Sunday, October 7, 2007

Cycling Calendar

9:30 a.m. today— y — Seven Hills Wheelmen 45- to 65-mile bike ride. Meet at Montague Book Mill, 440 Greenfield Road, Montague. Information: (508) 831-0301; sevenhillswheelmen.org.

Saturday, next Sunday — Gloucester Grand Prix of Cyclo-cross 1 and 2. Stage Fort Park, Gloucester. Races No. 1, 2 in the Verge New England Championship Cyclo-cross Series. Information: necyclocross.com.

9:30 a.m. Saturday — Seven Hills Wheelmen 53-mile bike ride. Meet at Paxton Center School, Route 31, Paxton. Information: (508) 831-0301; sevenhillswheelmen.org.

11 a.m. next Sunday — Quaboag Plantation Bicycle History Tour. Meet at North Brookfield Apple Orchards. Registration is 10-11 a.m. and the ride leaves at 11. Cost: $10. Information: Keith LaRose, (413) 436-7063.

9:30 a.m. Oct. 20 — Seven Hills Wheelmen 40-mile bike ride. Meet at Paxton Center School, Route 31, Paxton. Information: (508) 831-0301; sevenhillswheelmen.org.

12:30 p.m. Oct. 20 — Seven Hills Wheelmen 25-mile bike ride. Meet at Route 31 and Mill Street, Holden, for a ride to the summit of Mount Wachusett. Information: (508) 831-0301; sevenhillswheelmen.org.

9 a.m. Oct. 21 — Sixth annual Jackson Ride. The ride, presented by Team Bike Alley, benefits the Thomas Gengel Fund. There are 16-, 32- and 62-mile options. The 62-mile route, the Wachusett Metric Century, includes climbing Mount Wachusett. Meet at the Grove Street soccer fields across from Anna Maria College in Paxton. Registration from 8-9 a.m. Cost: $20. Music, barbecue and raffle at 1 p.m. Information: Dan Delorey, (508) 826-6543 or ddelorey@techcontainer.com.

10 a.m. Oct. 21 — Seven Hills Wheelmen 20- to 30-mile bike ride. Meet at 177 Stafford Road, Holland. Information: (508) 831-0301; sevenhillswheelmen.org.

Oct. 28 — Wicked Ride of the East. Harold Parker State Forest, North Andover. The last event in the Kona Bicycles-Kenda Mountain Bike Adventure Series, presented by the New England Mountain Bike Association. Mountain bike festival features rides, women’s skills clinic. Registration 9–10 a.m. Information: mtbadventureseries.org or nemba.org.

Nov. 24 — Bay State Cyclo-cross race. Race No. 5 in the Verge New England Championship Cyclo-cross Series. Chocksett School, Sterling. Information: necyclocross.com.

6 p.m. every Monday — Seven Hills Wheelmen 12-mile road ride. Meet at Barney’s Bicycle,165 Chandler St., Worcester. Information: sevenhillswheelmen.org.

4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. every Monday — Team Bike Alley road ride, 15 to 20-plus miles around Wachusett Reservoir. Meet at Routes 140 and 70 in West Boylston. Information: teambikealley.org.

10 a.m. every Tuesday — Seven Hills Wheelmen Show ‘n’ Go ride. Meet at CVS Pharmacy, 638 Chandler St., Tatnuck Square, Worcester. Information: sevenhillswheelmen.org.

7 a.m. every Tuesday — Landry’s Bicycles road ride. Moderate-pace ride leaves from Gold’s Gym on Lyman Street in Westboro. Information: landrys.com.

4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. every Wednesday — Team Bike Alley road ride, 15 to 20-plus miles around Wachusett Reservoir. Meet at Routes 140 and 70 in West Boylston. Information: teambikealley.org.

5:30 p.m. every Wednesday — Danielson Adventure Sports Cross Training Series presented by Danielson Adventure Sports. Owen Bell Park, Dayville, Conn. Information: bikereg.com or bikect.com.

6 p.m. every Wednesday — Seven Hills Wheelmen road ride, 20 miles. Meet at Old Stone Church, Routes 12 and 140, West Boylston. Information: sevenhillswheelmen.org.

6 p.m. every Wednesday — Team Bike Alley mountain bike ride at Hodges Village Dam in Oxford. Information: teambikealley.org.

6 p.m. every Wednesday — Recreational mountain bike group ride. Blackstone Valley chapter of New England Mountain Bike Association. Various locations. Information: bvnemba.org.

6 p.m. every Thursday — Team Bike Alley mountain bike ride at Asnebumskit Hill. Ride leaves the Cataract Street trailhead off Tatnuck Square in Worcester and climbs Asnebumskit Hill in Paxton. Information: teambikealley.org.

•Submit bike listings to mconti@telegram.com, Mark Conti, Telegram & Gazette, P.O. Box 15012, Worcester, MA 01615-0012, or fax attention to Mark Conti at (508) 793-9363.