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MAFW December 2025 / January 2026 Newsletter Available

Hi Freewheelers,

Watch the website to see information on upcoming events, communication from our club president and ride coordinator, and ride guidelines.

Our Social Coordinator, John Storey, is always in need of your help for a number of our activities. Please email if you are interested: social_coordinator@mafw.org

MAFW has 2 main guidelines or mottos that riders and ride leaders should follow:

  1. Nobody rides alone including the ride leader
  2. Ride leader sweeps for all rides except B and faster

Just a reminder that the December 2025 January 2026 edition of our NL is online. To read: click https://mafw.org/newsletter/

What’s in this issue:

  1. Ride Leaders and Revolutionary Ramble
  2. Volunteer Pizza Party
  3. Season’s Greetings
  4. Revolutionary Ramble 2026 Update – Michael Chenkin
  5. Connect with the MAF Bike Club on Social Media! – Tracy Brown
  6. Allergic to Penicillin? You Might Not Be – Tom Flatley
  7. Holiday Gift Membership Program – Lisa Gentile
  8. Morris Area Freewheelers Team Store is officially open – Lisa Gentile
  9. How do you know which bicycle saddle is the best fit for you? – Heather McFadden and Anthony Marchand 9. Gettysburg Fall Cycling Weekend – Manny Coelho
  10. Photo Gallery
  11. Nostalgia
  12. Inspiration
  13. Bicycle Adventures 2025
  14. Cycling Guides – Mark Jay
  15. People Cycling
  16. Safety – Paul Malinowski
  17. Club Sponsors
  18. Club Officers

Enjoying your E-bike, trike, gravel bike? Let’s hear about your experience.

Folks, many of you have taken some interesting trips this year or in the past. So why not share your stories & photos with fellow club members?

We welcome any articles that you feel would be of interest. WHEN YOU HAVE A SPARE MOMENT, PLEASE SEND ME A STORY AND PICTURES OF YOUR BICYCLING ADVENTURES. Submit any information by the 24th of the preceding month at the following email address: newsletter@mafw.org

If you have any issues with your login credentials, please contact Membership Coordinator Lisa Gentile at the following email address: membership@mafw.org

Good Reading.

Thanks,

Patricia Kipp

Editor

MAFW November 2025 Newsletter Available

Hi Freewheelers,

Watch the website to see information on upcoming events, communication from our club president and ride coordinator, and ride guidelines.

Our Social Coordinator, John Storey, is always in need of your help for a number of our activities. Please email if you are interested: social_coordinator@mafw.org

MAFW has 2 main guidelines or mottos that riders and ride leaders should follow:

  1. Nobody rides alone including the ride leader
  2. Ride leader sweeps for all rides except B and faster

Just a reminder that the November 2025 edition of our NL is online. To read: click https://mafw.org/newsletter/

What’s in this issue:

  1. Skeletons from Kittatinny Social Ride October 19th
  2. Connect with the MAF Bike Club on Social Media! – Tracy Brown
  3. Winter Outlook 2025 – 2026
  4. Update on Class 3 Ebike Laws / Registration
  5. Matt Pierone presents check to Rob Greenberg for MAFF
  6. Ride Leaders October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
  7. We welcome the following new members
  8. SOCIAL RIDES 2025 – Manny Coelho
  9. Happy Thanksgiving
  10. New York Rides Update – Jay Marowitz
  11. Encounters of the Dog Kind – Tony Marchand, M.D.
  12. Colorado Biking – John Chapman
  13. Photo Gallery
  14. Nostalgia
  15. Bicycle Adventures 2025
  16. Cycling Guides – Mark Jay
  17. People Cycling
  18. Safety – Paul Malinowski
  19. Club Sponsors
  20. Club Officers

Enjoying your E-bike, trike, gravel bike? Let’s hear about your experience.

Folks, many of you have taken some interesting trips this year or in the past. So why not share your stories & photos with fellow club members?

We welcome any articles that you feel would be of interest. WHEN YOU HAVE A SPARE MOMENT, PLEASE SEND ME A STORY AND PICTURES OF YOUR BICYCLING ADVENTURES. Submit any information by the 24th of the preceding month at the following email address: newsletter@mafw.org

If you have any issues with your login credentials, please contact Membership Coordinator Lisa Gentile at the following email address: membership@mafw.org

Good Reading. Thanks,

Patricia Kipp Editor

MAFW October 2025 Newsletter Available

Hi Freewheelers,

Watch the website to see information on upcoming events, communication from our club president and ride coordinator, and ride guidelines.

Our Social Coordinator, John Storey, is always in need of your help for a number of our activities. Please email if you are interested: social_coordinator@mafw.org

MAFW has 2 main guidelines or mottos that riders and ride leaders should follow:

  1. Nobody rides alone including the ride leader
  2. Ride leader sweeps for all rides except B and faster

Just a reminder that the October 2025 edition of our NL is online. To read: click https://mafw.org/newsletter/

What’s in this issue:

  1. Fall Picnic at White Oak Park on Sunday, September 14th
  2. Connect with the MAF Bike Club on Social Media! – Tracy Brown
  3. 2025 Calendar
  4. RIDE LEADER AWARDS – Manny Coelho
  5. Bottle Hill Day – Jeff Sperling
  6. Happy Halloween
  7. THE SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MILESTONE PARTY – Tuesday October 7
  8. Bike Fit Changes as You Age – Tony Marchand, M.D.
  9. Photo Gallery
  10. Inspiration
  11. Comics
  12. Bicycle Adventures 2025
  13. Cycling Guides – Mark Jay
  14. People Cycling
  15. Safety – Paul Malinowski
  16. Club Sponsors
  17. Club Officers

Enjoying your E-bike, trike, gravel bike? Let’s hear about your experience.

Folks, many of you have taken some interesting trips this year or in the past. So why not share your stories & photos with fellow club members?

We welcome any articles that you feel would be of interest. WHEN YOU HAVE A SPARE MOMENT, PLEASE SEND ME A STORY AND PICTURES OF YOUR BICYCLING ADVENTURES. Submit any information by the 24th of the preceding month at the following email address: newsletter@mafw.org

If you have any issues with your login credentials, please contact Membership Coordinator Lisa Gentile at the following email address: membership@mafw.org

Good Reading.

Thanks,

Patricia Kipp, Editor

MAFW September 2025 Newsletter Available

Hi Freewheelers,

Watch the website to see information on upcoming events, communication from our club president and ride coordinator, and ride guidelines.

Our Social Coordinator, John Storey, is always in need of your help for a number of our activities. Please email if you are interested: social_coordinator@mafw.org

MAFW has 2 main guidelines or mottos that riders and ride leaders should follow:

  1. Nobody rides alone including the ride leader
  2. Ride leader sweeps for all rides except B and faster

Just a reminder that the August 2025 edition of our NL is online. To read: click https://mafw.org/newsletter/

What’s in this issue:

  1. Freewheelers enjoyed the Velodrome Friday night August 8
  2. Connect with the MAF Bike Club on Social Media! – Tracy Brown
  3. 2025 Calendar
  4. THE SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MILESTONE PARTY – Tuesday October 7
  5. Call for volunteers – Lisa Gentile
  6. Benefit Luncheon for the Morris Area Freewheelers Foundation Monday September 29
  7. Classic Answer Man – Len Sanders
  8. 7 Things You Need to Do After You Have a Bike Crash – Tony Marchand, M.D.
  9. BON TON ROULET 2025 – Manny Coelho
  10. Bike, Brew & Pizza Ride – Paul Malinowski
  11. Photo Gallery
  12. Inspiration
  13. Roy’s Penn Dutch Weekend September 19, 20 and 21, 2025
  14. Bicycle Adventures 2025
  15. Cycling Guides – Mark Jay
  16. People Cycling
  17. Safety – Paul Malinowski
  18. Club Sponsors
  19. Club Officers

Enjoying your E-bike, trike, gravel bike? Let’s hear about your experience.

Folks, many of you have taken some interesting trips this year or in the past. So why not share your stories & photos with fellow club members?

We welcome any articles that you feel would be of interest. WHEN YOU HAVE A SPARE MOMENT, PLEASE SEND ME A STORY AND PICTURES OF YOUR BICYCLING ADVENTURES. Submit any information by the 24th of the preceding month at the following email address: newsletter@mafw.org

If you have any issues with your login credentials, please contact Membership Coordinator Lisa Gentile at the following email address: membership@mafw.org

Good Reading.

Thanks,
Patricia Kipp Editor

MAFW August 2025 Newsletter Available

Hi Freewheelers,

Watch the website to see information on upcoming events, communication from our club president and ride coordinator, and ride guidelines.

Our Social Coordinator, John Storey, is always in need of your help for a number of our activities. Please email if you are interested: social_coordinator@mafw.org

MAFW has 2 main guidelines or mottos that riders and ride leaders should follow:

  1. Nobody rides alone including the ride leader
  2. Ride leader sweeps for all rides except B and faster

Just a reminder that the August 2025 edition of our NL is online. To read: click https://mafw.org/newsletter/

What’s in this issue:

  1. Polar Cub ride on Sunday July 13
  2. Connect with the MAF Bike Club on Social Media! – Tracy Brown
  3. 2025 Calendar
  4. MAFW+BTCNJ: Bike, Brew & Pizza Ride – – Sunday August 3
  5. THE SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MILESTONE PARTY – Tuesday October 7
  6. Road Trip! – Velodrome professional bicycle track racing on Friday evening August 8
  7. Benefit Luncheon for the Morris Area Freewheelers Foundation Monday September 29
  8. Message Ride Coordinator (Manny Coelho)
  9. Stretching: The Long and Short and of It! Tony Marchand, M.D.
  10. Photo Gallery
  11. Comics
  12. Roy’s Penn Dutch Weekend September 19, 20 and 21, 2025
  13. Bicycle Adventures 2025
  14. Cycling Guides – Mark Jay
  15. People Cycling
  16. Safety – Paul Malinowski
  17. Club Sponsors
  18. Club Officers

Enjoying your E-bike, trike, gravel bike? Let’s hear about your experience.

Folks, many of you have taken some interesting trips this year or in the past. So why not share your stories & photos with fellow club members?

We welcome any articles that you feel would be of interest. WHEN YOU HAVE A SPARE MOMENT, PLEASE SEND ME A STORY AND PICTURES OF YOUR BICYCLING ADVENTURES. Submit any information by the 24th of the preceding month at the following email address: newsletter@mafw.org

If you have any issues with your login credentials, please contact Membership Coordinator Lisa Gentile at the following email address: membership@mafw.org

Good Reading. Thanks,

Patricia Kipp, Editor

MAFW July 2025 Newsletter Available

Hi Freewheelers,

Watch the website to see information on upcoming events, communication from our club president and ride coordinator, and ride guidelines.

Our Social Coordinator, John Storey, is always in need of your help for a number of our activities. Please email if you are interested: social@mafw.org

MAFW has 2 main guidelines or mottos that riders and ride leaders should follow:

  1. Nobody rides alone including the ride leader
  2. Ride leader sweeps for all rides except B and faster

Just a reminder that the July 2025 edition of our NL is online. To read: click https://mafw.org/newsletter/

What’s in this issue:

  1. Happy July 4th
  2. Connect with the MAF Bike Club on Social Media! – Tracy Brown
  3. 2025 Calendar
  4. Fall Gettysburg Weekend Ride
  5. THE SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL MILESTONE PARTY – October 7, 2025
  6. THE ANSWER MAN – Len Sanders
  7. How to adjust (index) your front derailleur – Tony Marchand
  8. Photo Gallery
  9. Nostalgia
  10. Inspiration
  11. Roy’s Penn Dutch Weekend September 19, 20 and 21, 2025
  12. Bicycle Adventures 2025
  13. Cycling Guides – Mark Jay
  14. People Cycling
  15. Safety – Paul Malinowski
  16. Club Sponsors
  17. Club Officers

Enjoying your E-bike, trike, gravel bike? Let’s hear about your experience.

Folks, many of you have taken some interesting trips this year or in the past. So why not share your stories & photos with fellow club members?

We welcome any articles that you feel would be of interest. WHEN YOU HAVE A SPARE MOMENT, PLEASE SEND ME A STORY AND PICTURES OF YOUR BICYCLING ADVENTURES. Submit any information by the 24th of the preceding month at the following email address: newsletter@mafw.org

If you have any issues with your login credentials, please contact Membership Coordinator Lisa Gentile at the following email address: membership@mafw.org

Good Reading. Thanks,

Patricia Kipp Editor

MAFW June 2025 Newsletter Available

Hi Freewheelers,

Watch the website to see information on upcoming events, communication from our club president and ride coordinator, and ride guidelines.

Our Social Coordinator, John Storey, is always in need of your help for a number of our activities. Please email if you are interested: social@mafw.org

MAFW has 2 main guidelines or mottos that riders and ride leaders should follow:

  1. Nobody rides alone including the ride leader
  2. Ride leader sweeps for all rides except B and faster

Just a reminder that the June 2025 edition of our NL is online. To read: click https://mafw.org/newsletter/

What’s in this issue:

  1. The Revolutionary Ramble Used Bike/Gear Collection For The Boys and Girls Club Bike Exchange
  2. Connect with the MAF Bike Club on Social Media! – Tracy Brown
  3. Message from the President
  4. Morris Area Freewheelers Foundation’s CPR & First Aid Course Update – Rob Greenberg
  5. 2025 Calendar
  6. Welcome new members
  7. Roy’s Penn Dutch Weekend September 19, 20 and 21, 2025
  8. Using Your Bike’s Barrel Adjusters – Tony Marchand
  9. My One-in-a-Million Day – Dave Hall
  10. Photo Gallery
  11. Nostalgia
  12. Inspiration
  13. Comics
  14. Bicycle Adventures 2025
  15. Cycling Guides – Mark Jay
  16. People Cycling
  17. Safety – Paul Malinowski
  18. Club Sponsors
  19. Club Officers

Enjoying your E-bike, trike, gravel bike? Let’s hear about your experience.

Folks, many of you have taken some interesting trips this year or in the past. So why not share your stories & photos with fellow club members?

We welcome any articles that you feel would be of interest. WHEN YOU HAVE A SPARE MOMENT, PLEASE SEND ME A STORY AND PICTURES OF YOUR BICYCLING ADVENTURES. Submit any information by the 24th of the preceding month at the following email address: newsletter@mafw.org

If you have any issues with your login credentials, please contact Membership Coordinator Lisa Gentile at the following email address: membership@mafw.org

Good Reading. Thanks,

Patricia Kipp Editor

MAFW May 2025 Newsletter Available

Hi Freewheelers,

Watch the website to see information on upcoming events, communication from our club president and ride coordinator, and ride guidelines.

Our Social Coordinator, John Storey, is always in need of your help for a number of our activities. Please email if you are interested: social@mafw.org

MAFW has 2 main guidelines or mottos that riders and ride leaders should follow:

  1. Nobody rides alone including the ride leader
  2. Ride leader sweeps for all rides except B and faster

Just a reminder that the May 2025 edition of our NL is online. To read: click https://mafw.org/newsletter/

What’s in this issue:

  1. Trek Bike Inspections Saturday May 3, 2025
  2. Connect with the MAF Bike Club on Social Media! – Tracy Brown
  3. How an Arkansas City Became an Epicenter of the Biking World – submitted by Len Friedman
  4. Bicycle for sale – Fred Bennett
  5. Morris Area Freewheelers Foundation’s CPR & First Aid Course Update – Rob Greenberg
  6. 2025 NCOA Photography Award Contest—This is 75 – submitted by Pete Aldrich
  7. Message from the President
  8. Message from the Ride Coordinator
  9. 2025 Calendar
  10. How to Check and Adjust Bike Disc Brakes – Tony Marchand
  11. Poet’s Corner – John J. Burns
  12. Photo Gallery
  13. Bicycle Adventures 2025
  14. Cycling Guides – Mark Jay
  15. People Cycling
  16. Safety – Paul Malinowski
  17. Club Sponsors
  18. Club Officers

Enjoying your E-bike, trike, gravel bike? Let’s hear about your experience.

Folks, many of you have taken some interesting trips this year or in the past. So why not share your stories & photos with fellow club members?

We welcome any articles that you feel would be of interest. WHEN YOU HAVE A SPARE MOMENT, PLEASE SEND ME A STORY AND PICTURES OF YOUR BICYCLING ADVENTURES. Submit any information by the 24th of the preceding month at the following email address: newsletter@mafw.org

If you have any issues with your login credentials, please contact Membership Coordinator Lisa Gentile at the following email address: membership@mafw.org

Good Reading.

Thanks,

Patricia Kipp Editor

MAFW April 2025 Newsletter Available

Hi Freewheelers,

Watch the website to see information on upcoming events, communication from our club president and ride coordinator, and ride guidelines.

Our Social Coordinator, John Storey, is always in need of your help for a number of our activities. Please email if you are interested: social@mafw.org

MAFW has 2 main guidelines or mottos that riders and ride leaders should follow:

  1. Nobody rides alone including the ride leader
  2. Ride leader sweeps for all rides except B and faster

Just a reminder that the April 2025 edition of our NL is online. To read: click https://mafw.org/newsletter/

What’s in this issue:

  1. Revolutionary Ramble Update June 7, 2025
  2. In Memory of Bernice J. Connolly (February 13, 1937 – February 8, 2025) “Thank you for your expression of sympathy on the passing of my wife” sent to me on behalf of All MAF from George Connolly
  3. Morris Area Freewheelers Foundation’s CPR & First Aid Course Update – Rob Greenberg
  4. Connect with the MAF Bike Club on Social Media! – Tracy Brown
  5. Message from the President
  6. Message from the Ride Coordinator
  7. 2025 Calendar
  8. How To Spot and Avoid the Latest Facebook Scams – Tony Marchand
  9. The MAF Winter Party -Jay Marowitz
  10. Inspiration
  11. Poet’s Corner – John J. Burns
  12. Photo Gallery
  13. Bicycle Adventures 2025
  14. Cycling Guides – Mark Jay
  15. People Cycling
  16. Safety – Paul Malinowski
  17. Club Sponsors
  18. Club Officers

Enjoying your E-bike, trike, gravel bike? Let’s hear about your experience.

Folks, many of you have taken some interesting trips this year or in the past. So why not share your stories & photos with fellow club members?

We welcome any articles that you feel would be of interest. WHEN YOU HAVE A SPARE MOMENT, PLEASE SEND ME A STORY AND PICTURES OF YOUR BICYCLING ADVENTURES. Submit any information by the 24th of the preceding month at the following email address: newsletter@mafw.org

If you have any issues with your login credentials, please contact Membership Coordinator Lisa Gentile at the following email address: membership@mafw.org

Periodically Rob Greenberg will be instructing a no-cost CPR course sponsored by the Morris Area Freewheelers Foundation. For those interested, you can contact Rob by phone at 973-334-0125 or by email at robdg01@aol.com for the next available session and more information.

Good Reading. Thanks,

Patricia Kipp Editor

MAFW February 2025 / March 2025 Newsletter Available

Hi Freewheelers,

Watch the website to see information on upcoming events, communication from our club president and ride coordinator, and ride guidelines.

Our Social Coordinator, John Storey, is always in need of your help for a number of our activities. Please email if you are interested: social@mafw.org

MAFW has 2 main guidelines or mottos that riders and ride leaders should follow:

  1. Nobody rides alone including the ride leader
  2. Ride leader sweeps for all rides except B and faster

Just a reminder that the February 2025 March 2025 edition of our NL is online. To read: click https://mafw.org/newsletter/

What’s in this issue:

  1. Revolutionary Ramble June 7, 2025
  2. In Memory of Bill Zalan (March 25, 1958 – January 9, 2025)
  3. Morris Area Freewheelers Foundation’s CPR & First Aid Course Update – Rob Greenberg
  4. Connect with the MAF Bike Club on Social Media! – Tracy Brown
  5. Message from the President
  6. Cycling for Longevity: Cardio Fitness Cuts Death Risk by Nearly 20 Percent – submitted by Les Garber
  7. Message from the Social Coordinator
  8. Message from the Ride Coordinator
  9. 2025 Calendar
  10. AI-supported spear phishing fools more than 50% of targets – Tony Marchand
  11. Inspiration
  12. Poet’s Corner – John J. Burns
  13. Nostalgia
  14. Photo Gallery
  15. Funnies
  16. Bicycle Adventures 2025
  17. Cycling Guides – Mark Jay
  18. People Cycling
  19. Safety – Paul Malinowski
  20. Club Sponsors
  21. Club Officers

Enjoying your E-bike, trike, gravel bike? Let’s hear about your experience.

Folks, many of you have taken some interesting trips this year or in the past. So why not share your stories & photos with fellow club members?

We welcome any articles that you feel would be of interest. WHEN YOU HAVE A SPARE MOMENT, PLEASE SEND ME A STORY AND PICTURES OF YOUR BICYCLING ADVENTURES. Submit any information by the 24th of the preceding month at the following email address: newsletter@mafw.org

If you have any issues with your login credentials, please contact Membership Coordinator Lisa Gentile at the following email address: membership@mafw.org

Periodically Rob Greenberg will be instructing a no-cost CPR course sponsored by the Morris Area Freewheelers Foundation. For those interested, you can contact Rob by phone at 973-334-0125 or by email at robdg01@aol.com for the next available session and more information.

Good Reading. Thanks,

Patricia Kipp Editor

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