Pack a picnic for Dad and join us for ride #3 in our family bike ride series. This time we will explore the Bruce Freeman Rail Trail from Lowell to Concord (and beyond?).

While the ride is intended for riders of all ages and abilities, it is our thought that the minimum age will be 10 years old.

You as a parent can make the call for your children, but we do ask that all riders, regardless of age, be able to ride a bike without training wheels and be able to maintain the average ride speed posted below.

The Bruce Freeman trail offers places along the route to swim and picnic at Heart Pond in Chelmsford, and at Nara Park in Acton. The extended rest stop for this ride will be at Heart Pond for a BYO picnic. There is often a mobile food vendor set up, but we…