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What if Paul Revere had ridden a bike instead of a horse? That's sort of the idea behind Urban AdvenTours' historical tours of Boston, conducted by (sometimes) behatted guides who issue their proclamations from the seat of a bike instead of an exhaust-spewing duck. You can tour Fenway, the Charles River, downtown (Back Bay to North End), the Rose Kennedy Greenway, and other areas of Boston by bike with the green- and fitness-minded Urban AdvenTours. Andrew Prescott, a reformed accountant, is Urban AdvenTours' fearless leader. He spoke to us about his biking life and urged us to "keep it wheel." Ha!

Mike Flanigan runs Alternative Needs Transportation (ANT), a bike shop that makes marvelous machines to transport you from point A to point B without nasty emissions. And some of the bikes even have sweet baskets. And one of the bikes is gonna be raffled off at Redbones next Monday. Good deal! To help promote Bay State Bike Week, Bostonist talked to Flanigan about his long biking history and feelings about biking in Boston.

Landry's is a local biking legend, with locations in Boston, Natick, Norwood, and Westboro, all featuring excellent equipment for all your biking needs. From hybrids to commuters to road and mountain bikes, they've got a machine to get you where you need to go--and apparel and accessories to make you look super-cool while you're getting there. Landry's also provides fitting services to help you find the right bike for your height, which is a more difficult and more crucial undertaking than you might think!