Quincy is doing PARK(ing) Day 2014! Bring your bikes and help transform a parking space for the day! Friday, September 19, 2014  You’ve heard of a drive-in…now there’s a PARK-IN! Join Councilor Kirsten L. Hughes, the Quincy Chamber of Commerce, and the Planning and Community Development Department as we participate for the first time in…

Read more

Members of Quincycles look forward to participating in Boston’s 10th annual “Hub on Wheels” citywide bicycle ride/festival on Sunday, September 21st.  Along with thousands of other cyclists, choose from 10, 30, and 50 mile routes and experience a car-free Storrow Drive, explore historic neighborhoods, and take in views of the Boston Harbor.  It is an extra…

Read more

Quincycles is excited to announce that the Thomas Crane Library, 40 Washington Street, Quincy has declared August 2014 as “Bike Month.”  Special activities will include screening of bicycle-themed movies on Thursdays, two workshops on basic bicycle maintenance hosted by local Quincy bicycles shops, and a meeting of Quincycles on Thursday, August 21 at 6:00pm.  All events are…

Read more

Quincy bicyclists gathered on Sunday, July 20 at Union Congregational Church, Rawson Road, Wollaston for a blessing of their bicycles by Pastor Jack Swanson (seated in the middle of the photo – pastor of Union Congregational) and Pastor Nathan Pipho (third from left – President of Quincycles and pastor of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church).  After receiving a…

Read more

Quincycles is pleased to host two exciting rides in July: On Saturday, July 12 at 7:30am we invite intermediate cyclists on our “Beaches of Quincy Ride.”  We will meet at Anderson Bike Shop, 380 Washington St, and begin our ride by riding to the two beaches at Quincy Point and the four beaches at Germantown.  We will then…

Read more

The following is the conclusion to the 2014 Annual Report presented by Nathan Pipho, the President of Quincycles, at the first Annual Meeting of Quincycles – May 15, 2014.     The Future Quincycles is well served by the rich gifts and talents of its leaders and members.  Members of Quincycles are committed to establishing a bicycle culture in…

Read more

For the third season, Quincycles is pleased to announce it will be hosting a variety of rides for Quincy residents and friends.   All rides are free and open to the public.  Please contact us at info@quincycles.org to be put on our email list announcing the latest ride details.  Weather related cancellations will be posted on facebook and…

Read more

Members of Quincycles were pleased to attend the Quincy Chamber of Commerce 2014 Annual Meeting and Business Showcase on Thursday, January 30 to begin a conversation with Quincy business owners about the benefits of bicycling to businesses and the community.  According to April Economides, principal of Green Octopus Consulting and creator of the nation’s first Bike-Friendly…

Read more

Patriot Ledger Thursday, January 16, 2014 By Patrick Ronan   QUINCY — A regional planning agency has suggested adding 23 miles of bike lanes in Quincy, a city that before last year had no bike lanes whatsoever.  “It’s a perfect place for bicycling,” said Tanya Paglia, regional planner for the Metropolitan Area Planning Council.  The…

Read more

Quincy – Saturday, December 14, 2013  With temperatures only in the mid-teens under gray overcast skies, and before the season’s first major winter storm could cover the roads with snow and ice, over twenty bicyclists and bicycle supporters gathered at Montilio’s Bakery to celebrate Quincy’s historic first bicycle lanes.  The lanes were installed a week…

Read more