committee, Somerville Bicycle Committee City, Shape Up Somerville, and many others to celebrate walking, biking, and transit-riding in our city. Come join us for coffee and hot cider 7:30 to 8:30AM at the East Somerville Community School (Cross St side). Click here for details
Sunday, October 20, noon to 4 PM: Monster MashedUp @ SomerStreets. Somerville Ave. (Union Square to Elm St.)
Saturday, October 19, 10 AM, starting in Seven Hills Park (behind the Holland Street entrance to the Davis Square T station): Our 21st annual Tour de Somerville. This year's ride theme, "Over, Under, Around, and Through", will feature Somerville's many bridges, tunnels, overpasses, and construction sites.
Somerville police will help escort the ride, and Redbones will provide refreshments for a rest stop about halfway through the ride, at Blessing of the Bay boathouse on Shore Drive.
The tour will visit the sites of two bike path projects now under construction: the Somerville Community Path extension between Cedar and Lowell Streets, and the Wellington Undercarriage (a new boardwalk under Route 28, linking the Mystic River paths at Assembly Square to Shore Drive).
In case of steady rain, we'll postpone the ride to Sunday, October 20, same starting place and time.
