Upcoming Events
Join us for a training ride! A properly functioning road bike and helmet are required for our rides. We highly recommend clipless pedals.
All our rides are open to the general public. Our training rides showcase how Best Buddies works for inclusion in its programs and on the bike. We care for our riders like our programs care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities by producing rides that make every attendee feel safe, that they belong, and that they matter.
Make sure you join the official Best Buddies Challenge Strava Club to stay in the loop about ride status and updates! Both rides will be hosted weekly unless otherwise noted in the Strava Club.
Every
Thursday
Thursdays @ 6:30 AM
Weekly Central Park Ride
Tavern on the Green, W 67th St, New York, NY 10023
Start your Thursday with Best Buddies! We meet at Tavern on the Green for a 6:30 roll. We’ll ride three laps at a social pace, then go for a coffee. Join us as we train for the Best Buddies Challenge: New York and ride for inclusion together.
June
25
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Best Buddies Challenge: New York Kick-Off Celebration
Printers Alley, 215 W 40th St, New York, NY 10018
Join us as we officially kick off the 2026 Best Buddies Challenge: New York! Connect with fellow riders, team captains, sponsors, and supporters while learning more about this year’s Challenge on October 3. Enjoy drinks and light appetizers, meet the Best Buddies team, and bring a friend who may be interested in riding or getting involved.
Stop by, meet members of our Challenge community, and help us kick off another great season leading up to the 2026 Best Buddies Challenge: New York.
May
15
9:00 AM
Best Buddies River Road Roll
Strictly Bicycles, 2347 Hudson Terrace , Fort Lee, NJ 07024
On May 15, the Best Buddies River Road Roll brings riders together along one of the most iconic stretches tracing the Hudson River. River Road, also known as Henry Hudson Drive, follows a path shaped by exploration and connection, and for this ride, it becomes a route powered by community, purpose, and shared momentum.
Meet Time: 8:30 AM / Rollout: 9:00 AM / Distance: 25 miles / Elevation: 1,500 ft / Pace: Social
April
25
9:00 AM
Westchester Classic
Signature Cycles, 102 Heights Rd, Darien, CT 06820
A tour of the Harlem Valley Rail Trail, this ride is a welcoming ride for beginners and novices that packs a little punch of a climb at the turnaround point. But the effort will be rewarded with a rest stop at Bash Bish Falls, one of the tallest and most spectacular waterfalls in the Northeast. Thereafter we will pedal back using Route 22 taking in shops, farm stands and perhaps an ice cream! Pre-ride coffee and pastries. Post-ride snacks and libations provided.
July
12
Saturday, July 12 @ 9:00 AM
Waterfall Ride
The Lantern Inn, 10 Main Street, Wassaic, NY
A tour of the Harlem Valley Rail Trail, this ride is a welcoming ride for beginners and novices that packs a little punch of a climb at the turnaround point. But the effort will be rewarded with a rest stop at Bash Bish Falls, one of the tallest and most spectacular waterfalls in the Northeast. Thereafter we will pedal back using Route 22 taking in shops, farm stands and perhaps an ice cream! Pre-ride coffee and pastries. Post-ride snacks and libations provided.
August
2
Saturday, Aug. 2 @ 9:00 AM
Covered Bridge Ride
Brewbaker’s Café, 48 Elm Street, Keene, NH
One of the more popular rides on our calendar will be a shady tour of the Ashuelot River Rail Trail. Cheshire County New Hampshire has the greatest concentration of covered bridges in the world. This tour rolls through seven of them! After rolling through the bridges, we turn back north to work on our cycling skills and fitness. Post-ride snacks and libations provided.
August
9
Saturday, Aug. 9 @ 8:00 AM
Raritan Valley Ride
Just Riding Along Bicycle Shop, 15 A Church St., Basking Ridge, NJ
Few realize how much of American bicycling heritage can be found and farmlands of New Jersey’s Somerset County. Countless champion cyclists have come from this region and its clubs. This tour of gentle rolling roads provides a network of popular training routes punctuated with cafes, bakeries and farmstands. Pre-ride coffee and pastries. Post-ride snacks and libations provided. Presented by Just Riding Along, a fabulous bike shop and cafe.
August
16
Saturday, Aug. 16 @ 7:00 AM
West Point Ride
Signature Cycles, 14 Railroad Avenue, Greenwich, CT
This 50-mile ride rolls north from beneath the drone of the I95 corridor along the Connecticut border with New York State before dropping into the spectacular Hudson River Valley idolized by 19th Century painters. This finale to the summer series will feature one of the longest routes that connects with the easternmost portions of the route to be used for the Best Buddies Challenge: New York in October. Pre-ride coffee and pastries. Post-ride snacks and libations provided. Presented by our friends Signature Cycles.
Meet your Ride Leaders
Our training rides are led by our expert on-staff cyclists.
