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May 7, 2013 

Register Now For Bike to the Sea Day Rides, Sunday June 2

Map of the two routes for Bike to the Sea Day.

There will be two rides on Sunday, June 2, a slower one for families to the Saugus River and a 20-mile roundtrip ride to Nahant Beach.

It’s time to register for the 21st annual Bike to the Sea Day rides.  This year’s rides are the first to follow portions of the trail that are now complete in Everett, Malden, and Saugus.

Two rides – a 14-mile family ride to the Saugus River and a 20-mile ride to Nahant Beach – will both start at the Madeline English School, 105 Woodville St.,  in Everett at 9 a.m. on Sunday, June 2, 2013. Both rides will end back at the Dockside Restaurant on Centre Street in Malden for lunch.

Participants can register online here or by filling out a registration form (see below) and sending it along with a check made out to Bike to the Sea, Inc. to 57 Hammersmith Drive, Saugus, MA 01906. Same-day registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. at the Madeline English School, but will cost more.  This year registration fees are being waived for volunteers who help marshal the ride (see below).

Prices are as follows:

  • Individuals: $15 ($20 day of ride), includes lunch and a T-shirt.
  • Families: $25 ($30 day of ride), includes lunch for four and two T-shirts.
  • Additional family members: $10, includes T-shirts.

Optional donations to the MassBike Coalition (suggested donation $5) and Bike to the Sea are encouraged. A $50 optional donation to Bike to the Sea comes with a commemorative bicycle bell.

The ride is open to all riders 8-years-old and up. Those under 16 must be accompanied by an adult. Helmets are required.

Participants won’t have to worry as much about cars this year because some of the ride will follow newly built portions of the trail. The ride out will be mostly on-road, while the ride back will use portions of the trail that are complete in Saugus and Malden.

Police will escort riders through intersections, clearing traffic. There is also a van that follows the group in case someone gets a flat, or needs help.

The annual Bike to the Sea Day Ride is a great way to help promote the construction of the Northern Community Strand Trail. The 20-mile round-trip lasts about three hours.

Volunteers Needed

Volunteers are needed to help “marshal” and “sweep” the 13 and 20 mile rides. Marshalls lead their group of riders along the route. Sweeps help ensure the back of the pack riders make the ride and call sag wagons in case of a breakdown, flat or a tired rider.

To encourage new marshals this year, Bike to the Sea is waiving the registration fee for volunteers who attend the “marshals” practice ride on Sunday, May 26th. That ride leaves at 9 am from Madeline English School in Everett.

If you’re interested, please reply to swinslow4152@gmail.com or call Steve at 781-397-6893.

Bike to the Sea Day Registration Form

To use this registration form, click on the image to make it bigger and then print it out.

 

You can also register online here.

April 4, 2013 

Portion of Trail in Malden and Everett Closed Until May 1

A portion of the Malden and Everett section of the Northern Strand Trail will be closed until May 1 while National Grid crews upgrade the electrical system there for residents and businesses.

The trail will be closed between Medford Street in Malden and West Street in Everett. It’s estimated that the project, which began on April 1, will be complete by May 1 and that the trail will reopen then.

 

February 25, 2013 

WANTED: Ideas For the Trail; Meeting on Saturday, March 2

Ideas and suggestions for the Northern Strand Community Trail will be discussed at a meeting on Saturday, March 2 at the Linden School, 29 Wescott St., Malden, Mass.

Anyone who has ideas for beautifying the trail or creating programs and events around it are encouraged to attend the meeting which starts at 9 a.m and ends at 1 p.m. Refreshments will be available at 8:30 a.m.

Malden City Councillors Judith Bucci and Barbara Murphy will attend as will officers of Bike to the Sea. The purpose of the meeting is to come up with plans to improve the trail and to identify community partners that can help with those plans.

The Northern Strand Community Trail runs from Everett, through Malden, Revere, Saugus, and Lynn to Nahant Beach. The Everett, Malden and Saugus portions are complete. Work on the Revere portion of the trail is expected to begin in the spring or summer of 2013. The City of Lynn still needs to approve plans for the trail.

Check here for a map of the trail and access points.

December 2, 2012 

It’s Official: 3.1 Miles of Trail Now Open in Malden

Officials pose at a ribbon cutting ceremony near Linden Square in Malden.

Malden officials made it official at a ribbon cutting ceremony near Linden Square on Saturday, Dec. 1. The Malden portion of the Northern Strand Trail is officially open.

 

Check out the video (of the Malden portion of the trail):

November 24, 2012 

Bike to the Sea Rides in Malden’s Holiday Parade

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Bike to the Sea founder Steve Winslow and others reminded parade spectators that there will be a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Malden portion of the trail on Saturday, Dec. 1 at noon in Linden Square. Weather permitting, the event will be followed by a bike tour of the trail from Malden through Everett to the completed Wellington Greenway in Medford.

 

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