Hi. Forecast looks great for this ride. So join me! Southtown Road has been recently chip sealed so we will detour around it. Detour:  Continue on Shades of Death and turn left on to Bear Creek Road.  At the end of Bear Creek Road turn left onto Allamuchy Rd. Then a quick left onto Route 519. We will back on the route in about 1 mile.  Rest stop is at the A&B Bagel Store (a club favorite). 

A scenic ride on familiar roads with rolling terrain in Sussex County with a stop to enjoy a bagel. NOTE: re-routed Jan 2015 (mile 8.1 & 29.7) Ride by J. Dent

Hey all you Swamp Dawgs and other Freewheelers, this ride includes some familiar Essex County roads. Forecast looks perfect. This one hasn’t been ridden since 2022! It’s time. Saddle up. 

A ride through suburban Summit, Short Hills and Livingston

This route offers a change of scenery as we don't often travel on many of these roads. It is also definitely a little on the hilly side. 

Possible route changes: At mile 24 we will likely stay on Pleasant Hill Road up to Parker Road, skipping the short section of gravel.

                                            Optional detour to Duncan Donuts in Mendham near the end of the ride at mile 28.

Starting 30 minutes after Tony's group with the hope of meeting up at the Whitehouse General Store for a "No Rush" break.

Weather: Sunny / Temps in the mid 70s / light wind.

Come out and join me for a FUN ride on Monday on a "COOL" day at the end of August.

Ride through and stop near the end at Smartworld Coffee on Diamond Spring Road in Denville

This tour is essentially the reverse of our popular #848, with a loop through Cedar Lake & Cooks Pond early on.  It tackles Old Beach Glen early on and is a less steep  challenge.  It also reverses the awkward downhill of the pothole filled portion of Kinnelon Ave & makes it a safer route. It also schedules a stop at Lakeside Bagels, and thus eliminates the risky crossing of Green Pond Road.

Taste of Reality mile 17.8 (no restrooms), seasonal restrooms in park at mile 18.6 Lakeside Bagels mile 19.5 (closed Sundays)

Rest stop at Princeton Library where there is food and bathrooms.

Another variation on the Colonial to Princeton ride. The food stop is at the Library on the Piazza. Cherry Hill Rd. is taxing, otherwise mostly rolling hills.

This is a fabulous ride for visiting tons of New York infrastructure lacing 3 islands together (Manhattan, Wards/Randals, Roosevelt). You will cross the GWB, the Wards Island Bridge, The RFK bridge, and the Roosevelt Island Bridge. 

The weather man just 'guaranteed' a rainless day for next Sunday.

The start point has been moved to Fort Lee Historic Park. As a consequence, the ride is shortened about 3 miles and a long end-of-ride, not very scenic, hill is eliminated. 

We'll lunch on Roosevelt Island then take the tram, with your bike, to Manhattan/Central Park.

I recommend that you print and bring a cue sheet.

Bring you camera/gopro with lots of  'film'.  

A NY tour consisting of 3 islands, 4 bridges, and a tram. We visit Inwood Hill Park, Randals & Wards Island, Roosevelt Island, and Central Park in Manhattan. The tram takes us from Roosevelt Island to Manhattan with a short ride to Central Park. Typically, we lunch on Roosevelt Island with a great view of the Ed Koch (59th St.) Bridge, Manhattan, and Queens. We'll tour the new Four Freedoms Park which is a tribute to F.D.R. You will have to carry your bike up and down modest stairs on the RFK bridge and the tram destination in Manhattan. Almost any kind of (not too heavy) 2-wheeled bike will work on this tour, e.g. road, hybrid, mountain. Most of the ride is on greenways, bridges, parks, or marked bike lanes. Central Park is closed to cars on  weekends. Bring money or credit cards for the tram and food.  There's a new, in 2022, Nellie Bly Monument (an American investigative journalist widely known for faking insanity in order to be admitted to the asylum on Blackwell Island - today's Roosevelt Island - so she could report on the horrors there).  Rest rooms: Wards/Randals Island, Roosevelt Island: near the entrance to the 4 Freedoms Park as well as in the food establishments, Near the base of the GWB on the Hudson River Greenway. 

PARKING: At the start point (Ft. Lee Historic Park), there is a one-time charge, currently $5, for a 1-year Palisades parking permit (includes Ft. Lee Historic Park) for seniors over 62.  Click here for details. Take advantage of this vs. hourly meter charges but don’t wait until the Friday before the ride to apply.

Any kind of bike is appropriate for this ride.

- Ride by Jay Marowitz.