Before your first one

How a Junction ride works

Everything below is open to everyone. Here’s the whole of it.

  1. Sign the waiver and RSVP

    Both happen on Strava, before you ride. The waiver is a one-time thing and covers you for everything after it. The RSVP is per ride, so we know who’s coming. Sign the waiver.

  2. Show up

    Most rides leave from 160 Commonwealth Ave, but check Strava before you head out — that’s where any change gets posted. You don’t need to be fast, but you do need to be able to ride the one you signed up for. Most rides, if not all, are no-drop, and that works because people pick the right group. If a ride doesn’t feel like your speed, come to a different one. There’s something here for everyone.

  3. Pick your ride

    Tuesdays are twenty easy miles before work. Once a month the weekend rides go out with a 30 and a 50 to choose between, and the women’s ride runs monthly too — thirty miles at the social pace, finishing at a coffee shop. Different speeds, same club.

  4. Stay for the end

    Tuesdays finish at Flour with coffee. Weekend rides finish at Night Shift with beers and food. That part matters as much as the riding.

Every week

The Social Ride

Easy pace, early start, coffee at the end.

  1. Every Tuesday

    Twenty easy miles before the city wakes up, then coffee at Flour. It's the ride most people start with.

    Raining? We usually move it — check Strava the night before.

    Rollout
    5:30am
    From
    160 Commonwealth Ave, Boston
    Distance
    20 miles
    Pace
    Around 15mph
    Ends at
    Flour Bakery, from about 7:00

Every month

Weekend rides

Longer, and you pick the pace.

Once a month on a weekend morning. The date moves around, so Strava is the place to check for the next one.

  1. Once a month

    Two rides, same start, same finish. Pick your distance.

    The date moves month to month. Strava has the next one.

    Rollout
    10:00am and 11:00am
    From
    160 Commonwealth Ave, Boston
    Distance
    30 or 50 miles
    Pace
    Around 15mph or 18mph
    Ends at
    Night Shift Beer Garden, Esplanade

  2. Women's ride

    Once a month

    Once a month on a weekend morning, at the social pace. Thirty miles from the same start as every other ride, finishing at a coffee shop — a different one each time.

    The date and the coffee shop go out on Strava.

    From
    160 Commonwealth Ave, Boston
    Distance
    30 miles
    Pace
    Around 15mph
    Ends at
    A coffee shop, different each time

Now and then

Special events

One-offs that don't fit the usual pattern.

  1. Season closer and film festival

    The usual 30 and 50 in the morning. That evening we screen the film we made this year.

    More to come. Watch Strava and Instagram.

    Date
    Nov 7
    Rollout
    10:00am and 11:00am
    From
    160 Commonwealth Ave, Boston
    Distance
    30 or 50 miles
    Pace
    Around 15mph or 18mph
    Ends at
    Night Shift Beer Garden, Esplanade