Spring Picnic Update

Greetings, Friends.

You can now sign up for great rides for the picnic on Saturday, 5/17.   Click the calendar link on the website so we can get a head count in addition to signing up for a ride.

Ride Leaders for the C+/B and B/B rides are needed. 

The club will provide supplies, beverages, and yummy sloppy Joe’s

If your last name starts with A-H, please bring a dessert

If your last name starts with I-Q please bring an appetizer

If you last name starts with R-Z please bring a salad

If you don’t know what letter your last name starts with,  please bring 12 of each of the above.

We need a few volunteers to help with set up and clean up.  Contact John Storey to volunteer, social@mafw.org.  You’d probably need to arrive at Pickell Park around 10:30 but John will provide details.

No other club rides will be allowed on 5/17 as per a vote of the majority of the Board.  Here is the rationale:

We want to maximize our efforts to deliver the best possible experience to the largest number of members. The more we accomplish in promoting these programs and touting our successes of social media, it will serve as the best possible recruitment tool to attract new members. 

Having said that, at last night’s Board meeting we began to discuss reconsidering not allowing other rides to be posted on days the club runs special events and this discussion will continue at next month’s Board meeting.

Looking forward to seeing you for some great rides, great food, and great friends.

Best regards,

Michael

Spring Picnic

Greetings, friends.

The Club’s spring picnic will be on May 17, 2025.  You can sign up for rides on the Club’s website.

The Club will provide beverages and assorted sandwiches.  We are asking that members to contribute as follows:

If you last name starts with A through H, please bring a dessert

If you last name starts with I thorough Q please bring an appetizer

If your last name starts with R through Z, please bring a salad.

Looking forward to seeing you at the picnic!

Have fun; stay safe.

Michael

Trek Inspection and Rides

Inspection and rides will go as planned tomorrow but post ride party is postponed. Sign up ASAP so we can give Trek a head count. 

TREK INSPECTION RIDES

Weather looks good so Trek Inspection Rides are on for tomorrow May 3.  Great chance to get your bike inspected for free before the start of the cycling season.  Getting your bike inspected is for your safety.  For more details go to the website main page where you can sign up.  Also there will be rides from the Trek Store so be sure to sign up for those rides.  Thanks, Manny

TREK INSPECTIONS

Weather looks good so the Trek Inspections rides are on for tomorrow May 3 as scheduled.  Here is a chance to get your bike inspected for free as we start a new cycling season.  More details on the main page of the website and a place to sign up.  There will be rides from the Trek Store so be sure to sign up for those rides. Thanks, Manny

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

PROPOSED RIDE SIGNUP

To sign up as a ride leader for a proposed ride just click the signup link and then select save changes.

First click on the signup link here:

Then click on the Save Changes button:

RIDE COORDINATOR UPDATE

SPRING PICNIC – The MAFW Spring Picnic has been set and will be held at Pickell Park Saturday May 17. Rides at all paces have been set and will be posted soon.  More information will follow and be sure to not only pick a ride but sign up via website main page.

If not sure how to get to Pickell Park see below.

TIME TO STARTPOINT-When deciding to do a ride with MAFW you should always plan to arrive 30 minutes before the posted start time. Rides start right at the start time and safety talk is given before the start time.  To determine how long it takes to get a starting point, on the schedule for that ride select “Starting Point” and then on the left side of the screen in the small white box select “Directions”.  Destination is given and you just need to put in your address.  Traffic at that time is factored in.

REGIONAL BICYCLING EVENTS DE NJ PA – Like last year I am sharing a calendar of regional bicycling events in DE, NJ, and PA prepared by Suburban Cyclists Unlimited Cycling Club.  In addition to taking advantage of the rides on our Morris Area Freewheeler Schedule, I encourage you to check out these special event rides.

Calendar of Regional Bicycling Events DE NJ PA – Suburban Cyclists Unlimited

TOUR DE FRANKIN – One special event ride that took place this past Sunday was the Tour de Franklin.  12 MAFW riders did this event and had a good time despite the strong winds.  We all completed the metric century and proceeds from this ride benefited the Franklin Food Bank.

PICKELL PARK PICNIC RIDE MAY 17

The Spring picnic ride has been set at Pickell Park May 17 and proposed rides have been set on the schedule.  Please select a ride you want to lead and please do it soon so the membership can select a ride.   Right now, only ride leaders can see the proposed picnic rides and riders can’t select a ride until there is a ride leader.  If you have a recommendation for an alternate ride you want to lead let me know.

Thanks, Manny

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