If you ride a bike, you're a cyclist. No minimum shapliness required.

lol but i meant like some of you guys and girls in here who are really devoted to it.. i'm trying to get back into it little by little but finding the time is hard. juggling work, my newborn baby and running a car club makes it difficult to ride but i will make time soon enough

Hey everyone, I just started my own NJ specific bike forum. There is not much there now but its up and running. I ride 90% on the road and the rest of my time I have some fun in the woods. Like I said the board is pretty thin right now but It will hopefully become a place for NJ riders to meet talk and ride. Check it out.

www.aroundnj.com

heythorp: cool forum, i just joined actually, the name on your forum is "kyle"
hope to see some people around.

i'm from brick, nj.


kyle

Hey, im from Cherry Hill. Just purchased my first road/race bike. Looking forward to lots of training and riding with new people in hopes of starting crit racing next season. very excited

what kind of bike did you end up picking up? out of pure curiousity.

Kyle

I'm in cumberland county, just bought a mountain bike for cardio/weight loss. So far I love it! I live in the country so I ride on the country rodes, and I also go to Parvins state park and do the trails there.

My bike is supposed to come in tomorrow! It is an 07 Cannondale CAAD9 opt3.

RacerRJP, that should be a cool bike! I recently got the CAAD8 and love it.

Hi All

Newbie From Edison NJ here .. new to road biking and just bought my first road bike last July 2nd and just riding local from my place to Johnson Park and back - Did ride last week to my LBS which is Bike and Gear in Somerset.

Welcome to the board! I do a lot of my weekday rides there as well. Watch out for the clouds of bugs that like to be in the park.

Donaldson Park in Highland Park is good for riding, hillier but smaller. And the roads in Northern Edison are good to ride on, mostly.

I did D&R couple months ago from Johnson Park in New Bruinswick to Princeton where the Lake is forgot the name and back to Johnson Park. I think that trails goes all the way to Trenton.

It does go all the way to Trenton, than turns north and does an equal distance along the Delaware river. 70 miles all told. Interested in doing the whole thing some time?

Cape May Court House!

Yeah my friend wants to do it again . but she wants to start in Princeton where we end up the last time.

PM me, I might want to meet up with you.

sweet ride! congrats. you lucky people with your brand new bikes. haha. i'll keep to my old bikes i suppose and make myself feel better by calling them "vintage"

The section from Trenton up through Hunterdon Cty is quite scenic, although a bit buggy in the summer. I think you will like that ride. Hey Neil, let me know if you ever want to do this ride. I am not far from there.

Cheers,

Brian

Welcome to bf!
there's lots of areas to go to in this site, much as there's lot's of cool roads here in cumberland, salem, gloucester, and cape may counties! i ride at parvin more in the winter time, a road(ie) in the other times. check out south jersey wheelmen . org rides as well.
welcome x2!!
t

D & R canal path between New Brunswick and BoundBrook took a big hit with the Spring flood. Parts of the surface real rough and still being repaired. If you keep heading towards Princeton, jump off the tow path at Amwell road, cross the canal to canal road and continue on. Canal Road is a great bike route. For variation, once in Rock Hill, turn right and climb up the hill and come back to Amwell on River Road. Nice rolling hills.

Does anyone wanna go for a casual paced ride tommorow morning 8/11 in Morristown around Giralda Farms? There are 2 routes around. A short one and a long one. I dont have a preference on which route taken but I would love to get out and do a ride with a few other people. Let me know if your interested and what time would be feasable.

Another new to road cycling from South Jersey - right around where Action Wheel is in Wenonah, NJ. I'd just bought a Fuji road bike and loving every minute of it! I would love to join one of the local club, but I'm just trying to buildup my stamina/endurance so I don't embarrass myself. Hope to see some of you when I finally get better.

Cheers

good to see another person from south jersey here!
you are in old roping grounds for me. i road every day (-5) to gloucester county college (AA degree) from pitman, girlfriends in wennonah...flashing back... :-)
i joined the South Jersey Wheelmen in 1979 or 1980. it's a good bicycle advocacy group for us here.
chech out our Jersey Devel Century on September 15 (no rain date) starting at 8am from Parvin State Park (in Centerton, NJ). there are 25/50/100 mile sagged routes. bring $19 and a helmet, we'll ride!
hope to see you there!
tomg

what's the usual numbers of riders each year who attend this event ?

+/- 200