Event Name: Science of Cycling, Part 3: Fueling Your Ride

When: Thursday, March 20th, at 7:00 PM EST

Where: Conte’s Bike Shop 1684 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA

Description: Do you have questions about optimal fueling strategies for that big event you are training for? Curious about how diet effects your performance on the bike? Or perhaps how food can help avoid overtraining and illness? Or simply wonder what happens to that pack of Haribo you just ate on the bike?

Laura Moretti specializes in sports nutrition (among other areas) and frequently works with athletes to address Relative Energy Deficiency in sport (REDs), Female Athlete Triad, Gastrointestinal Issues, Fatigue, Stress Fractures, Anemia/nutrient deficiencies, Post-Operative Recovery/Return to Sport, Muscle/Strength Building, Youth Athletes, Food Allergies, Weight/Body Composition Optimization.

Registration directly with Contes required.

*Info directly from https://www.rodmanforkids.org/ride-for-kids/

WHAT TO KNOW:
Save the Date: Saturday, May 17, 2025
Adult Participation Options: 25 and 50-mile routes, virtual participation
Ride for Kids Jr. Options:
● Tiny Obstacle Course (Ages 4-7): A fun, enclosed course featuring ramps,
cones, and bubbles—perfect for little riders!
✔️ Ride as many times as they’d like
✔️ Bikes & trikes welcome (with or without training wheels)
✔️ Location: 38 Neponset Ave., Foxboro, MA (next to the Ride BBQ)
✔️ Check-in: 11:30 AM | Ride starts: 1:00 PM | Course closes: 2:00 PM
✔️ Capacity: 150 riders
● Mini Ride (Ages 8-12*): A fully supervised 1-mile loop on private Schneider
Electric roadways—ride up to 5 times!
✔️ Safe, no public roads or traffic
✔️ Always within sight of trained volunteers
✔️ Location: 38 Neponset Ave., Foxboro, MA
✔️ Check-in: 11:30 AM | Ride starts: 12:30 PM | Route closes: 1:30 PM
✔️ Capacity: 150 riders
*Older participants welcome if they need an accessible option

CRW Member Linda Nelson has shared the following for Weston Residents:

The Town of Weston is developing a Bicycle & Pedestrian Plan to guide investments in walking and biking. The first public meeting to gather community feedback will be on Wednesday, March 19th in the Weston Community Center Great Room from 7-9 pm. 

Wednesday, March 5, 2025
6:00 - 8:00 PM (6 PM Unveiling; 7 PM Talk)
Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation
154 Moody St, Waltham

Registration required.

Kittie Knox was a young biracial cyclist in the 1890s who fought against race-based limitations in America’s post-Reconstruction reaction against Black advancement. During her cycling career (1893 – 1899), she became a well-known century (100-mile) rider, protested the League of American Wheelmen’s color bar in 1895, and refused to conform to conventions about fast riding and wearing a long skirt while cycling. For decades after her untimely death, Knox’s groundbreaking story was virtually unknown outside of the world of cycling. Scholar and writer Larry Finison has worked to bring her remarkable life back to a wider audience and will speak about Kittie Knox in the context of the late 19th century cycling craze.

The Charles River Museum has long had a display of turn of the century bicycles to represent the Waltham Manufacturing Company of Charles Metz. Metz innovated and built bicycles, motorcycles, and cars, all under the Orient brand name. Alongside Major Taylor, Kittie Knox will have a prominent representation in our gallery as a pioneering figure in the early days of cycling history and having appeared here in Waltham at the Waltham Cycling Track in its heyday.

Event Name: Science of Cycling, Part 2: Strength, Mobility, and Bike Fit for Injury Prevention

When: Thursday, February 27, at 7:00 PM EST

Round table discussion between experts in Sports Medicine, Physical Therapy, and Bike Fit to discuss the most common cycling related injuries, where they happen, why they happen, and how prevent and treat them.

Conte's Bike Shop | Lexington - Conte's Bike Shop | Since 1957

1684 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA

Advance registration required. Contact Contes directly to register.

Here is a link to Tuesday's indoor training presentation

Presentation

For anyone who has not heard, the indoor training webinar which was originally scheduled for Thursday 2/13 has been moved to Tuesday 2/18. Same time, 7:00.

See you there!

Missing your cycling friends during these cold winter months? Join CRW and friends for a Winter Happy Hour at Mighty Squirrel! Warm up with bikes, brews, and banter starting at 6:30 PM, Thursday, Feb. 20.

Hosted by Andre Wolff.

Event is open to all CRW members: we look forward to reconnecting with old friends off the bike and meeting new ones!

Register here:

Charles River Wheelers - Bikes & Brews - A CRW Happy Hour

If you are a member of AAA Northeast you are entitled to two bicycle service calls per year. See link for details.

Bicycle Coverage | AAA Northeast