OFFICIAL POSTER
BCBC is pleased to announce our first annual Cherry Blossom Bike Tour!
Please join the Brick City Bike Collective as we tour Branchbrook Park’s spectacular display of cherry blossoms at their peak.
Sunday, April 11
1pm
Meet at the twin lion statues across from the fountain in the park’s southernmost lake. See map below or view/download a larger one here: http://tsoup.com/bcbc/branchbrook%20map.jpg
Newark’s Branchbrook Park is famous for it’s cherry trees and Cherry Blossom
Festival. This year the actual Cherry Blossom Festival is on the 18th but we
will be taking the tour on the much less crowded Sunday before which we
estimate to be the peak day for blossoms.
See photos here: http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/937513?start=0
The tour will be about 7 miles in length and last maybe 1.5 hours. This is not a race, it is a leisurely tour on a route that takes in the park, some surrounding neighborhoods, notable and historic architecture, lakes, fountains and the largest display of cherry trees east of Kyoto. This free tour is an easy, enjoyable ride for any age group.
You can park anywhere in the park. There is a running race in the park that morning but southern park gates should open for car traffic by 11am or so. The park is easily accessible from the parkway, Turnpike, I-280, Bloomfield Avenue or Route 21. It’s also very near NJ Transit Newark Broad Street Station, and an easy trek from Newark Penn Station.
If you have any questions please contact Tim at tim @ tsoup . com
Come see the surprising beauty of NJ’s largest city! Hope to see you there!
POSTERS:
Please download our official poster in various sizes for printing and feel free to post it everywhere! Download here:
http://tsoup.com/bcbc/cherryblossom/index.htmlMAP
One Comment
Way cool! I’m there! Got your event covered on WalkBikeJersey and elsewhere.
Does Ryan have some crazy rickshaw bike floating around somewhere so I could pedal my 80yo mom around with us??