This is a popular ride for our group. The base ride is 16 miles, but if it’s a nice day, some of the riders like to continue on to add a few miles, and we did that.

We started with 12 riders but on the third head count, we had 10. The two missing were new to the ride and we had made multiple turns during this narrated ride through the historic district of Fairhaven. I was about to turn back, but those who knew the lost couple, assured me that they would be OK because one was a long time, avid rider. My sincere apologies to both.

I’ll be on the road with the band for two months making this the last ride I’ll be leading this year. There will be videos of our travels, and there will surely be a few bike adventures during our adventures.

We had some great turnouts for many and there were a couple of group rides I did solo. Till next year.

Healthy days.

2018 Fort to Fort Group Ride from John Sullivan on Vimeo.

Fort To Fort Bike Ride

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Sunday August 5th

Meet at Staples in Fairhaven at 8:45 for a 9 AM start.

This is a popular flat 17 mile ride, mostly on bike paths, around the peninsula of New Bedford into Fort Rodman/Fort Taber. The return takes us over the elevated bike way on the east side of the peninsula and continues to the middle of the harbor on the New Bedford Side.

We continue over the bridge into Fairhaven to visit Fort Phoenix and ride again to the center of the harbor on the Fairhaven side. Two miles back to Staples and we are done.

ROUTE MAP

CLICK HERE for directions to Staples

Wednesday Night Ride

This one is very easy.

Hiram will lead a ride from Staples in Fairhaven to Ned’s Point Light in Mattapoisett.

Wednesday

Meet at 5:45 Ride leaves Staples in Fairhaven at 6 PM

A flat easy 13.5 mix of bike path and quiet country roads.

CLICK HERE for the map my ride GPS route.

Full Buck Moon Bike Ride

Seven of our group showed up in Warren RI. Three of us rode the 10 miles from East Providence, RI. The other four drove to the path in Warren. While talking about our full moon ride, three people we have seen on the East Bay Bike Path struck up a conversation that led to them doing the ride with us.

We stopped in Colt State Park in Bristol, RI to view the sunset. The clouds rolled in just in time to block the view. We rode to the east side of the peninsula to see the moon rise. No luck on that either. The clouds cleared about an hour after the viewings had past. But we were riding. Night riding. On a warm summer night, instinctively practicing my favorite yoga practice of lifting the corners of our mouths. (smiling)

Two left the ride as we biked past the parking lot in Warren. The rest of us continued ten miles to Providence. We took a break on the India Point Park bridge for some photos, videos and a couple broke out their “nutrition” bars.

It was warm, muggy and dark for the return ride. My group of three only had a little over a mile to East Providence. The others had a ten mile ride back to Warren. At 10:30 no less. P.M.