Early arrivers at Cambridge Common browse the ride booklet
Gavin Kleespies of the Cambridge Historical Society hands out ride info
A participant wearing a classic bike helmet
Ron Newman hands out fliers for Somerville's ride scheduled two weeks hence
Ride mechanic Megan Snay
Bike Committee member Steve Miller begins opening remarks
A seasoned public speaker
Sgt. Kathy Murphy of the Cambridge Police Bike Patrol
Helmet adjustment
Bike Committee coordinator Cara Seiderman
Bike Patrol officers Oswaldo Ortiz, Sgt Kathy Murphy, Devon Brooks and Ed Burke
Gavin tells how the Common land once stretched to Arlington Heights and included wood lots, ox pastures and grazing sheep
The Common has been a site of many activist gatherings from the Revolution to the late 20th century
Forensic counters Katie and Megan ready to enumerate riders
Size of group grows during the opening remarks
Somervillian Dick Bauer announces Middlesex Canal ride scheduled the week after
Bike Patrol waiting for ride to start
Just under way on Kirkland St at Oxford
Further along on Kirkland
On Kirkland just before turn onto Holden St