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Flag Day Parade
Join Quincycles in the annual Quincy Flag Day Parade scheduled for Saturday, June 13 at 7:00pm! Come out and join the fun and help promote bicycling in Quincy. Marchers are asked to show up by 6:00pm at the Thomas Crane Library. The 1.2 mile parade steps-off at 7 p.m. at the intersection of Coddington and Hancock Streets and proceeds north on Hancock Street to Merrymount Parkway, disbanding at Pageant Field. Let us know if you are planning on joining us: Quincycles@gmail.com. Thanks and hope to see you there! Hans Dietrich is our ride leader for this event. Please contact him at 20hansdiet@gmail.com for more information.
Read MoreDestination Ride: East Bay Trail
Destination Ride: East Bay Trail Quincycles is pleased to announce that we will be hosting our first destination ride of 2015. WHEN: Saturday May 30th. 8:30 AM WHERE: We will meet at the Riverside parking lot at 8:30 a.m. DIRECTIONS: Take I-95 south to Providence Rhode Island. In Providence take Route I-195 East. Take exit 4 (Riverside) to Veteran’s Parkway. The parking area is approximately 1/4 mile on your right. ROUTE: We are planning to ride the East Bay Trail which goes from East Providence to Bristol, Rhode Island. The ride will take you along the East River and through several villages and State Parks. In Bristol we will enjoy coffee and pastry at the Sip and Dip Coffee shop and take time to enjoy the waterfront before our return ride back to Providence. This will be a 3 to 3 1/2 hour ride at a leisurely pace with several rest stops. RIDE LEADER: The ride leader will be Tim Lanham. That morning you can contact him at his cell phone 617-216-8641 This is one of the nicest bike trails in New England. Please plan to join us and bring a friend or...
Read MoreEasy Rider Ride: Saturday May 16 at 9:00 AM
This Saturday, join us for a leisurely ride around the lovely Merrymount neighborhood, exploring relaxing ways to get around by bike. Afterward you can stop by Ginger Betty’s with us to enjoy some coffee. Wear your Quincycles t-shirts! When: May 16 at 9AM Where: Meet in front of Merrymount School, 4 Agawam Rd, Quincy, MA 02169 The Route: Meander through Merrymount Cross Sea St to Broad Meadows Ride partway along “the Dike” and through a few neighborhoods Turn around at LaBreque Field Back along the dike for a bit before crossing over to the Post Island Road neighborhood. And back to Merrymount School Afterward: Head over to Ginger Betty’s and relax with a coffee! As always, please be prepared with water, your helmet, and a bike in good condition. Also check the website or Facebook for cancellations due to inclement...
Read MoreQuincy Rides the Spine May 9
Celebrate Bay State Bike Week by riding with us along the Spine of Quincy. Where? Start at Atlantic Middle School on Hollis Ave When? Saturday, May 9th at 9am (early birds get free stuff) What? Follow the Quincy Spine route (Hancock/Washington St.) Who? Everyone interested, single riders, families, … (independent riders need to be 16 or older) Small groups, led by Quincycles riders Why? To have fun and discover Quincy bicycling! Co-sponsored by Quincycles, Mayor Koch’s Bicycle Commission, the Quincy Planning Department, and Anderson Bicycle. ...
Read MoreNEMBA Annual Toys Ride in Blue HIlls
BLUE HILLS Annual Toys Ride Sunday Dec 14 Date December 14 2014 10:00am Join us for our Annual Toys Ride!! MountainBike rides for all levels. There will be a Youth ride hosted by the Silver Lake Regional High School MTB Team, a Fat Bike ride, maybe even a road ride if there is interest in that. Please bring an unwrapped gift–all donations go to InterFaith Social Services in Quincy, to be distributed to less fortunate kids during the holiday season. Gifts for kids 11-16 especially needed. . Parking in the Big Houghton’s Pond Parking Lot on Hillside St, Millton. Toys Collection at the Visitor Center, (the building just beyond the playground with the fancy roof). Rides also start at the Visitor Center, around 10am, where there will be the bonfire, warm refreshments and snacks courtesy SEMass NEMBA, Blue Hills TrailWatch, and DCR. RIDE LEADERS NEEDED !! PLEASE CONTACT STEVE COBBLE 781.254.8796 Location Blue Hills, Milton, MA Trail Blue Hills Reservation Event Leader Steve Cobble cobblestv@gmail.com 781...
Read MoreParticipate in Bicycling Survey
Quincycles invites residents of Quincy to participate in a survey of residents’ opinions on bicycle lanes and sharrows in the City. The survey is only 7 questions and should take only a few minutes to complete. Please respond and share it with anyone you think may be interested! Access the survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/quincybikelanes.
Read MoreNo on Question 1
Quincycles urges Massachusetts voters to vote “No on Question 1” on Tuesday, November 4, 2014. Do you want to drastically cut your gas tax? Then ride your bicycle to work, or walk to the store, or take public transportation on your next trip to Boston. Those are proven ways to lower your gas tax. However, as a matter of public health and safety, Quincycles supports gas tax indexing and urges voters to vote NO on Question 1. Recently, members of Quincycles heard a presentation given by Steve Miller of the Harvard School of Public Health. Steve introduced us to innovative safety-focused engineering designs from around the world, some of which are being implemented in Boston and Cambridge that allow motorists, pedestrians, and bicyclists to share the roads in safer and smarter ways in congested urban areas like Quincy. These infrastructure improvements have proven results of lowering the amount of injuries and fatalities and have increased the safety for all who use the roads. One example is a Dutch designed intersection where the four corners of an intersection are expanded to make the distance to cross the street shorter for pedestrians, rounded to protect bicyclists from right-turning trucks and cars, while at the same time maintaining the usual flow of traffic. However, these safety-focused designs require financial commitment. They are not prohibitively expensive, but they are new and become more difficult to implement if there are not sufficient revenues to support them. A NO vote on Question 1, to maintain gas tax indexing, is a vote to support the necessary revenues the Department of Transportation needs to both maintain and improve upon our current network of roads, bridges, and highways. A NO vote allows gas tax revenues to increase with inflation to support both repair and maintenance projects, and also for investment in innovative and safety-focused infrastructure designs with a proven track record of public safety and effectiveness. We understand that tax increases are not popular. However, we also believe that residents of the Commonwealth want and deserve the safest roads that money can buy. For the sake of public health and safety, we urge a vote of NO on Question 1. Together, let’s think in fresh new ways, and make the necessary investments, to make our streets and roads as safe and user friendly as possible. And again, if you want to cut your gas tax, then ride your bike! Quincycles Board of Directors Joe Hern, Tim Lanham, Irene Lutts, Mike Smeglin, Maura O’Gara, Nathan...
Read MoreQuincy Police Officers Promote Bicycle Safety
Get some tips from Quincy’s finest on how to ride safely https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAD–mu_x5o Be aware. Be seen. Be safe.
Read MoreShining Sea Bikeway Ride – Saturday, October 18 at 8:30am
Quincycles is excited to announce that we will be holding our second “Destination Ride” of the year on Saturday, October 18 when we will ride The Cape Cod Shining Sea Bikeway. Participants are invited to bring their own bicycles and meet us at 8:30am at the North Falmouth parking lot, 21 County Road, North Falmouth, MA 02556 (directions posted below). The Shining Sea Bikeway is rated by some as one of the Ten Best Bike Trails in the world! Lined with familiar Cape Cod flower and tree species, it makes for a wonderful ride from Falmouth to scenic Woods Hole. Following the Old Colony rail line, the newer extension passes through Sippewissett Marsh, by cranberry bogs and overlooks Chapaquoit Beach. The route winds along the coastline and crisscrosses the Salt Pond Bird Sanctuary. Our ride will have two parts. First, we will ride for approximately 60 minutes at a leisurely pace along the trail to Woods Hole. After taking a break for coffee and breakfast treats, we will then take the return ride back to the North Falmouth parking lot. We would love to have a number of people join us, so invite your friends. If you have a Quincycles t-shirt please wear it! For questions please contact Tim Lanham at timothy.lanham@comcast.net who will serve as the ride coordinator. For more information about the trail please click here: Cape Code Shining Sea Bikeway. DIRECTIONS to North Falmouth Parking lot: Drive to Cape Cod and make your way to Rt 28 S (You go onto Rt 28 South after you cross the Bourne Bridge onto the Cape). Follow Rt.28 south and take the Rt 151 E exit towards Mashpee / North Falmouth. Keep left at the fork, follow signs for Rt 151 West. Turn left onto 151 West. Continue onto County Rd for about 100 yards and the parking lot is on your right. Weather related cancellations/notices/updated will be posted here, on facebook, and sent out by email. To be added to the Quincycles email list please email info@quincycles.org. We look forward to a great ride!...
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