2023 FIVE BORO BIKE TOUR
The Five Boro Bike Tour will be held Sunday May 7. This special event has been added to the MAFW schedule with John Storey as the ride coordinator. John has invited anyone who has registered for this event to join him and to sign in on the schedule and be part of team “Freewheelers-Biker Chicks- …
GROUP RIDING SAFETY GUIDE
I just want to share this group riding safety guide from BTCNJ that borrowed this safety guide from Westchester Cycling Club. I am now borrowing it for MAFW. I think you will find it very informative. Please follow these best practices. Manny Bicycle Touring Club of North Jersey Group Riding Safety Guide Behavior when riding. The club expects all cyclists …
Spring Kickoff Meeting on April 16th: Sign up now!
The Spring Kickoff meeting and after meeting rides are now up and running on our webpage. Please click the link at the top of the page and let us know you will be joining us. In addition, we use this as a gauge to determine how much food and drink is required for the meeting. …
RIDING SAFELY FROM PAUL MALINOWSKI
Spring Kickoff – Riding Safely Warm greetings to the entire MAFW family. As we kick-off another year of cycling fun, adventure and friendship, it’s important that we put safety first. Unfortunately, fatalities in traffic crashes involving bicyclists and other cyclists continue to rise. From 2011 to 2020, bicyclist and other cyclist fatalities increased by 38% …
SPRING KICKOFF, SPRING PICNIC AND CELEBRATION RIDES
I posted rides for the Spring Kickoff and need ride leaders for those rides. Contact me if you want to lead. I already have two rides covered. If you have a suggestion for a ride let me know. Also don’t forget about Celebration Rides. Info is on the website. I will start preparing rides for …
FUTURE EVENTS AND RIDE LEADER SIGNUP
In addition to the rides on our schedule we have some special events coming up: APRIL 16 SPRING KICKOFF MEETING FOLLOWED BY RIDES FROM BED 1. Location is Hills Highlands Clubhouse at 75 Hansom Rd, Basking Ridge. Start gathering at 8:30am with some refreshments followed by a meeting and we will do our best to …
BIKE VIRGINIA 6/23 TO 6/28
I just want to bring to your attention that Bike Virginia is back and scheduled for Friday 6/23 to Wed 6/28 in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley. For more information and to register go to our website under Members > Calendar. This has been a popular ride with our members. At the Spring Kickoff April 16 …
SPRING-N2-CYCLING WEEKEND AND ROY’S PENN DUTCH RIDE
I just want to point out one day ride and two weekend rides that are coming up. TOUR DE FRANKLIN April 30. Great ride that supports the local Franklin Food Bank. Several distances to choose and there are rest stops with refreshments. SPRING-N2-CYCLING WEEKEND May 19-21. This event is run by the Philadelphia Bike Club(PBC) …
TB TRAINING RIDES
Seth Cohen has taken the time to set up a series of training rides that will be posted on the ride schedule and supported by Xue Li and Mike Shapanka. Thanks to Seth for setting this up. Below is the proposed schedule for TB training series. The primary ride will be Tuesday evenings; Thursday evenings …
