Monthly Archives: April 2010

Tour of the Cherry Blossoms

70 cyclists turned out for BCBC’s First Annual Tour of the Cherry Blossoms on April 11, 2010. Turnout was greater than expected for this 5-mile ride in and around Newark’s Branch Brook Park. The weather was beautiful, and the park was busy with cyclists and patrons alike. The route winded through areas of the park [...]

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 [...]

Putting the brakes on Parkinson’s, or, riding against neurological illness – literally

I have deep connections to both issues, so this article grabbed me. Late-stage sufferers of Parkinson’s disease, whose walking and running is generally confined to what they can do in their dreams, could ride bikes with a fluidity unimaginable to anyone who’s witnessed the indignities of the illness.
My grandmother, who I was very close to, [...]