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We will have a soft opening of our Ride Schedule on June 15th.

January 21, 2024June 4, 2020

To quote Governor Murphy, “data determine dates”.

As of Monday, there have been 160,445 cases of COVID and 11,698 deaths from COVID in New Jersey. This is almost as many as New Jersey lost on both fronts of World War 2.

Today we are still seeing 81 deaths per day and 2610 people currently in the hospital suffering from COVID.

While these numbers are frightening to contemplate, they represent a diminishing of the virus’ effect on our society.

Monday Gov. Murphy indicated the Stage 2 openings will occur on 15 June. This will apply to non-contact sports, outdoor dining, etc. Outdoor gatherings, limited use of parks and beaches was allowed on 22 May.

We will have a soft opening of our Ride Schedule on June 15th.

Despite the Ride Schedule being open and active, if you are uncomfortable riding in a group under these conditions, please don’t.

If you are uncomfortable leading a ride, please don’t.

Many of you will feel you need more time or information before you feel safe riding in a group. We get it!

We are working to create guidelines that will keep us all as safe as possible. For at least the first two weeks after opening we will use these new, but temporary, guidelines to govern our Ride Schedule. There will be limits to ride size and actions to allow for social distancing before and after rides.

We will have specific webinars for both ride leaders and club members to go over the new guidelines next week. We will publish the complete new guidelines for you as soon as possible.

Thank you for spending the past three months staying home, staying safe. It is time for us to venture out, slowly and carefully, being mindful of our own health as well as others. Come join us riding again.

As a thank you, for anyone who has an active MAFW membership on June 15, we will add 3 months to your MAFW membership. This will happen automatically, no action required by you!

Looking forward to seeing you on the road. It feels good to say that.

Andrew Stroukoff

Message from the President: April 2nd

January 21, 2024April 5, 2020

April 2, 2020

Hi All

We all joined the Freewheelers for the bike riding. But we stayed because it brought us into this wonderful community that is amazingly varied in interests, abilities and personalities. The basic idea of just wanting to ride hardly covers what we get by being a part of the amalgam that is the Freewheelers.

By now you have looked at our updated website. All the functions you are used to are there, perhaps in different places, but they are there.

We also have a new and more useful ability to communicate with each other through Forums and Groups. I have attached a User Guide to help you get started using these to connect with each other in this strange period of isolation.

There is a new Group called Going Corona Crazy with a few threads to help us see what the rest of us are doing to cope with the strain and some advice to keep us safe. Check out the good info from the Potomac Pedalers.

There are also Zwift Group topics and info on how to access the Club membership for RideWithGPS to see the entirety of the MAFW Tour Library.

I’m looking forward to when we can all ride together again.

BTW, I saw a video and figured we all know this song from our younger days. It’s a hoot. Check it out.

https://www.facebook.com/john.a.tiscornia/videos/3403893116305964/

Andrew Stroukoff

Link to Forums User Guide

Immediate suspension of all MAF rides until further notice.

January 21, 2024March 16, 2020

The Morris Area Freewheelers Board of Directors has immediately suspended all MAF rides until further notice. This means the rides on the schedule for Wednesday March 18th will be cancelled.

We will reevaluate the situation at the end of March depending on the guidance from local and national health officials at that time.

We also believe that getting time outdoors and exercising are still beneficial for our physical and mental well-being in these trying times. Feel free to ride, either by yourself or with a few friends. You can find all our rides by using the MAFW club account for RideWithGPS.

Bear in mind that the club’s Medical Accidental Insurance will not be in effect when you participate in a non-MAFW sanctioned ride

Stay safe everyone, we will keep you posted.

For further information on riding amid COVID-19 concerns see this article in Bicycling Magazine

Andrew Stroukoff

DAYTIME PACES (Updated: April 2015)
Pace	Minimum Average Speed	Description
A	18+ mph	Hard fast riding, few stops, slower riders will be dropped, frequent pace lines.
B+	17 mph	For very fit cyclists, slower riders will be dropped, leader rides at listed pace, occasional pace lines.
B	16 mph	For fit cyclists, terrain varies, up to 30 miles between rest stops. Leader sweeps no slower than 16 mph. BUT if there is a concurrent identical (same tour #, same start time) C+ ride, or the ride leader has posted “no sweep” in the ride comments, the leader rides a B pace and does not sweep.
C+	14.5 mph	For accomplished cyclists, terrain varies, up to 30 miles between rest stops, leader sweeps no slower than 14.5 mph. If there is a concurrent identical (same tour #, same start time) C ride, the Ride Leader may choose not to sweep and depend on the C ride to look after slower C+ riders.
C	13 mph	For accomplished cyclists, terrain varies, up to 30 miles between rest stops, leader sweeps no slower than 13 mph.
D+	11 mph	For experienced cyclists who want an easier pace, up to 20 miles between rest stops, leader sweeps no slower than 11 mph.
D	9 mph	Relaxed riding for experienced cyclists, easier terrain, up to 15 miles between rest stops, leader sweeps no slower than 9 mph (typically no longer than 35 miles and on terrain not more difficult than C+).
CA(Casual)	Casual	Relaxed riding, no steep hills, frequent stops, group stays together.
S (Special)	varies	Special ride. Click on ‘More’ (after login) to read special comments.

EVENING TRAINING RIDE PACES Paces for evening rides have a T prefix to indicate that they are “training” rides. Training means that the rides are typically shorter, do not have rest stops and riders generally ride at a faster average compared to day rides.
Pace	Average Speed	Description
TA	18+ mph	Hard fast riding, few stops, slower riders will be dropped, frequent pace lines.
TB	16.5+ mph	For very fit cyclists, slower riders will be dropped, leader rides at listed pace, occasional pace lines
TC	15+ mph	For accomplished cyclists, terrain varies, leader sweeps no slower than 15 mph.
TD	13+ mph	For experienced cyclists, leader sweeps no slower than 13 mph
TE	11+ mph	For any cyclists who can average 11 mph and ride the posted distance without a rest stop, leader sweeps no slower than 11 mph