Register for the 2026 Lake George Trip
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| 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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| 06/29 | Mon | 9:30am | C/C+/35/1744 | Pluckemin (Bedminster I) | Michael Chenkin | 1530 - 2026 Ramble 35 Preview | 50 | Probably the best day for a ride this week before temps get unbearably hot. Didn't ride the 35 mile Ramble route? Planned to ride it but got confused at the 25/35 mile split and wound up doing the 25 instead? Now's the chance to see what y0u missed. Join me and you won't be riding alone.
| 2: Michael Chenkin (C), John Quinn | Scheduled | ||
| 06/29 | Mon | 9:30am | C/B/48/2897 | Pickell Mtn. Park, Whitehouse Station | Marty Pratt | 638 - Whitehouse-Round Valley-Baptistown | 60 | It's my birthday! This ride doesn't achieve any specific mileage associated with this birthday, but we'll make two stops: Cafe Maria at mile 26ish for coffee and a bathroom break, and then the wonderful Sweet Mellissa Patisserie at mile 40. It is open on Mondays! I'll also bring watermelon for after the ride. The weather should be good, if a little warm. I'll lead at a relaxed pace from the back. Hope to see you. | A ride past Round Valley Reservior and on to the lighly travelled roads of the Cherryville, Baptistown, Kingwood plateau between Flemington and Frenchtown. | CAUTION: short stretch of dirt road around mile 38. Food stops: Maria's Cafe - Baptistown Rt 12 (mile 26) | 14: Marty Pratt (C), Bill Kolano, Susan Kiely (C), Mark Olinsky (C), Betsy Eastwood, Tracy Brown (C), Dave Hall (C), Paul Zitelli (C), jeff charney, Mike Baker, Haroon Kheshgi (NA), George Decker (C), Lou Blanco (C), Giuseppe Ferrara (C) | Scheduled |
| 06/29 | Mon | 9:30am | D+/C/30/990 | Loantaka-South St., Morris Twp. | Barry Seip | 1346 - Great Swamp - Extended Dog Leg Left | 33 | It's been a while since I led this ride. This is a nice ride out of Loantaka that does a nice loop to return. No long stops planned but we can regroup along the route. Come out and join me on Monday because the HEAT is coming this week.
| his ride starts as the Great Swamp Classic - Extended (1132) but adds a Dog Leg Left at the Fairmount Deli.
The return to Loantaka is a counter-clockwise loop on familiar roads. (Fairmount Ave, Southern Blvd, Woodland Ave)
Total distance is a little over 30 miles. | 6: Barry Seip (D+), Tara Ding, Mary Conrad (D+), Andrew Beckerman-Rodau, Bill Slezak (C), Walter Paul (NA) | Ridden | |
| 06/29 | Mon | 10:15am | D/C+/24/950 | Pluckemin (Bedminster I) | Tom Flatley | 1069 - Pluckemin - Whitehouse via Rockaway Road | 40 |
A short ride for a warm day. Please remember your cue sheet and/or GPS file.
| Lots of our favorite country roads. Similar to tour 1005, but avoids the traffic lights and ramps at I-78 on Oldwick Road. Easy to add five miles with two "Airport Road" loops. Tour by Lili Brohal (2017). | Food stops: Whitehouse General Store - mile 15 | 4: Tom Flatley (D), Betty Ann Kaltneckar, Tony Fanelli (D+), John Siegel (D+) | Scheduled |
| 06/30 | Tue | 6:00am | C/C/22/744 | Loantaka-South St., Morris Twp. | John Storey | 168 - Loantaka-AJ's Two Ride | 34 | Beat the heat! Afternoon temps will reach 90 : 0 We should have about a 72 degree 6AM start. Flat ride with one "long hill"! Back around 7:30 | Travel thru Chatham and returns thru the Great Swamp. | Food stops:
| 4: John Storey (C), Kim Tulloch (C), Gerry Kirwan (C), Eiichiro Sato (C+) | Scheduled |
| 06/30 | Tue | 8:30am | C/B/36/1805 | Denville Savage Rd | Marvin Schwinder | 1048 - Two Times Boulevard | 50 | This club classic Denville ride offers a good bit of shade over its perfect 35 mile length. With just 1800 feet ascent it’s more like a C+ outing than a B. | Finally an easier (at the bottom of B terrain range with 51'/mile average climb) Denville ride which stays in the Rockaway Valley area and avoids the steeper surrounding climbs. If you are looking for easiest ride from Denville, choose 1060, which is this tour without climb up the Meadowbrook Rd. loop. Tour by Ron Salny (2016). | Food stops:
| 1: Marvin Schwinder (C) | Scheduled |
| 06/30 | Tue | 9:30am | D+/C+/24/1038 | Pluckemin (Bedminster I) | Jan Gorban | 1392 - The KEDBALO Ride | 43 | Similar to 1069 however, turns onto Cowperthwaite and River Road West on the outbound. Also does not backtrack to Mills Rd but returns via Lamington Road. Then adds the Airport loop.
| 2: Jan Gorban (D+), Marvin Ruderman (D+) | Scheduled | ||
| 07/01 | Wed | 8:15am | D+/C/41/1295 | Colonial Park, Lot C in the Winter, Howe Athletic Center in the Summer | Manuel Coelho | 510 - Colonial Park-Sourland | 32 | Rest stop is Blawenberg Bistro at milke 26.1 mile.
Rest stop proposed at Blawenburg Bistro.
| A delightful ride through Somerset County to Neshanic, then up into the Sourland Mtns. and then we return along the canal. Ride by Lorin Press |
| 1: Manuel Coelho | Scheduled |
| 07/02 | Thu | 6:00am | C/C/23/831 | Loantaka-South St., Morris Twp. | John Storey | 113 - Loantaka-Great Swamp-Meyersville | 36 | Beat the heat! Temps will top 100 later today. 6AM start looks like around 80 degrees. You're not doing anything else at 6AM anyway! Lots of flat with a few climbs to stay in shape; ) | Ride from Loantaka Park into the Great Swamp, through Meyersville and along Fairmount Ave. and Southern Blvd. in Chatham. One good hill out of the Swamp, otherwise easy terrain. | Food stops:
| 1: John Storey (C) | Scheduled |
| 07/03 | Fri | 8:15am | C+/C+/37/1497 | Denville Savage Rd | Paul Malinowski | 1477 - Denville to Kinnelon Stop & Shop with Bagels | 40 | This ride starts from Denville's Gardner Field and meets up with BTCNJ at the Kinnelon Stop & Shop. Then returns to Denville for bagels & coffee at SmartWorld Coffee shop. IF you can join me, please wear colors to honor our Country's 250th birthday. | This route goes up Kinnelon Rd to the Kinnelon Stop & Shop, meets up with other MAFW and BTCNJ riders, then returns to Denville for a stop at SmartWorld Coffee. | 6: Paul Malinowski (C+), Lisa Gentile, Ish Abreu, David Kim, Robert Misihowsky, Joe DeCagna (C) | Scheduled | |
| 07/05 | Sun | 10:00am | D/C/22/818 | Loantaka-South St., Morris Twp. | Susan Wallen | 116 - Loantaka-Weekday Explorer #1 | 37 | A lovely ride out of Loantaka! | This ride goes on all of your favorite roads around the Great Swamp. A beautiful ride, on quiet roads, for the average cyclist with just the right amount of a challenge. | Food stops: Mountain Hill Bistro (mile 12) | 4: Susan Wallen, Anne Huang (D+), Lori Graham, Linda Chiravalle | Scheduled |
