The original Boston-Montreal-Boston ''(BMB)'' was as a 1200 km randonnée organized in 1988 by a group of cyclists, originally living in the

Boston, Massachusetts Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...

(US) area. The ride started as an out-and-back course from

Newton, Massachusetts Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is located roughly west of Downtown Boston, and comprises a patchwork of thirteen villages. The city borders Boston to the northeast and southeast (via the neighborhoods of ...

(US), a suburb of Boston, to Saint-Lambert, Quebec (Canada), a suburb of Montreal, on the south shore of the St-Lawrence River. BMB was later taken over by ride organizer, Jennifer Wise, who modified the route, shifting the turn around point to

Huntingdon, Quebec Huntingdon is a small town in Huntingdon County, Quebec, Huntingdon County in the Le Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality, Haut-Saint-Laurent Regional County Municipality, and the Montérégie region of the province of Quebec, Canada. ...

(Canada), to avoid the Montreal urban area. It was held every year from 1988 through 2006 except for

Paris–Brest–Paris Paris–Brest–Paris (PBP) is a long-distance cycling event. It was originally a bicycle race in France from Paris to Brest and back to Paris in 1891. The last time it was run as a race was 1951. The most recent edition of PBP was held on 20 ...

years. BMB was sometimes regarded as the North American equivalent of Paris–Brest–Paris. It was a noncompetitive endurance bike event.

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BMB Permanent ride 2011
Sports in Boston Sport in Montreal Cycling events in the United States Cycling events in Canada 1988 establishments in Massachusetts 2006 disestablishments in Massachusetts Recurring sporting events established in 1988 Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2006 {{US-cycling-race-stub