CRW Ride Participation
CRW rides are open to members and guests. Guests may participate in up to two rides per year before joining the club.
Please click the Register button to sign up for this ride.
Helmets are required on all CRW rides. Riders are expected to follow the CRW Code of Conduct and be familiar with:
Ride Overview
Start: Minuteman Bikeway Trailhead – Alewife (Cambridge)
Start Time: 7 AM
Regroup Locations: Hancock at Minuteman (mi 6.6); Blanchard at Cummings Park (mi 10.5); Horn Pond (mi 13); Arlington St (mi 17.2)
Coffee stop: Kickstand Cafe (mi 18.7)
Distance(s): 20 miles
Average Pace(s): 13–16 mph (target range)
How to Determine Your Average Pace
Elevation Profile: Rolling with one sustained climb (Blanchard Rd)
Surface: Road & Bikeway
Group Intent: Steady
Group Structure: Regrouping; Paceline (optional)
Ride Leadership: Leader Only
Sweep Coverage: No Sweep
Ride Attribute Definitions
Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/54212742 (updated 3/2026)
Please have the route loaded on your navigation device.
Ride Description
To get us all to work on time, this regrouping ride leaves ON TIME and travels at a minimum 13+ mph. Slower riders are welcome to join at their own pace (please have navigation).
The ride heads down the Minuteman Bikeway and Mass Ave to Lexington Center, into Burlington, up Blanchard Rd to the water tower at Mary Cummings Park. We descend to beautiful Horn Pond for a photo op, spin past Mystic Lakes, and head back to Alewife via the Minuteman after and optional coffee stop.
Meeting Location
Minuteman Bikeway Trailhead – Alewife
Steel Place and Alewife Station Access Road, Cambridge
LINK to MAP
The ride leaves promptly at 7 AM. Please arrive 10 minutes before start time.
Parking
Paid: Alewife Garage — 35 Cambridgepark Drive, Cambridge
Free (short ride to start):
Thorndike Field — 99 Margaret Rd, Arlington
Spy Pond Park — 56 Pond Ln, Arlington
Restrooms
None at the start. A port-a-john is usually available at Thorndike Field.
Weather Cancellation
Cancelled for rain or unsafe conditions.
Decision posted by 10 PM the night before and again at 5:30 AM ride day if needed.
Ride Leader
Amy Juodawlkis
AJ@crw.org
Ride-day contact (text only): 339-203-7536
Program or Ride Series (Optional)
This ride is part of the CRW Women’s / Nonbinary Program, welcoming women, nonbinary, and female-identifying cyclists and helping riders connect with others in the club.
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