Event Description: Join MassBike and coalition partners on Sunday, May 18, 2025, for the fourth annual Kittie Knox Ride! This community bike ride around Boston, Cambridge, Watertown, and Waltham features the history of Katherine “Kittie” Knox, a bi-racial woman cyclist and barrier-breaker in the 1890s.

Riders will learn about Kittie as a bicycling pioneer and we’ll ride and reflect on issues we’re facing today in terms of racial and gender representation in bicycling and advocacy. A historical site summary will be provided for this ride by NECCD (New England Cycling Coalition for Diversity).

The rain date for this event is Sunday, May 25, 2025.

 

Volunteer Roles Needed (Click the link to sign up for a volunteer role): https://volunteersignup.org/8DRTB

• 15-Mile Ride, Ride Leader: Guide riders in small groups to each rest stop at a comfortable pace. Make sure all riders stay together and make it through the ride safely. Be familiar with the route before the event. Please review the link below to see the route. Must be comfortable riding on roads.

• 35-Mile Ride, Ride Leader: Guide riders in small groups to each rest stop at a comfortable pace. Make sure all riders stay together and make it through the ride safely. Be familiar with the route before the event. Please review the link below to see the route. Must be comfortable riding on roads.

• Rider Check-In: Help check in registered riders as they arrive and assign them to riding groups based on distance.

• Rest Stop Volunteer: You will be stationed at a historical rest stop that was significant to Kittie's life. NECCD will provide you with the information you will need to share with the riders.

• Ride Photographer: Take high quality photos of the ride.

Questions? email emma@massbike.org

  

Routes

There are two routes for the Kittie Knox Ride, both will start at the Mount Auburn Cemetery Maintenace gate entrance off Cottage Street (64 Cottage St, Watertown, MA 02472). Bikes are not allowed in the cemetery but the start point is accessible from the Watertown-Cambridge Greenway bike path.

While this ride will be guided, we ask participants to download the GPS file or print cue cards in advance.

• 15-mile Route

• 35-mile Route