Tour de Creme

2017 Tour de Creme.  Ride and eat free ice cream.

50 miles, 5 ice cream stops. or

25 miles, 3 ice cream stops. or

19  or 10 miles for 2 stops.

How can one beat that?

2017 Tour de Creme from John Sullivan on Vimeo.

Tour de Creme Practice Ride

Two of us set out to ride this Sunday’s Tour de Creme 50 mile loop option, just for the fun of it.

 

Last years video.

Tour de Creme 2016 Jan 2017 cut from John Sullivan on Vimeo.

Wednesday Night Casual Ride

Moby Dick Brewing

When: Every Wednesday

Where:  Meet at Moby Dick Brewing at the bottom of Union St. in New Bedford for a 6 PM start.  The ride also ends here and everyone is invited to socialize in the brewery.

The Ride:   Around the New Bedford peninsula and over both Harbor Walks.

Riding the Harbor Walks from John Sullivan on Vimeo.

Full Moon Ride with Fall River Bike

Full Moon Ride in Providence RI from John Sullivan on Vimeo.

This Week’s Rides

This week:

Full Moon Ride. Flower Moon. Flowers spring forth in abundance this month.

Wednesday:

Meet at Moby Dick Brewing for a 6 PM ride to Mattapoisett. Part bike path and part back roads to Ned’s Point Light.

If you would rather.

Full Moon Ride in Newport RI
Where: Bike Newport, 62 Broadway
When: Wednesday May 10th, 8:15PM
About: Join us on our monthly bike ride through Newport, guided by the full moon!
Cost: Free

Friday: We will join the Fall River gang for a day after the full moon ride on the East Bay Bike Path.

Date: Friday 5/12/17.
Location: EBBP off Rt 103 near Del’s Lemonade.
Time:
Arrive: 5:45PM
Departure: 6:00PM promptly
Distance is flexible.
Rain cancels the ride.
We will ride toward Providence till we decide to turn around.

Bikes should have adequate lighting.
Bring water, snacks, cameras and anything else you might want or need.
Keep in mind that it will be cooler after sundown.

SouthCoast Joyful Riders Wednesday Ride

Wednesday 6 PM
Moby Dick Brewing. Corner of Union and South Water in New Bedford.

Mark your calendar for the May 3rd Wednesday night Joyful Riders.   All biking skill levels are welcome, no one’ll be left behind. Expect a joyful-conversational pace of 10 mph, but the group will determine our speed. This ride will start and end at Moby Dick Brewery, Union and South Water in New Bedford.  A 10 mile casual ride at a casual pace to the peninsula of New Bedford, riding over both Harbor Walks and into Fort Rodman.

We also have a friend of the Joyful Riders who is captain of Tilt Racing in Austin, TX  joining us this week. Come ride with us and meet a sprint racer.  He is not setting the pace so no worries.

Brandon Racing

Meet at Moby Dick Brewing for the 6 PM start.

SouthCoast Joyful Riders Wednesday Night Ride

Every Wednesday in April and May.

Ride starts and ends at Moby Dick Brewing on Union and South Water Street in New Bedford. Across from the YMCA.

Rides begin at 6 PM

All biking skill levels are welcome, no one’ll be left behind. Expect a joyful-conversational pace of 10 mph, but the group will determine our speed. This ride will end at Moby Dick Brewing on Union and South Water in New Bedford.

This week we will ride the two New Bedford Elevated Harbor Walks at a casual pace. The ride is mostly bike path and bike lanes with some quiet streets at the start. Bring a lock, bike lights, a spare tube in case you get a flat.  Most of all, bring your camera.  The vistas are spectacular.

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Oh What A Ride It Was

Austria Bike tour 001
A good day bike touring.  Salzburg to Vienna 2007
My long distance bike touring days are over. There were great times and times that made me say, “this really sucks”.  The days that sucked are the ones we talk about the most because they were only bad that day.  Tomorrow was a fresh start and none of us ever really thought that much about yesterday.

Seeking Shelter
Not a good day bike touring.  (Erie Canal 2008)
Adventure cycling is the organization you want to contact if your going to tour in the US. The following is a wonderful short documentary of the history of bike touring.