Register for the 2026 Lake George Trip
You can sign up as a guest for one of our rides! Just click on one of the rides in the Tour/Ride Signup column. You are allowed to sign up for one ride as a guest after which you should join the club.
| 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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| 05/09 | Sat | 9:00am | D+/C/20/781 | Denville Savage Rd | Susan Smyth | 1178 - Denville Reduced Climb **CANCELED** | 39 | Unfortunately, it is starting to rain. I have to cancel for all of our safety. | 0: | Canceled | ||
| 05/10 | Sun | 9:00am | B/C+/38/1764 | Chatham Township Municipal Building | James Anderson | 1437 - Cocoluxe The Easy Way | 46 | Posting early to get back for Mother’s Day. In fact, bring your mother if she can ride a B pace 16 mph average minimum. No sweep but occasional regroup. | Starting from CTMB, a pleasant rolling ride to Cocoluxe and Ravine Lake which avoids climbs on Tempe Wick, Corey and South Maple. Out and back via Liberty Corner. Rest stops include Cocoluxe at mile 17 and Just Ride Along Bike and Coffee Shop at mile 20. | 6: James Anderson, Joseph Reo (C+), Enkhchimeg LeDell, Bob Ferrara (C), Paulo Piedade (C), Dennis Budnik | Scheduled | |
| 05/10 | Sun | 10:15am | C/C/35/1048 | Loantaka-South St., Morris Twp. | Jeff Sperling | 336 - Loantaka-Liberty Corner #2 | 30 | Happy Mothers’ Day.This ride we haven’t seen since last November. I’m scheduling this ride early enough so you can get home for your festivities. Weather should be seasonal with light winds. We will have a brief stop at Ridge Bagel. Come join me on Sunday. | Travel thru Millington to Liberty Corner and then return thru Basking Ridge and the Great Swamp. Skyline is the best downhill! |
| 12: Jeff Sperling (C), Mark Olinsky (C), Mark Schwartz, Tara Ding, David Kim, Elizabeth Wu, Gerry Kirwan (C), Richard Poore (C), Mike Baker, Paul Zitelli (C), althea grace pineda (C), Jeff Pollock (C) | Scheduled |
| 05/10 | Sun | 10:20am | D+/C/35/1048 | Loantaka-South St., Morris Twp. | Manuel Coelho | 336 - Loantaka-Liberty Corner #2 | 30 | Will sweep Jeff's ride. | Travel thru Millington to Liberty Corner and then return thru Basking Ridge and the Great Swamp. Skyline is the best downhill! |
| 2: Manuel Coelho, Bob Warren (C) | Scheduled |
| 05/12 | Tue | 10:00am | C/C+/35/1500 | Pluckemin (Bedminster I) | Jeff Sperling | 1510 - Flying to Oldwick and Back via Burnt Mills and Meadow roads. | 43 | One of my favorite rides because we travel on Burnt Mill Road. We have the option of a stop at Oldwick or Whitehouse General Store. Weather should be pleasant and seasonable. Come join me on Tuesday. |
Ride Distance: 35 miles | 4: Jeff Sperling (C), Tara Ding, Andy Milstein (C), Mark Olinsky (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 | 7: Manuel Coelho, Dan Gautieri, Barry Seip (D+), Haroon Kheshgi (NA), Susan Kiely (C), Marty Pratt (C), Bob Warren (C) | Scheduled | |
| 05/16 | Sat | 9:40am | 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. | 3: Jeff Sperling (C), Mark Olinsky (C), Dennis McDermott (C) | Scheduled | |
| 05/16 | Sat | 9:50am | 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.
| 3: Arnie Cohen (C), Anne Huang (D+), Albert Pucciarelli | Scheduled |
