From the Ride Coordinator

This will be the 10th weekend of fun in the Penn Dutch area in Lancaster County. Pa. This is the second year that this event will be in the fall because we have found it to usually be great weather for bicycle riding,  To get more information on this event please go the MAFW Calendar.

Good Evening All:

Our next party ride will be on Saturday, August 23, 2025 at Harry Dunham Park. The club will be providing those amazing sloppy joe sandwiches from Avenue Deli in New Providence, as well as chips, fritos, watermelon, and beverages. And we will be having some drawings for some nice giveaways at the end of the ride. So that we get an accurate head count for the food quantities, please sign up for the rides asap. The weather forecast looks ideal. Come join us for our August party ride. 

Jeff

Good Evening All:

I just want to remind you that our next party ride will be this Saturday, August 23, 2025 at Harry Dunham Park. We will be providing delicious sloppy joes, some veggie wraps, watermelon, chips, fritos and beverages.  In addition, we will having drawings for some nice giveaways.  We posted a great C+ ride, #612,  a 45 miler that is need of a ride leader, so if you are available, we would appreciate you leading that ride. So we have an accurate head count for the food, please sign up asap.   The weather forecast looks great. Looking forward to seeing you on Saturday. 

Thanks,

Jeff

There will be a ride leader zoom meeting  for Wednesday, August 27th from 7pm to 9pm. Here’s the link for the meeting: http://bit.ly/3HGs0Ye  

This Sunday Aug 17 there will be a Memorial Ride for Wajih Addul-Haqq who was a cyclist killed Aug 4 on North Ave in Westfield by a drunk driver.  Ride will start 9:30 am from 513 Richmond St, Elizabeth with gathering at 9am.  This will be a casual pace for 20-25 miles.

Manny

Recently Guinea Hollow and Sutton Roads were chip sealed.  Does anyone know the current status of those roads?  I was asked by a group who want to go on those roads this weekend.

Thanks, Manny

 

• NEW RIDE LEADERS We always need new ride leaders so we can offer more rides for our members.  As ride leader you get to choose tour, date and time. If interested, please contact me.  The main requirements to become a ride leader are that you are a member of MAFW and have completed a few rides. The procedure to post a ride is simple and I can help you step thru the process.
• RIDER EDIQUETTE If you sign up for a ride and then realize you can’t make the ride, please cancel from the ride so the ride leader doesn’t have to try and contact you or even wait for you. If you are going to be late or you are cancelling just before the ride please contact the ride leader. If start time is for example 9am, the ride will leave promptly at 9am so please try and get there with enough time to prepare for the ride. I recommend 20-30 minutes.
• CALENDAR When you log into the MAFW site please check out the special calendar of events by selecting “VIEW OUR CALENDAR TO SEE MAFW AND OTHER EVENTS”.  This calendar has events by other organizations that normally do not show up on our regular ride schedule.
• SPECIAL MAFW EVENTS We have some great MAFW events coming up with rides for almost all paces. Right now they will start showing up on the schedule as ride leaders sign up for the rides.  These events include:
  • August 23 Social ride from Harry Dunham. 
  • September 14 Fall picnic at White Oak Park.
  • September 27 Beer and Pizza ride with BTCNJ from Denville.
  • October 7 Milestone Party from Pickell Park.

Sincerely,
Manny

If you want to lead a proposed ride all you have to do is go to the Rides Schedule, select the ride you want to lead under Tour/Signup, and select Save Changes.  You also have ability to change the time and pace of the ride you want to lead but not for the picnic, social or milestone rides.  Thanks, Manny

Slight correction. For Kittatinny rides you should be able to use Limescrest on the weekdays.

Manny

During these summer months there are certain restrictions we have to follow regarding starting points:

• For all Kittatinny rides from Memorial Day to Labor Day please use the Goodale Parking Area and not Limecrest.  Limecrest is reserved for those fishing or boating.
• For Colonial Park use Howe Athletic Field Parking. There are Porta Johns and you can always drive to Lot C is you want to use a flushy.
• For Duke Island Park use Lot A during the weekends.  Lot A is immediately on your left when you enter the park.  During weekdays you can use Lot B that is opposite the bathrooms.
• I am not aware of any restrictions at Loantaka but on one weekend when we arrived for a ride the parking lot was full and we ended parking across the street.

Thanks for your cooperation, Manny