UPCOMING EVENTS
Stay tuned for updates! Join us for group rides, happy hours and other meet-ups throughout the season.
Best Buddies Friendship Walk Central Mass
Saturday, October 20, 2018
Bolton Fairgrounds
318 Seven Bridge Rd (RT 117)
Lancaster, MA 01523
Fall Training Ride: 9:00 A.M.
Walk Begins: 11:00 A.M.
Join us for a Fall Training Ride and the Best Buddies Friendship Walk Central Mass! Please join us for a spectacular foliage ride in Central Massachusetts. This will be a no-drop ride on rolling terrain that circles the Wachusett Reservoir before returning to Bolton Fairgrounds for the Friendship Walk!
The Best Buddies Friendship Walk is the number one walk in the country raising awareness and funds to support inclusion for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). When you walk with us, you can also expect to dance, laugh, smile and make a new friend. It will be one big party! To register, please join Team BB Challengers so you can join other riders, and fundraise for Best Buddies!
View the ride route here.
Best Buddies Friendship Walk Boston
Saturday, November 3, 2018
Schrafft’s Center
529 Main St.
Charlestown, MA 02129
Fall Training Ride: 9:00 A.M.
Walk Begins: 11:00 A.M.
Join us for a fun tour of Boston architectural and historic sites utilizing the growing network of protected bike lanes, paths, rail trails and bridges. See Boston in a way no tour bus could ever match. There will be plenty of stops for this “slow roll” format. We’ll return to the Schrafft’s Center for the Friendship Walk!
The Best Buddies Friendship Walk is the number one walk in the country raising awareness and funds to support inclusion for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). When you walk with us, you can also expect to dance, laugh, smile and make a new friend. It will be one big party! To register, please join Team BB Challengers so you can join other riders, and fundraise for Best Buddies!
View the ride route here.
TEAM AND COMMUNITY EVENTS
In addition to events organized by Best Buddies Challenge staff, many of our event’s teams organize their own events that are open to the public. If you are a Team Captain and would like to have your event listed below, please contact Coach@bestbuddies.org.
Group Ride with Papa Wheelies
Mondays at 6:00 p.m. sharp
653 Islington St, Portsmouth, NH 03801
This is a road bike group that rides with/from Papa Wheelies Bicycle Shop in Portsmouth, NH. The regular ride goes out on Mondays all summer. The group also plans rides of various lengths and speeds on other days of the week, all to be posted here. The regular Monday ride is a “no-drop” weekend recovery ride. Depending on the level of ability and the number of people we will occasionally split up into two or three groups. Ave pace-Fast (20-22 mph), Middle (18-20 mph), Sweep(15-18 mph).
Women’s Group Ride with Papa Wheelies
Sundays at 7:30 a.m. sharp
653 Islington St, Portsmouth, NH 03801
Join the Women’s Ride out of Papa Wheelies Bicycle Shop in Portsmouth, NH. The group meets at 7:30 am and leaves at 8:00 am on Sundays, with a potluck following on the last Sunday of every month.