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Mobile View To attend a ride as a guest click on the Tour Name. Guests can attend one ride and after that they should become a member in order to continue to enjoy our rides.| Date | Day | Start | Pace/Terrain/ Miles/Climb(ft) | Starting Point | Leader | Tour/Signup | Average Climb (ft/mile) | Leader Comments | Tour Description | Tour Notes | Attendees | Status |
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| 05/13 | Wed | 10:00am | C/C/38/1422 | Kittatinny St. Park - Limecrest Rd. | Arlene Whalen | 921 - Hunts Pond Extended | 37 | This is always a nice ride. And the weather forecast looks ok. Please bring enough to eat and drink because I do not plan on stopping at the Tranquility Store. At mile 24 (at the end of Maple Lane), I plan to turn right onto CR 611 for about 1/3 mile for a brief stop at Evergreen Park (to eat a snack and use the restrooms). We will then backtrack and get back on the route. Hope to see you there! | A longer version of the beautiful Hunts Pond ride (#503). This version keeps the lunch stop in place, but adds a few miles after lunch. By Len Sanders (2014). | Food stops: Tranquility Store (mile 25) | 5: Arlene Whalen (C), Helene Motyka (C), Lynne Avery (C), Glenn Pierson, Eileen Griffiths (C) | Scheduled |
| 05/13 | Wed | 10:00am | C+/A/29/2209 | Central Park of Morris County | Tom Sterk | 956 - Greystone-Mendham | 76 | A 29 mile ride from Greystone to the Mendham area and back through Jockey Hollow on mostly new roads. Beautiful start location near Morris Plains. The early climb is rewarded by a pleasant 5 mile descent into Brookside. Food stop just before the end if desired but a stop/snack/regroup is recommended at mile 21 at the Jockey Hollow visitor center. Water and restrooms available there. Ride by George Ebel (2015) | Top of the B terrain (74'/mile) - almost A terrain. Food stops: Pizza available at the end of the ride (mile 28.5). Restrooms available in Jockey Hollow (mile 21). | 2: Tom Sterk, John Parsekian | Scheduled | |
| 05/13 | Wed | 5:30pm | TC/C/27/987 | Loantaka-South St., Morris Twp. | Drew Thraen | 177 - Loantaka-Great Swamp-Eagles Nest | 37 | Eagles Nest Climb at end light permitting | An extended version of a Great Swamp Ride. Hill climb up to Eagle's Nest at the end of the ride can be omitted if you're tired. NOTE - re-routed in May 2015 to avoid Traction Line. |
| 3: Drew Thraen (C+), Kim Tulloch (C), Tara Ding | Scheduled |
| 05/15 | Fri | 10:00am | C/C+/41/1923 | Summer Road Park, Readington | Michael Chenkin | 1287 - Bob's No Dilly Dally, without PA, Alexauken, or Rt 29 | 47 | Looking for some good company to enjoy a civilized ride on a tour that hasn't seen us for a while. Rest stop can be at the new Mexican restaurant and bakery that was formerly the Carousel Deli and has a vastly improved interior and bathroom or the Country deli a block or so away. Nice spring temps are forecast. My ride guidelines:
| Based on Route 1124 but without PA, Alexauken or Rt 29 | 1: Michael Chenkin (C) | Scheduled | |
| 05/15 | Fri | 2:00pm | NA/NA/0/0 | Special Event | Manuel Coelho | 1517 - Hershey Spring Cycling Weekend | 0 | I will be leading a 20-25 mile from the hotel at a moderate D+ pace on Friday. I will be leading a longer ride on Sat and a short ride on Sunday. Once you are registered and paid, please sign up here. | The 2026 Hershey Spring Cycling Weekend, hosted by Bike Tours by Linda, in partnership with the National 9/11 Memorial Trail Alliance, will take place May 15-16-17. We will be staying at the newly renovated Holiday Inn in Hershey/Grantville - this hotel is a conference center, which hosts many conventions. We have the Grand Ballroom reserved for us, for the whole weekend. The Spring Weekend has a very similar format to the Fall Weekend - buffet-style breakfasts and dinners at the hotel, plenty of sandwiches and snacks to take with you during your rides, presentations after dinner. Wide variety of scenic routes, both on the roads, as well as trails. The local Harrisburg Bicycle Club will be assisting us. Nearby scenic and historic attractions include quaint towns, farmlands, the Susquehanna River in Harrisburg, Fort Hunter Mansion, City Island, Fort Indiantown Gap, and Memorial Lake State Park. We will also be providing live music on Saturday afternoon, as well as the popular blender-bike, so that guests can pedal-up some delicious concoctions. We will also have raffle prizes....this time, we will draw the raffle tickets no later than Sunday breakfast time! For cyclists traveling with non-cyclist companions, there are plenty of activities and attractions, which can be enjoyed without a bike. The hotel has an indoor pool and a fitness center. The hotel is close to Hershey Park/Chocolate World, Hollywood Casino/Penn National Raceway, as well as the State Capital in Harrisburg. For YOU, the "Friends & Family" VIP Discount registration form is attached.
From now until 12/31/2025, the special early-bird discount for YOU is $299/person, Double Occupancy, or $489/person, Single Occupancy. Starting January 1, 2026, the Friends & Family rate is $309/person for Double, or $499/person for Single. These fares are lower than those which will be posted on the website, for the general public.
For groups of seven (7) or more, the Group Discount is an additional $5 off per person, for each member of the group. The website (biketoursbylinda.com) will be updated for the Spring Weekend within the next week or so, but in the meantime, registration for the Spring Weekend is OPEN for YOU, our Friends & Family VIPs. You may register either via postal mail, or, on-line via Zelle. Please feel free to contact me, if you have any questions. In case this email may bounce with certain addresses, please feel free to check with your roommate, to ask if he/she/they also received this. Please feel free to share this event invitation with any/all of your cycling friends and clubmates. Everyone is warmly welcome to join us for this fun and sociable weekend of scenic cycling.
THANK YOU for your support of our weekend events!
Take care, stay well, and Happy Holidays!
Linda McGrane
267-251-7862 | 8: Manuel Coelho, Dan Gautieri, Barry Seip (D+), Haroon Kheshgi (NA), Susan Kiely (C), Marty Pratt (C), Bob Warren (C), Lynn Kheshgi (C+) | Scheduled | |
| 05/15 | Fri | 6:00pm | TD/C+/21/929 | Pluckemin (Bedminster I) | George Ebel | 1531 - 2026 Ramble G25 Preview | 44 | This is a 21 mile preview of our planned 25 gravel ride for the 2026 Ramble. These sample rides are out of Bed 1 (not RVCC) to make them a little shorter We will be doing a joint ride with the PFW club to get familiar with our event. I will be sweeping on my Mt bike, so I expect to be slower than most of our gravel riders. No planned stop other than a possible snack We will be checking general road conditions and planning sign placements. Please be early or on time so wee can roll at exactly 6PM. | 4: George Ebel (C), Kim Tulloch (C), Emad Samad, Robert Clarke | Scheduled | ||
| 05/16 | Sat | 9:00am | D+/C+/30/1437 | White Oak Park - Branchburg | Arnie Cohen | 1296 - Stanton Housel Neshanic Tour Short | 48 | We are pleased to announce our May party ride will start from White Oak Park in Branchburg. At the conclusion of the ride, we will have a short drive (3.4 miles) to the READINGTON BREWERY, 937 US HIGHWAY ROUTE 202 SOUTH, NESHANIC STATION, NJ 08853. They have ample parking behind the brewery. As was the case last year in Denville, the club will be providing delicious pizza at the brewery for our post ride meal. Members will be responsible for purchasing their own beverages both alcoholic and non alcoholic while on the Readington Brewery premises. Come out and join us for a fun morning and post ride cheer.
| 5: Arnie Cohen (C), Anne Huang (D+), Albert Pucciarelli, Marty Siegel (D+), Les Garber (C) | Scheduled | ||
| 05/16 | Sat | 9:10am | C/B/34/1857 | White Oak Park - Branchburg | Jeff Sperling | 1297 - Stanton Housel Neshanic Tour | 55 | We are pleased to announce our May party ride will start from White Oak Park in Branchburg. At the conclusion of the ride, we will have a short drive (3.4 miles) to the READINGTON BREWERY, 937 US HIGHWAY ROUTE 202 SOUTH, NESHANIC STATION, NJ 08853. They have ample parking behind the brewery. As was the case last year in Denville, the club will be providing delicious pizza at the brewery for our post ride meal. Members will be responsible for purchasing their own beverages both alcoholic and non alcoholic while on the Readington Brewery premises. Come out and join us for a fun morning and post ride cheer.
| If you don't want to make a right at CR523 at mile 11.5 because of traffic you can continue on Pleasant Run Rd, right onto Barley Sheaf and then left onto Locust Rd to get back on cue. | 7: Jeff Sperling (C), Mark Olinsky (C), Dennis McDermott (C), althea grace pineda (C), Dawn Ross (C), John Storey (C), Geoffrey Silverstein | Scheduled | |
| 05/16 | Sat | 9:30am | C+/B/34/1857 | White Oak Park - Branchburg | Lisa Gentile | 1297 - Stanton Housel Neshanic Tour | 55 | We are pleased to announce our May party ride will start from White Oak Park in Branchburg. At the conclusion of the ride, we will have a short drive (3.4 miles) to the READINGTON BREWERY, 937 US HIGHWAY ROUTE 202 SOUTH, NESHANIC STATION, NJ 08853. They have ample parking behind the brewery. As was the case last year in Denville, the club will be providing delicious pizza at the brewery for our post ride meal. Members will be responsible for purchasing their own beverages both alcoholic and non alcoholic while on the Readington Brewery premises. Come out and join us for a fun morning and post ride cheer.
| If you don't want to make a right at CR523 at mile 11.5 because of traffic you can continue on Pleasant Run Rd, right onto Barley Sheaf and then left onto Locust Rd to get back on cue. | 2: Lisa Gentile, Jim Barnish | Scheduled |
