Monthly Meeting: May 2023
2023-05-04 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Zoom (contact us for details)
Do YOU have an interest in helping make the streets in your neighborhood, and around the city, safer and friendlier for people of all ages and abilities? Then you belong! Please join us at our monthly meeting to learn what we’ve been working on and to share your ideas!

Message us for Zoom details, or sign up to receive meeting notices at our website: https://pedbikemelrose.org/contact-us/

Healthy Melrose
2023-05-06 10:00 - 13:30 | Melrose Veterans Memorial Middle School, 350 Lynn Fells Parkway, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States
If you’re looking to add some fun, healthy, social activities into your life in 2023, there’s no better choice than switching from driving a car to riding an ebike for getting around Melrose! Join us at this year’s Healthy Melrose event where we’ll be offering ebike test rides and sharing our tips for getting around Melrose car-free with the whole family!

Boston Bike to Work Day 2023
2023-05-19 07:00 - 08:00 | Melrose YMCA, 497 Main Street, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States
Even if you don’t work downtown, we’d love to have you join us on Friday, May 19th, for one of our favorite events of the year! We depart from the Melrose YMCA (Main Street) at 7am, head to Malden, connect to the North Strand, and then meet up in Everett with a group from East Boston to finish our ride into downtown Boston! The City of Boston puts on a festival with free breakfast and coffee for riders.
Generally, a group of folks will stay downtown, with other riders choosing either to head back to Melrose. Whatever your plan, this is a great group event and tons of fun!
If you are planning on riding, you are encouraged to register here, so event organizers can keep track of participation: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdbyk5yHVk9nsa3QaBgHOm0l4dqEqZxveS8idNkDMKVruMvAw/viewform

Monthly Meeting: June 2023 (IN PERSON!)
2023-06-01 19:00 - 20:00 | The Loop, 171 Tremont St, Melrose, 02176, United States
Do YOU have an interest in helping make the streets in your neighborhood, and around the city, safer and friendlier for people of all ages and abilities? Then you belong! Please join us at our monthly meeting to learn what we’ve been working on and to share your ideas!

Kids Bike Fest 2023
2023-06-03 09:00 - 13:00 | The Loop, 171 Tremont St, Melrose, 02176, United States
Save the Date! Our friends at The Loop are throwing the city’s first-ever KIDS BIKE FEST! Featuring obstacles, bike rides, music, food, and more!
This event will give kids the opportunity to explore their community on two wheels and participate in family-friendly, non-competitive riding. This event helps to build riding skills while having fun. The whole family and community can celebrate after with food, music & more.
Event Features:
There will be two different event categories, and we encourage all kids— regardless of their size and ability — to join in.

Balance Bike & Scooter Events – Short ride on the Melrose High School (H.S.) Athletic Complex paths with optional obstacle course.
Kids Pedal Event led by Bike to the Sea – A few loops around the Melrose H.S. paths with obstacle courses. This event is best for kids who can confidently ride a pedal bike on their own, and are between the ages of 3-10. The obstacle courses will have optional ramps, noodle tunnels and more!

Other event features include:

9am coffee at registration sponsored by Atomic Coffee
9:30-10:30 rides
10:30 Music by Matt Heaton
10:30am-12:30pm La Qchara offering make your own tacos and rice bowls – vegan, vegetarian and GF available
Helmet decorating & coloring
Cargo ebike test rides + free bike valet organized by the Melrose Pedestrian & Bicyclist Committee

The goal of this event is to inspire families from Melrose, Malden, Wakefield, and the surrounding communities to bike and roll more, to ultimately get #morekidsonbikes.
(Steady morning rain will reschedule the event to Sunday, June 4th.)
Minors must be accompanied by an adult. Helmets are required. Show your kids event registration to receive 10% off a helmet purchase at The Ride Cafe before the event.

The Ride Cafe is a bike repair & family travel shop. We provide repair, rentals and retail with coffee and more. We want to help make your trips fun and easy, whether near or far, while fostering bike and transit culture. The Ride Cafe is a proud member of The Loop – a collective of three small businesses who are mom-owned, local to Melrose, MA, and sustainability-focused.

Bike to the Sea Day Ride 2023
2023-06-04 08:00 - 13:00 | Melrose YMCA, 497 Main Street, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States
See below details from our friends at Bike to the Sea.
A group will be leaving from the Melrose YMCA at 8am to head down to Malden to join in on the fun! Don’t miss it!

Ride Details
Our annual Bike to the Sea Day ride from Everett, through Malden, Revere, Saugus, and Lynn to Nahant Beach is our all-ages party on wheels, on a route almost entirely on the paved Northern Strand Trail separated from roads! See the current status of the trail.
This has consistently been our biggest event of the year!
8am-registration/9am-ride start

Route & Length: The ride begins at the Madeline English School. There will be 2 route options for each participant to choose from. The regular ride going all the way to the beach and back will be ~19.1 miles round trip, and includes both off-road and on-road riding. The on-road segment in Lynn will have a police detail escorting riders. The shorter ride will be ~12.8 miles round trip, will be fully on the trail, and will turn around before the beach. Minimum age for riders is 8 years old, unless on a tag-along, trailer, or bike seat.

Monthly Meeting: July 2023
2023-07-13 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom (contact us for details)

Monthly Meeting: August 2023
2023-08-01 19:00 - 20:00 | The Loop, 171 Tremont St, Melrose, 02176, United States
Do YOU have an interest in helping make the streets in your neighborhood, and around the city, safer and friendlier for people of all ages and abilities? Then you belong! Please join us at our monthly meeting to learn what we’ve been working on and to share your ideas!

Meetings are hybrid format – message us for Zoom details, or sign up to receive meeting notices at our website: https://pedbikemelrose.org/contact-us/

Monthly Meeting: September 2023
2023-09-06 19:00 - 20:00 | The Loop, 171 Tremont St, Melrose, 02176, United States

Monthly Meeting: October 2023
2023-10-04 19:00 - 20:00 | Leading Edge Real Estate – Community Space, 536 Main St, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States

Monthly Meeting: November 2023
2023-11-15 19:00 - 20:00 | Leading Edge Real Estate – Community Space, 536 Main St, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States

Monthly Meeting: December 2023
2023-12-20 19:00 - 20:00 | Leading Edge Real Estate – Community Space, 536 Main St, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States

Monthly Meeting: January 2024
2024-01-17 19:00 - 20:00 | Leading Edge Real Estate – Community Space, 536 Main St, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States

Streetwise @ Aeronaut
2024-02-21 18:00 - 19:00 | Aeronaut Cannery & Taproom, 199 Ashland St, Everett, MA, 02149, United States
This month’s Streetwise Talk at Aeronaut Brewery features Melrose’s own Jonah Chiarenza. Jonah is former chair of the Ped/Bike Committee and the current Executive Director of Bike to the Sea. In his daytime role, he’s a Transportation Planner at the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center. Jonah is going to give a talk that is a mash up between his two jobs. Jonah is amazing!

Monthly Meeting: February 2024
2024-02-29 19:00 - 20:00 | Zoom (contact us for details)
Do YOU have an interest in helping make the streets in your neighborhood, and around the city, safer and friendlier for people of all ages and abilities? Then you belong! Please join us at our monthly meeting to learn what we’ve been working on and to share your ideas!

FEBRUARY MEETING IS VIRTUAL – message us for Zoom details, or sign up to receive meeting notices at our website: https://pedbikemelrose.org/contact-us/

Monthly Meeting: March 2024
2024-03-20 19:00 - 20:00 | Leading Edge Real Estate – Community Space, 536 Main St, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States

Monthly Meeting: April 2024
2024-04-24 19:30 - 20:30 | Leading Edge Real Estate – Community Space, 536 Main St, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States

Bike Swap & Tune-Ups (with Rep KLG)
2024-04-27 09:00 - 12:00 | Melrose High School, 360 Lynn Fells Parkway, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States
We’ll be at Rep Kate Lipper-Garabedian’s third annual Recycling & Sustainability Event, alongside The Ride Cafe offering a free bike swap and 15 minute tune-ups.
Come take a new-to-you bicycle or leave one you no longer need (no scooters please)!
Sign up for a 15-minute tune up here: https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/10C084CA4AF2BA2F5CE9-49093871-15minute

Nosy Crow North of Boston Bookstore Ride
2024-04-27 09:00 - 14:00 | Molly’s Bookstore, 667-669 Main St, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States
Inspired by the launch of the North of Boston Book Trail, John Mendelson, President of Nosy Crow Inc, is planning to ride his bicycle to all 15 participating stores over the weekend of April 26th and 27th — including our very own Molly’s Bookstore!
Here is the Day 1 route, which includes a stop at Molly’s around 11:30am or 12:00pm. All are invited to join along the ride!
Contact pr@nosycrow.com for more information.

Boston Bike to Work Day 2024
2024-05-17 07:00 - 08:00 | Melrose YMCA, 497 Main Street, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States
Once again, we’re leading a convoy from Melrose to participate in Boston Bike to Work Day 2024! Join us at 7am outside the YMCA, where we’ll depart as a group to the northern strand and then into Boston.

Route and event details here: https://www.boston.gov/departm…/boston-bikes/bike-work-day

We hope to see you there!

Bike to the Sea Day 2024
2024-06-02 08:00 - 13:00 | Melrose YMCA, 497 Main Street, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States
Bike to the Sea Day is one of the biggest regional biking events of the year!
Attendees departing from Melrose are encouraged to meet at the YMCA on Main Street at 8:00am, to ride together to the start of the route in Malden.
Event details below, and at the link.

Route & Length: The ride begins at the Bike Kitchen and ends at 3 Amigos Bar and Grill at 375 Main St. in Malden. There will be 2 route options for each participant to choose from. The long ride going all the way to Nahant Beach and back will be ~19 miles round trip, and includes both trail and on-road riding. The on-road segment in Lynn will have a police detail escorting riders. The short ride will be ~13 miles round trip, will be fully on the trail, and will turn around at Marsh View Park in Lynn.
Minimum age for riders is 8 years old, unless on a tag-along, trailer, or bike seat.
Food and Drink Tickets for the post ride lunch at 3 Amigos Bar and Grill must be ordered at registration. It will feature a build-your-own taco bar with carnitas, chicken, and vegetarian options, plus a salad bar. Lunch prices include: $25 per adult. $12.50 per child. Bike Parking will be available with temporary bike stands right outside the restaurant. Bring your lock!
Other Details
Bike to the Sea T-Shirts and additional merchandise will be available for purchase on Bike to the Sea Day, while supplies last. Helmets are required to be worn by all riders. We have a limited number of helmets that can be provided to you at check-in should you need one. Bring water, a flat repair kit, and sunscreen. And be sure to check the weather forecast ahead of time so you are well prepared for whatever it may bring. Registration closes on Friday, May 31st at 8pm. Bike to the Sea Merch is only available for purchase on Bike to the Sea Day.

Kids Bike Fest 2024
2024-06-08 09:00 - 12:30 | Melrose High School, 360 Lynn Fells Parkway, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States
Our Friends at The Ride Cafe are bringing back their great event, Kids Bike Fest, for 2024!
Learn more about the event and get your tickets here!
Event details:
Free bike valet provided by the Melrose Pedestrian and Bicyclist Committee9am coffee at registration sponsored by Atomic Coffee9:30-10:30 rides10:30 Music by Matt HeatonHelmet decorating & coloring11am-12:30pm LunchCargo ebike test rides throughout the event

Victorian Fair Bike Corner
2024-09-08 11:00 - 16:00 | Melrose YMCA, 497 Main Street, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States
We’ll be tabling alongside our friends at The Ride Cafe, at the corner of Main and Emerson.
Here’s what’s in store:
Free Bike & Stroller Valet: Let the Melrose Pedestrian and Bicyclist Committee take care of your wheels while you enjoy the fair!
Kids Bike Rodeo (1-3 PM): Saddle up, little riders! Join the Massachusetts Safe Routes to School and the Melrose Pedestrian and Bicyclist Committee for an afternoon of biking and street safety fun. Register for Rodeo now!
$5 Bike Tune-Ups (1-3 PM) Need a quick fix? The Ride Cafe has you covered with 15-minute tune-ups. Book your tune up to save your spot! Register for one or both here: https://theridecafe.com/…/bike-corner-at-the-melrose…/The Ride Cafe will also have helmets and other bike and scooter goodies for sale.
Bike to the Sea Maps & Giveaways: Grab your Northern Strand map and other cool goodies while learning about the Mystic Highlands Route through Melrose.
Horace Mann Bike Bus Info: Learn all about upcoming Bike Bus dates and how to start your very own!

Monthly Meeting: September 2024
2024-09-19 19:00 - 20:00 | Leading Edge Real Estate – Community Space, 536 Main St, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States

Monthly Meeting: October 2024
2024-10-17 19:00 - 20:00 | Leading Edge Real Estate – Community Space, 536 Main St, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States

Monthly Meeting: November 2024
2024-11-21 19:00 - 20:00 | Leading Edge Real Estate – Community Space, 536 Main St, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States

Monthly Meeting: December 2024
2024-12-19 19:00 - 20:00 | Leading Edge Real Estate – Community Space, 536 Main St, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States

Monthly Meeting: January 2025
2025-01-16 19:00 - 20:00 | Leading Edge Real Estate – Community Space, 536 Main St, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States

February Break: Kids Learn to Ride!
2025-02-17 09:00 - 2025-02-21 09:00 | The Ride Cafe, 368 Main St, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States
Our friends at The Ride Cafe are offering a Kids Learn to Ride event during February Break!

What’s included

Kids Bike Adjustment – we’ll ensure your kids bike is fitting them properly so they are level footed.
Helmet Fitting – we’ll ensure your kids helmet fits well and make recommendations for a different size, if needed.
Lesson #1 Learning Goal: Develop balance and coordination and early confidence.
Lesson #2 Learning Goal: Improve steering and braking skills.
Lesson #3 Learning Goal Gliding with One Pedal
Lesson #4 Learning Goal: Pedaling with Two Pedals
Lesson #5 Learning Goal: Street Safety: Learning the Rules of the Road
If you have a kiddo who recently learned to pedal, but needs a confidence booster, this is the perfect class for them. We’ll split kids up based on skill and confidence level and adjust curriculum accordingly.
Sign up for 3 days and receive a free #MoreKidsonBikes Ride Cafe branded hat.

Monthly Meeting: February 2025
2025-02-20 19:00 - 20:00 | Leading Edge Real Estate – Community Space, 536 Main St, Melrose, MA, 02176, United States
