- 30 mile Homestead RideDelaware Heights Ball Field, Phillipsburg, NJ
The Homestead ride is 30 miles starting at the Delaware Heights Ballpark in Phillipsburg, NJ with a coffee and bagel stop at the Homestead in Upper Black Eddy. See https://homesteadcoffee.com/pages/general-store . Here is a Relive of the ridehttps://www.relive.cc/view/vNOPozPZQ2v and the RidewithGPS route is https://ridewithgps.com/routes/39271792
Make sure your bike is in good working order and you have a helmet, water bottle, pump and spare tube. You should be able to ride 30 miles at a 12 - 15 mph pace. No one will be dropped and we will regroup at appropriate places to keep everyone together. Hope to see you there.
- LVCC (formerly LWA) Eastern Shore Weekend 20248561 Ocean Gateway, Easton, MD
CONFIRMED DATES: May 3 - May 5
Please join your LVCC riding buddies for the annual Eastern Shore Weekend May 3-5 , 2024. As usual we have rides planned for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.
This year our host hotel will be the Holiday Inn Express Easton, 8561 Ocean Gateway, Easton, MD. The room rate is $199 per room plus a 10% tax. PLEASE NOTE: They have a TWO NIGHT MINIMUM STAY requirement on spring weekends so plan accordingly.
As before you will book your own rooms. I have a block of 15 rooms with two queen beds under the group name Lehigh Valley Cycling Club. The phone number is (410)-819-6500. Be sure to say you are part of the club block to get the room rate.
You can also book on line with the link below. Go to the link, enter the dates and click Search. The LVCC preferred rate will come up to book the room.
LVCC Booking LinkThe rate is available till April 24. After that rooms may not be available so book early. (The standard, refundable room rate is $264 + tax)
This is a change from prior years. The Holiday Inn is the hotel right next to where we have stayed in the past so all the routes will remain the same.
If you will be cycling You MUST BE A LVCC MEMBER (insurance purposes).
Non riding guests are welcome to attend. There is a lot to see and do in the area.Here are the route maps for the weekend rides:
https://ridewithgps.com/events/6742-lwa-eastern-shore-weekendThe Saturday ride takes us to Hooper's Island. Like last year, the Hooper's Island Volunteer Fire Company will be hosting a rest top for us. They did a great job last year and are looking forward to seeing us again.
For those not riding, there is a lot to see in the area.
Here are links to some of the area's attractions.
St Michaels (http://www.stmichaelsmd.org/), home of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (http://cbmm.org/)and numerous good pubs.Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge (http://www.fws.gov/refuge/Blackwater/)
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Museum (Adjacent to Blackwater) https://www.nps.gov/hatu/index.htm
Hooper's Island (http://visitdorchester.org/hoopers-island/)
The Oxford-Belleview Ferry (http://tourtalbot.org/businesses/oxford-bellevue-ferry/) will be open.
Air Mobility Command Museum ( https://amcmuseum.org/)
While not exactly close to Easton, I'm including this as a potential side trip either on the way down or back from Easton. The museum is free and tours are available. I'm adding this because I visited and found it very interesting.Lets make this weekend a blast.
Paul Smith: Organizer - LVCC Easton, MD Friday Afternoon RideHoliday Inn Express Easton, an IHG Hotel, Easton, MD
I will lead this ride per this route: Fri: Farm Country - 32 Mi · Ride with GPS
This is a 32mi, 660 ft. elevation relatively flat route and we will regroup as necessary, but everyone should have the route on phone or Bike GPS.
Pete and Kathleen Dent will help lead this ride and, if needed, we will split into 2 groups.
In case of any issues, my cell number is 484.695.1878.
We will meet in lobby of the Holiday Inn Express Easton, 8561 Ocean Gateway, Easton, MD. Be ready for a 2:00 start.
To attend the weekend and this ride, you must be a LVCC member and if not, you should formally join LVCC before the weekend and ride. Join here: Join LWA (lehighwheelmen.org)
If you are new to LWA group rides, you should read this: Microsoft Word - Guide to Group Riding.doc (lehighwheelmen.org)
Please stay home or ride solo if you have any COVID-19 symptoms, have tested positive for COVID-19, or have been recently exposed to someone that has COVID-19. If you develop symptoms or test positive within a week of a group ride, please contact a LWA Board member for contact tracing efforts.