UPCOMING EVENTS
Stay tuned for updates! Join us for group rides, happy hours and other meet-ups throughout the season.
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.
Battle Road Ramble and Wine Tasting
Thursday, August 9th
5:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Pedals up at 5:30 p.m.
Cycle Loft, Burlington, MA
43 Middlesex Turnpike, Burlington, MA 01803
Join Richard Fries, Director of Cycling Experience, on this special “slow roll” tour of the Minuteman National Park. This slow 22-mile tour will feature several stops of historic, environmental, cultural and architectural significance in Lexington, Lincoln, Bedford and Concord. The two-hour bike ride will be followed by snacks and a wine tasting with any sales of wine to benefit Best Buddies International. This is a perfect ride for beginners or anybody interested in participating in the 2019 Best Buddies Challenge: Hyannis Port. Street clothes and flat pedals will suffice. Helmets required.
ATTRACTIONS INCLUDE: Lexington Battle Green, Cambridge Reservoir, Thoreau Birthplace, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Old North Bridge, Reformatory Branch, Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, and the Minuteman Bikeway.
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.