Sorry to bother you again but I got an inquiry that the Oct picnic rides are not shown on the calendar. What you need to do is expand the calendar beyond Oct 2 since schedule only shows ~2 weeks. After logging in go to “Rides” > “Schedule”. Select small calendar to right of “End Date” and select the date you want and then select “List”. You can also see past rides using the calendar next to “Start Date”. When using the calendar be sure to not only select a month but also a date.
Manny
FALL PICNIC-MAFW Fall Picnic will be held on Sunday Oct 2 at Pickell Park, Whitehouse Station. Picnic rides have been posted so you can start signing up for rides. Don’t forget that you still need to sign up for the picnic via EventBrite. When you arrive at Pickell Park just a reminder that you need to arrive at least 30 mins before start of your ride. Rides start at 9am and leave every 5 mins.
OTHER ORGANIZATION EVENTS-On our website we list “Other Organization Events”. If you have special event ride you want listed let us know. Next weekend Sat Sept 10 is the Sourland Spectacular. Parking is at Montgomery High School and registration is across the street at senior citizen building. If you registered for the ride recommend signing up on our schedule so we know who is going. Bob Warren and I have signed up as ride leaders for this event but you are not obligated to go with me or Bob.
Sincerely,
Manny
Dear Ride Leaders,
FALL PICNIC-Our Fall Picnic will be held at Pickell Park on Sunday Oct 2. I posted proposed rides for the picnic and we need ride leaders for each ride. Email me if you want to lead one of the rides. I made up 2 new rides for D+ and D and working on cue sheets. These rides are not set in stone so if you have a recommendation that you want to lead let me know. C ride is the most popular so I have 2 C rides and thanks to Tracy for volunteering to lead one of the C rides. When I picked these routes I tried to have a rest stop for each ride, stayed away from one side of Round Valley due to construction, stayed away from Route 22 and uncontrolled crossings at RT202. I have the B+, B and C+ rides heading to Sky Manor Airport and they can combine into 1 ride.
RIDE LEADER AWARD-As promised below is the latest ride leader report. To qualify for the RL award you need to lead 12 rides by Sept 30(cancelled rides count 1/2 ride). Thanks for helping MAFW by leading rides.
| Ride Leader Report – Morris Area Freewheelers | ||
| Leader | Led Rides | Canceled Rides |
| Sal Rizzo | 58 | 16 |
| Jeff Sperling | 51 | 8 |
| Andy Milstein | 41 | 9 |
| Barry Seip | 35 | 7 |
| Sam (Sumant) Chandiramani | 28 | 3 |
| Les Garber | 25 | 3 |
| Eric Lavitsky | 23 | 1 |
| John Storey | 23 | 10 |
| John Parsekian | 23 | 3 |
| Arlene Whalen | 22 | 2 |
| madeleine roese | 20 | 3 |
| Tracy Brown | 15 | 1 |
| Tom Flatley | 15 | 0 |
| Len Friedman | 15 | 2 |
| Vinny Catanzaro | 13 | 0 |
| Jan Gorban | 13 | 1 |
| Richard Poore | 13 | 2 |
| Tony Fanelli | 13 | 1 |
| George Diamantidis | 12 | 0 |
| Barbara Delaney | 12 | 0 |
| Seth Cohen | 12 | 3 |
| Susan Smyth | 12 | 7 |
| Jay Marowitz | 12 | 1 |
| Christopher Hartmann | 11 | 0 |
| Michael Shapanka | 11 | 6 |
| Mark Baumeister | 11 | 0 |
| Lynda DeLuca | 11 | 2 |
| Joseph Reo | 10 | 2 |
| Helene Motyka | 10 | 1 |
| Paul Malinowski | 10 | 2 |
| Arnie Cohen | 10 | 1 |
| Michael Chenkin | 9 | 10 |
| Manuel Coelho | 9 | 1 |
| David Drescher | 9 | 6 |
| George Ebel | 9 | 0 |
| Noreen Drucker | 9 | 1 |
| Fred Bennett | 9 | 2 |
| Roy Fischman | 8 | 1 |
| Paul Malarcher | 8 | 3 |
| Marty Siegel | 8 | 0 |
| Drew Thraen | 7 | 3 |
| Petra Strickland | 7 | 0 |
| Michael Regan | 6 | 0 |
| Gregory Stec | 6 | 2 |
| Dennis Sinauskas | 6 | 2 |
| Marvin Schwinder | 6 | 1 |
| Kathleen Caccavale | 5 | 0 |
| Bobby Ebel | 4 | 0 |
| Lou Blanco | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Nielsen | 4 | 2 |
| Mario Pompeo | 4 | 0 |
| Betsy Eastwood | 3 | 1 |
| Tom Beringer | 2 | 0 |
| Dave Hall | 2 | 0 |
| Martha (Marty) Pratt | 2 | 0 |
| Michael Cloidt | 2 | 1 |
| Jim Williams | 2 | 2 |
| Muffin Williams | 2 | 0 |
| Artur Holl | 2 | 0 |
| Maurice Alvarez | 2 | 1 |
| Chaim Nudell | 2 | 0 |
| Elizabeth Jennison | 2 | 1 |
| Larry Grossman | 2 | 1 |
| Jack Brohal | 2 | 1 |
| Valerie Cole | 1 | 2 |
| Glenn Sutton | 1 | 0 |
| Merritt Peterson | 1 | 1 |
| Alex Cefalu | 1 | 0 |
| Scott Raschke | 1 | 0 |
| Xue Li | 1 | 0 |
| Lisa Gentile | 1 | 0 |
| Mariann Mann | 1 | 0 |
| Craig Levin | 1 | 1 |
| Michael Swearingen | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Barnish | 1 | 0 |
| Mark Jay | 1 | 2 |
| Doug Gardner | 1 | 0 |
| Greg Bassett | 1 | 2 |
| George Decker | 1 | 0 |
| Andy Boulcott | 0 | 1 |
| mark brumbaugh | 0 | 1 |
| Ed Steinman | 0 | 1 |
| Len Sanders | 0 | 2 |
| Mark Fischer | 0 | 1 |
| Pam Gregory | 0 | 1 |
RIDE LEADER AWARDS-After you do a ride be sure to update your ride so your ride gets counted. Any issues let me know. To earn this year’s ride leader award you need to lead 12 rides by Sept 30. Cancelled rides count as ½ ride. This will earn you a $50 gift certificate and possibly a ride leader jersey. To find out how many rides you have led go to “Ride Leader” and select “Rides I led”. In a week I will send out a list of ride leaders vs rides led and cancellations so you know where you stand.
FALL PICNIC-Fall picnic will be on Oct 2 at Pickell Park in Whitehouse Station. I will be putting in rides and will be looking for ride leaders.
ALEXAUKEN DETOUR-Bridge out on Alexauken Creek Rd after you leave Lambertville. Thanks to Les for this detour:
Rt29 go past Alexauken Creek Rd.
R Seabrook Rd
1.4 miles R Headquarters Rd
3.0 miles R Sandy Ridge/Mt. Airy Rd. becomes Queen Rd. back on route
To all, CYCLING SEMINAR AT BERNARDS TOWNSHIP LIBRARY-Thanks to Chinmoy for sharing this. There will be a talk on “The Golden Age of Bicycle Racing in New Jersey” at Bernards Township Library Tuesday Sept 20 7-8pm. Check attached link for more info. https://www.bernardslibrary.org/eventcalendar#/events/YDl3MlNwUg/instances/Bki22VdKuP/ SPELLBOUND CENTURY-This past Sat TNT Cycling Club held their annual Spellbound Century with ~1400 cyclists. Well run and well organized with live music, all you eat pizza and beer (1 glass per rider) at end of the ride. Event was from Mount Holly and benefited the local charities. At least a dozen riders from MAFW attended and most of us did the metric century. Congrats to Gaye and Mark who completed the full century. It was Mark’s birthday ride but I think he overdid it on the number of miles. He does not look 100. Signup for Spellbound 2023 has started and if interested don’t wait until last minute. Spellbound 2022 sold out in March. https://www.spellboundcentury.org/ For other cycling events be sure to check out “Other Organization Events” on our website. Manny
As a ride leader if you would like to celebrate a special event like a birthday ride, Memorial Day Ride, Tour de France, etc. you can buy refreshments for post ride celebration. Check with Tracy Brown before the event and then send your expenses up to $50 to Merritt Petersen. Thanks again for leading, Manny
I just want to share this message I received from another NJ cycling club. Very applicable to MAFW and I ask all you to follow these suggestions: As we get deeper into the heat of Summer, I wanted to highlight a few housekeeping notes for all new and existing Club members alike: If you have signed-up for a ride and your plans change, please make sure you correctly sign out of the ride (“Not riding”). This acts as a courtesy to the Ride Leader and fellow members who may be waiting for you at the start. Additionally, if you begin a ride and need to drop-off (abandon the group for whatever reason), please make sure you communicate this to the Ride Leader. This is another courtesy to your fellow members – the group may be waiting for you without realizing you’re off the ride. Finally, please make sure your Contact Information is current and correct. At the very least, please add a cellphone number where you can be reached PLUS a reliable Emergency Contact person as well. GUESTS-Anyone can bring a guest to a ride. Guests are allowed a couple of rides before they need to join. Guests need to log into the website, select the ride they want to to do via Ride Sign-in and then fill out the form and sign the waiver. Recommend ride leaders contact their guest to make sure they have a helmet, water, know to be 30 mins early and know they are signing up for the right pace. Thanks, Manny
UPDATE RIDE-When you log in select “RIDE LEADER” > “MY SCHEDULED RIDES”>”UPDATE RIDE”. When you get to this location it gives you many options:
GUESTS-When guests decide to do your ride and try to sign in they will be asked to fill out a form. At the ride have them sign in. Recommend you call your guest and welcome to your ride. Make sure they have a helmet, water, know to be 30 mins early and know the pace they are signing up for.
Manny
To all MAF RIDERS, 1/1/2021
Happy New Year to all MAF riders and their families and hope you all are well and staying safe. Looking forward to a great 2021 riding season and so far we are off to a great start with 3 rides today and 9 rides tomorrow.
As we start 2021 just a reminder that rider limit is 10 or less and rides at same starting point need to be spaced by at least 30 minutes. Ride leaders can set their limit from 4 to 10 and space their rides by more than 30 mins. These guidelines were put in place for the safety of our riders and their families. We are all ambassadors for MAF so please set the proper example by wearing your mask not only at rest stops but at the starting point and please social distance.
As riders when you sign up for a ride but change your mind please if possible do not wait until the morning of the ride to cancel. This is not fair to riders on the waiting list or the ride leader. Please be considerate. If you are on the waiting list please do not show up at a ride hoping there will be openings. This may put the ride leader in a difficult position. If there is a lot of riders on the waiting list of a ride I hope a ride leader will step up and put in a backup ride.
It has been brought to my attention that recently there has been several incidents where drivers have harassed riders. When this happens do not engage the driver and I recommend taking a picture of the car’s license and if necessary, call 911. Recommend you forward me any info on the incident.
With respect to safety be careful of black ice on these cold days. On today’s ride we witnessed a few areas of ice. My recommendation is avoid the ice by walking around those icy areas. If you find yourself on black ice don’t panic and just unhook your shoes and coast thru the area without braking or pedaling. Same precautions if you are skiing and you hit ice. With these cold temperatures and wind chill be careful of frostbite on exposed areas of skin. If you see any of your fellow riders with white spots on their face that is frostbite. First aid is to hold your hand on the white spots but do not rub and get the affected person into a warm area.
Many of our rides from Bed 1 go on Station Rd and for months Station Rd has been closed due to work on 2 bridges. On a recent ride we saw that both bridges are nearly complete and you can actually ride over both bridges as long as there is no construction activity. Finally, 2021 is looking up since the Burger King at Bed 1 is under contract. Could BK be coming back???
Stay safe, ride safe and Happy New year,
Ride Coordinator
Manny
To all MAF RIDERS AND RIDE LEADERS, 11/8/2020
The Board decided at my recommendation to lock the signup for a ride to 2 hours before a ride. It had been 30 minutes. As a ride leader it sometimes takes me at least an hour to get to the start point and then I have to be there 30 mins early. I can’t wait to print out the signup sheet 30 mins before a ride. If you are on the waiting list you do not want to get a notice 30 mins before a ride that you are on the ride. Also the Board decided to maintain the current Covid restrictions of no more than 15 riders on a ride and 15 mins separation between rides from the same location. The Board will be reviewing these temporary ride guidelines at the next Board meeting. Thank you for your understanding during these difficult times.
Stay safe and ride safe,
Ride Coordinator
Manny
