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Ironbound Egg-Mazing Race bike scavenger hunt is rain-delayed until Saturday, April 30th!

Sorry folks about the postponement. Weather.com says there’s 80% chance we’ll get wet, so spend some quality egg time with your relatives at Easter and we’ll see you next Saturday!

When: Saturday, April 30
Time: 10:30am to sign-up, 11am to start
Starts from: Peter Francisco Park (the triangle of grass where Ferry Street meets Penn Station)
Ends at: – [...]

New Cherry Blossom Bike Tour Date Added!

2nd Annual Branchbrook Park Cherry Blossom Bike Tour – Sunday April 11 at 1pm, an easy family-friendly ride through Branchbrook Parks famous cherry blossom groves. See http://www.brickcitybikecollective.org for details and maps.

2nd Annual Halloween Amazing Race / Scavenger Hunt – Oct 30th

By popular demand we’ve more than doubled the size of this years’ event… 30-ish clue stops! A real challenge for adults and great fun for kids!

Plus, for the third event in a row, East Ward Councilman Agusto Amador has been gracious enough to lend his support to assure these events keep getting better and better. [...]

1st Annual Biketoberfest Bike Pub Crawl – Sat. Oct. 16!

Colorado seems to have invented the bike pub crawl, Fort Collins has one every Sunday, Colorado Springs does it on Thursdays and Denver does it every Wednesday, with upwards of 3,000 people…and a theme! Of course Austin, Portland and San Francisco have also gotten in on the action. A group called, Eat, Drink, [...]

Biking Iron & Ice

Our 3rd Sunday ride took us on an 11-mile tour through the Ironbound, a close up inspection of the Red Bulls Arena, a long ride through Harrison & Kearny, and a harrowing trek across a decaying, abandoned train bridge 60 feet above the Passaic River that is part of the Iron & Ice trail. Along [...]

We’re one year old!

Free snacks & drinks for bike commuters!

National bike to work week is May 17-21. To reward bike commuters for their efforts, BCBC has organized some local retailers who are generous enough to offer you free food for your morning commute. Look for our BCBC tables…

When:
Mon-Fri, May 17-21, 7:30am-9:30am
Where:
Washington Park (south end by Broad St) – Mon, Wed & Fri
Penn Station (by [...]

May’s 1st Friday Ride… ‘Public Art’

Art/Cycle ride map for May 2010


Announcing…Cherry Blossom Bike Tour 2010!

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 [...]


Speaking of hand-made bikes…

Ryan & Marie’s Folk Engineered got a write-up this week in The Daily Newarker.
Read about it here: http://dailynewarker.com/press/2010/03/11/custom-bicycles-handmade-in-newark/