Sunday ride

[Rick Shapiro]

Greg, I am up for any ride.

Regards,

Rick

On Sat, Mar 13, 2021, 2:07 AM Greg Berger <gregspiano at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi, starting to rethink The Highbridge loop north west to Easton pa area.
>
> Maybe we should save that for warmer dryer conditions hopefully in the
> near future.
> I’m working on another route South
> Possibly meet at Wawa by Farmingdale
> Off wyckoff. Work our way down to Little egg Harbor area and Loop back.
>
> If anybody else has suggestions i’m all ears,
> back roads  obviously there  won’t be many hills but at least as much
> twisty turney  as possible.
>
>  Greg Brt 88🏍
>
>
>
> On Mar 12, 2021, at 9:03 AM, Lawrence Edelman <lcedelman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> Greg, that exact situation is something I've always been concered about,
> snow still in the shadded woods melting and wetting the roads during the
> day and freezing during the night. Although the sun melts the road ice the
> next morning,  parts of the road in shade maintain their ice, typically
> around turns and elevation changes. Scary....
>
> Lawrence Edelman
> Lcedelman at gmail.com
> 732-771-3775
>
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2021, 7:32 AM Gregory Wright <greg at johnbwright.com> wrote:
>
>> In 2019 three of us were riding just south of Vanzant. It was about this
>> time of year and the temperature  was approaching 60ish. Most of the roads
>> were stained whitish from the salting of the previous weeks. Even though
>> there was no snow to be seen, we came around a mountain to find ourselves
>> in the middle of an ice flow that crossed the road. While we were only
>> traveling in the 30 mph range, the sudden change in conditions resulted in
>> two of our members sliding and taking a fall. They were shaken, bloody
>> nose, bruised shoulders and minor damage to the bikes was the result. Thank
>> God there was no oncoming traffic otherwise things could have been much
>> different.
>>
>>
>>
>> The point here is, while we at the shore see no ice, in the mountains the
>> nights are still below freezing and even though you don’t see ice, it can
>> still exist. Ride safe.
>>
>>
>>
>> Greg Wright
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Rick Shapiro <rickshapiro69 at gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, March 11, 2021 7:00 PM
>> *To:* Gary Renna <grenna at ccwinsurance.com>
>> *Cc:* njsbmwr at casano.com
>> *Subject:* Re: Sunday ride
>>
>>
>>
>> This is an additional report I received from a friend in NW Jersey area.
>>
>>
>>
>> "I did a ride on Tuesday and Wednesday on the RT and today did a 17 mile
>> bicycle ride.  The snow is basically gone, but I did run across some random
>> piles of salt on blind curves. The potholes and gravel are pretty bad in
>> some areas too.  It's fine to ride, but you have to keep your speed down
>> and your wits about you.  If you pull over on a shoulder you need to watch
>> the gravel too.   Hopefully in the next few weeks the cars will push the
>> ugly stuff to the side of the roads."
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 11:47 AM Gary Renna <grenna at ccwinsurance.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> FYI:  I was out riding yesterday, roads north of Trenton up the river to
>> 78 the roads are still salt covered and run off everywhere.  I saw the
>> route and as you head northwest the roads will be shit. We need one more
>> heavy rain and a few more warm nights. I was out last Wed and there were
>> still patches of ice on the road up there and 2 inches of snow.
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* rtrendowski--- via NJSBMWR <njsbmwr at casano.com>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, March 11, 2021 7:01 AM
>> *To:* Greg Berger <gregspiano at gmail.com>; njsbmwr at casano.com
>> *Cc:* Greg Berger <gregspiano at aol.com>
>> *Subject:* Re: Sunday ride
>>
>>
>>
>> See u there Greg. Thanks for leading it.   Roger t
>>
>>
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>> On Thursday, March 11, 2021, 2:50 AM, Greg Berger <gregspiano at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all, as per popular demand some of us will be riding this loop again
>> this Sunday, March 14 KSU 9:30 AM CheeseQuake Rest Area. Hope to see you
>> there.
>>
>> Greg B RT 88
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>> https://link.edgepilot.com/s/2faea24e/kIr6hrLDF0eqpCSz2hk5fQ?u=https://scenicapp.space/route/lhxfpRwG
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>>
>> By the way, this loop contains some Nice back roads on the way back from
>> the Jersey side of Easton PA.
>>
>> However there are several bail out points if anybody decides you’ve had
>> enough and you’d like to slab it home.
>>
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>>
>> 🎹 Greg
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