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Earth Day Ride this Sunday!

When:
Sunday, April 22, 10:30 a.m.

Where:
Peter Francisco Park. In the Ironbound right by Penn Station.

Who:
Councilman Augusto Amador, IBID and Newark Public Schools

Why: Biking is one of the most efficient, earth-friendly ways to get around – and in Newark, it’s often the fastest! So join Brick CIty Bike Collective in celebrating the fun side of [...]

Ride Against Climate Change – this Saturday!

Newark joins thousands of global climate rallies in a day of action against climate change- a day to put our demands for climate action into motion, calling for the world to go beyond fossil fuels.
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BCBC is joining forces with NJ Bike Walk Coalition and many others to highlight bicycling as the cleanest, greenest, and most [...]

Fahrrad fahrt zum Biergarten (again!)

Do you like bier? How ’bout gartens? Yeah…we thought so. Come on out this Friday for the best First Friday Ride ever…to the biergarten!  WalkBikeJersey and the Brick City Bike Collective are proud to lead you out of the city, into the suburbs, and straight on into a little piece of heaven.

Back by popular demand, [...]

Biergarten Ride was super awesome. End of Story

Perfect weather, quiet suburban roads, and a tree-laden beer garden straight out of the fatherland. We all forgot cameras, so you’ll have to take our word for it! Don’t believe me? WalkBikeJersey Blog will back me up on this one.
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Oh, and y’all better come out for the repeat next spring/summer.

Fahrrad fahrt zum Biergarten!

Translation – Bicycle ride to the biergarten!
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On 9/17 at 6pm, BCBC will be riding from Newark to the Biergarten at the Deutsche Club of Clark.
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The next and last biergarten of the season at the Deutsche Club will be on Friday, September 17th. The plan is to meet in Newark around 6pm and ride [...]

This Saturday is the Egg-Mazing Race!

The Egg-Mazing Race is a bicycle scavenger hunt where riders must follow a map to find clues and complete challenges in the Ironbound section of Newark. Participants start and end at common locations, but what happens in between is pure strategy… and good fun!
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The Egg-mazing Race will kick off at 10:30 am at Peter Fransisco Park [...]

BCBC gets statewide props

BCBC received an excellent write-up in the most recent edition of NJ Walks and Bikes, a newsletter and website dedicated to all things bike and pedestrian in New Jersey. Compiled by the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers University, NJ Walks and Bikes is distributed statewide, and read by many planning and transportation professionals.
In the [...]

New Contact Info!

You can call me whatever you want, just don’t call me late for the bike ride… or something like that. Just wanted to take a minute to let everyone know that BCBC has a new phone number!
“Why?” you ask, because even though you clearly can, not everyone is able to access the interwebs.
So get out [...]

Join Us!

BCBC would like to invite everyone to some upcoming events:
1. Repair & Ride in Lincoln Park: THIS SUNDAY 8/16
Need a tune up? Is your bike not working properly? Join BCBC at Lincoln Park from 2-4 pm and learn how to fix your bike! Mechanics will be in hand to help diagnose and show you [...]