This Saturday: Climb the Hills of Somerville on your bicycle

[ron_newman]

A reminder that I'll be leading the the Somerville Bicycle Committee's 17th annual fall Tour de Somerville this Saturday, October 17. Our theme this year is "Somerville: City of Seven (Or More) Hills".

We'll meet at 10 am at Seven Hills Park (behind the Holland Street T entrance in Davis Square), leaving promptly at 10:15. If it rains steadily on Saturday, we'll try again on Sunday, same time and location.

The 11-mile ride will visit each of Somerville's hills, both those that still exist and those that have been removed. Riders should wear helmets and be prepared for hill climbs and descents.

The Somerville Police will escort the ride on bicycles, and Redbones will provide refreshments at the halfway point.

For more info (and a list of hills), visit http://somervillebikes.org/events.html .
A route map is at http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/312795 , and a cue sheet at http://www.bikely.com/cuesheet/route/312795 .

Comments

[surrealestate.livejournal.com]

I plan to be there and reserve the right to whine frequently about all the damn hills.

[ron_newman]

We're going ahead with the ride as scheduled, because weather forecasts say that tomorrow's rain will hold off until the afternoon (by which time we'll be done riding).