Sadly due to rain forecast, this ride event is cancelled. The destination event is rain or shine, so we will potentially recycle our ride idea for 2026 and/or we are looking at other Waltham Festivals we could ride to in 2025.
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In association with Bike Together Waltham, we present:
Waltham Family Bike Ride
Saturday April 26th, 2025, 9:45AM, gather at Glacken Park, Cambridge
Register (keep your registration confirmation email so you can use link to make changes later if need be)
A 7 mile ride to the Sheepshearing Festival at Gore Place Waltham from Glacken Park Cambridge via Huron protected bike lanes, Watertown Greenway, Charles River Paths and small amount of sidewalk and calm street riding. Will take up most of the day (9:45AM-~4PM). Ride is too long for emerging self propelled riders. Attendees are responsible for their costs of the day, which are $20 admittance for those age 13 and older (12 and younger free) and whatever food your purchase at the festival.
Draft schedule, your family is free to leave/rejoin the main group as you like:
9:45AM-Gather at Glacken Park, Cambridge
(get there earlier if you want to play at Glacken Park)
10:00AM-Ride to Gore Place Waltham (7 miles)
10:45-11AM Arrive at Gore Place
11:00AM-2PM Free time at Sheepshearing Festival,
Based on 2024 schedule (2025 not published yet) suggestions are:
11AM-Horesemanship Training and Horse Agility Demos
12:30PM-Herding Dog Demos
1:30PM Circus Smirkus
2PM Gather, 2:10PM Bike 0.7 miles to Lowell Playground
2:15-3 Free time at Lowell Playground including meeting members of Bike Together Waltham and some sweet treats.
3PM Bike Together Waltham group escorts us back to the Charles River and we ride back to Cambridge area
3:45-4PM Return to Cambridge
Thank you to our 2025 primary sponsors:
And additional sponsorship support from:
Scenes from the route and playgrounds
Route to Gore Place
Map from Gore Place to Lowell Playground
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