If you plan to bicycle during Bay State Bike Week, May 17-21, 2010,
may I encourage you to register for the 2010 MassCommuter Challenge.
We need your Arlington miles!

http://www.masscommuterchallenge.org/register/

Arlington is currently the town with the fifth most miles pledged,
just behind Somerville. Spread the word, and let’s see if we can
catch Newton, Cambridge and Boston as well!

The Challenge is a friendly competition amongst employers, cities and
towns and individuals to try bicycling for short, regular trips, like
a commute, errands, social events, exercise or just for fun.

If you have not made a plan to bicycle, we encourage you to give it a
try. One trip, one mile! Make a start, this year.

Most people who cycle regularly find it convenient, swift, fun, and an
easy way to add some much needed exercise into a busy schedule during
a trip or trips that are going to be made anyway.

We’ll recognize the Challenge winners at the Bike Bash on Wednesday,
May 26 at Flattop Johnny’s (owned and operated by an Arlington
resident) at One Kendall Square, Cambridge. Included in the fabulous
door prizes are brimming collections of bicycle goodies from local
bike shops, including Arlington’s Quad Cycles.

Other Events of Note:

1. Please join the Charles River Transportation
Management Association, for a bicycle breakfast at the end of the
Minuteman Bikeway near Alewife Station Tuesday, May 18 7:00 AM- 9:00
AM. Sponsored by The Bulfinch Companies, Inc. and Cambridge Discovery
Park. Show us your helmet for coffee and a pastry.

Arlington Bicycle Advisory Committee will attend, and will have some
great tips for safe riding.

(Still hungry and cycling into town? Visit us at University Park near
Central Square, Cambridge on Monday, and Cambridge Center in Kendall
Square, Cambridge on Thursday for breakfast as well!)

2. Also of note is the Minuteman Bikeway Commuter Convoy to the
Friday, May 21 Boston Bike Festival Here’s where and when you can join
the ride:

a. Lexington Minuteman Trail Entrance- Mass Ave and Hancock St (7:00am)
b. Arlington Center- Mass Ave and Swan Pl (7:20am)
c. Thorndike Field- Margaret St (7:35am)
d. Alewife T-Stop Entrance (7:40am)

More about City of Boston events:

http://www.bostonbikes.org/the-events/bike-week/

3. For a full calendar of events across the Commonwealth during Bay
State Bike Week , see

http://www.masscommute.org/calendar/

4. Ciclismo Classico of Arlington is sponsoring a Bicycle Film
Festival right in town at the Capital Theater on Thursday, May 20.

http://www.zvents.com/arlington-ma/events/show/118459785-ciclismo-classicos-first-annual-bicycle-film-festival
for details.