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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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| 06/01 | Mon | 9:00am | D+/C+/28/1123 | Pluckemin (Bedminster I) | Mary Conrad | 779 - Pluckemin-Along Mill Rivers | 40 | I hope you will come with me and enjoy a relaxing D+ ride throughout this beautiful part of NJ | Mostly rural roads including Halls Mill, Taylors Mill, and Hill and Dale with a food stop at the Oldwick General Store. This ride was a favorite of Jay Grossman, a former Ride Coordinator of MAFW who rode this ride on Father's Day. NOTE: Similar to tour #903, but starting from Pluckemin/Bed-1. | CLIMBS: Halls Mill to Taylors Mill to Rockaway to Hill and Dale (350' in 4.5 miles @ mile 11).
Food stops: Oldwick General Store (mile 17.3) | 2: Mary Conrad (D+), Mariann Mann | Scheduled |
| 06/01 | Mon | 9:30am | B/C/41/1307 | Pluckemin (Bedminster I) | Michael Cloidt | 515 - Pluckemin-Three Bridges-Stanton | 32 | Tired legs wanted for Monday recovery ride. B pace, no sweep. Looking to do a conversational recovery pace but you are welcome to Show and Go if that fits your needs. No Mimes, French or other. Topics of conversation include: Is Jonas having a Brat summer? | A ride thru the beautiful farmlands of Somerset County. Ride by Lorin Press. NOTE: Similar to tour #897, but starting from Pluckemin/Bed-1 instead of RVCC. | CAUTION: Uncontrolled crossing of high-speed, 4 lane Rt 22 at mile 7.4. Choose tour 1015 to cross Rt 22 at light. At mile 32.8 please cross 202 at pedestrian crosswalk at light instead of using car turn lane. Food stops: Wawa on 202 @ mi 19.4 | 2: Michael Cloidt (B), warren finnerty | Scheduled |
| 06/01 | Mon | 10:00am | C/B/35/1762 | Pluckemin (Bedminster I) | Betsy Eastwood | 548 - Pluckemin-Hacklebarney | 50 | This is a true sombrero ride with a very large climb in the middle, between mile 11 to mile 20 with a steep descent on Black River Rd (be careful!). Please BYOS (bring your own snack) because the rest stop is in Pottersville. We haven't been up to Hacklebarney in a while, and it should be a perfect day for a bike ride with temps in the 70s and some clouds. Let's ride! I will lead from the back. Please join me tomorrow. | A truly scenic ride along the Black River, with horse farms, black-belted cows, and that great downhill along Black River Road. A nice climb up Guinea Hollow Road, with broad vistas as your reward. Ride by: Lorin Press | CAUTION - steep downhill on narrow & rough road with blind corners on Black River Road Food stops: Black River General Store in Pottersville (no restrooms - late - mile 24) or Mountainville Gourmet Expressions (closed Sun, Mon & Tues - early - mile 13). | 6: Betsy Eastwood, Paul Zitelli (C), Richard Rosenberg, jeff charney, George Decker (C), DAVID C KOVALCHICK | Scheduled |
| 06/02 | Tue | 9:30am | C/C+/33/1550 | Denville Savage Rd | Pete Aldrich | 1413 - Two Times Boulevard - Detour | 47 | Ride through and stop near the end at Smartworld Coffee on Diamond Spring Road in Denville | This is tour #1060 without the loop for Lakeside Bagels (permanently closed). Original name was Two Times Boulevard-Detour. |
| 3: Pete Aldrich (C), Marvin Schwinder (C), Bill Martin (C) | Scheduled |
| 06/02 | Tue | 10:00am | C/C+/42/2061 | Pluckemin (Bedminster I) | Jeff Sperling | 886 - Mountainville, the Other Left | 49 | It’s been awhile since we traveled down Cokesbury Road with its amazing views, so let’s revisit this one. Although the scheduled stop lists Whitehouse General Store, we could amend that to Polar Cub, since we are crossing at School Road. Weather should be ideal, sunny in the 70s. Come join me on Tuesday. | Take a left at Mountainville and another left just after Lebanon onto some beautiful roads we don't often ride. NOTE: Similar to tour #909 but starting from Pluckemin instead of RVCC. Tour by Tony Marchand (2013). | CAUTION: Uncontrolled crossing of high-speed, 4 lane Rt 22 at mile 28.2. Choose tour 1016 to cross Rt 22 at light. CLIMBS: Rockaway Valley, Water St, Cokesbury (500' in 5 miles @ mile 14.5) Food stops: | 4: Jeff Sperling (C), Mark Schwartz, Mark Olinsky (C), Scott Horowitz (C) | Scheduled |
| 06/02 | Tue | 10:30am | B/B/47/2675 | White Oak Park - Branchburg | Eric Lavitsky | 1134 - Mind Your Manners | 57 | This route hasn't been ridden in over 2 years, but it's a nice way to go down to the Sourlands and avoid the busiest roads. The weather right now looks to be quite mild, but it might be damp from rain overnight. I've set a later start time to give the roads a chance to dry out, but stay tuned in case the start time changes. We'll take a break at Boro Bean before the climb out of Hopewell and regroup periodically to keep the group together. Strong C+ riders are welcome. | "A scenic ride to the Sourlands with gradual climbs on the way to Hopewell. Look for Candlelight Farm Alpacas on Manner Road where you will see the herd out in the field. Rest stop at Boro Bean. On the return trip, a long uphill will be followed by a welcome downhill. All crossings on Rt 202 are controlled." | Food: Hopewell (mile 27) - Boro Bean | 6: Eric Lavitsky (B), Lynn Kheshgi (C+), Tom Sterk, Ed Steinman (NA), Dennis Sinauskas, Gershon Haft | Scheduled |
| 06/04 | Thu | 9:30am | C/C+/31/1381 | Otto Farm Park | Arnie Cohen | 1203 - Otto Had a Little Farm | 45 | If you haven't ridden out of Otto Park in awhile, now is your chance. Weather should be toasty! | A nice ride thru the Sourlands to Hopewell, mostly easy terrain. food stop in Hopewell at Boro Bean. | Food stops: Boro Bean in Hopewell - mile 13.8 | 5: Arnie Cohen (C), Kerry Haselton (C), Les Garber (C), Dennis McDermott (C), Mark Baumeister (C) | Scheduled |
| 06/04 | Thu | 10:30am | D/C+/29/1312 | Milford, NJ Municipal Pkg Lot | Tony Fanelli | 819 - Milford Along the Delaware | 45 | This is a beautiful ride on lightly traveled roads that basically follows the Delaware river north from Milford to the town, Alpha, for lunch. Along the way the ride traverses rolling terrain through small farms and small river communities. The ride goes past an early Roebling bridge that connects NJ to Riegelsville in PA. | Food stops: Alpha Family restaurant on 3rd ave, 15.5 mi. | 4: Tony Fanelli (D+), Jim Nielsen (D+), Tom Flatley (D), Gloria Friedman (D) | Scheduled | |
| 06/04 | Thu | 6:00pm | C+/C+/20/890 | Burnt Mills Park | Lisa Gentile | 1481 - Bedminster Area Gravel | 45 | Time to start Thursday evening gravel again. MEET AT THE FRONTAGE ROAD PARKING LOT OF BURNT MILLS PARK. | A short, pleasant gravel ride in the Bedminster area. Approximately 75% gravel/ 25% road. Ride ends by taking the paved path from River Road Park back to the Frontage Road parking lot but can be modified by making a right on either Bunn Road or Klines Mill Road from River Road and taking Burnt Mills Road back to the Frontage Road lot.
No Food Stops
| 1: Lisa Gentile | Scheduled | |
| 06/06 | Sat | 9:10am | D+/C+/35/1546 | Pluckemin (Bedminster I) | Susan Smyth | 802 - Women on Wheels 2026 (Pluckemin-Mountainville #3) | 44 | This is a blend of the 2 previous Mountainville rides with additional loops included. Food stop is at the Oldwick General Store. NOTE: Similar to tour #904, but starting from Pluckemin/Bed-1. | CLIMBS: Rockaway Rd to Sawmill (500' in 5 miles, starting @ mile 13) Food stops: Oldwick General Store (mile 22) | 3: Susan Smyth, Susan Kiely (C), Mariann Mann | Scheduled |
