The Ride to Lambertville and The Monthly Luncheon

June 23rd and 24th

I had talked with some cycling friends about riding to Lambertville.  For the SoWeFlo cyclists.....Lambertville is a hilly ride and not like the flat roads of FL. 

I hadn't done hills in over 10 months so I warned my friends that I would be slow.  Here are some photos of the roads and sites.

The first "REAL" climb towards Lambertville

Theresa and Mike are my cycling friends who ride these roads pretty often.


We decided to do a 30-35 mile ride with a coffee/rest stop in Lambertville.  We chose Lambertville Trading Company for the rest stop at mile 20.

Lambertville Trading Company Coffee Shop


We came back the usual route up Quarry Road which is about a one to two mile climb out of Lambertville.  My legs felt like lead because we probably stopped too long at the rest stop but that's the price you pay.

Here are some other sites along the way back home.

You can find these on the lawn on a homeowner.   The previous owners painted a Snoopy on one rock and a dinosaur on another.  We call the hill....Dinosaur Hill.....which anyone who rides to Lambertville and back knows very well.

We came back through a town called Pennington.  On Main Street is this....

This is an painted oxen done by local artists.  You can find these all over the area.  In fact one of our own Princeton Freewheeler's ....or at least he used to be.....painted an ox that depicting George Washington and his men.  It was sold at auction to support the arts for a tidy sum !!

It was a humid day but we finished the ride by 11 AM and I was happy to know that I still had a little bit of climbing legs left after 10 months and the flat roads of FL!







On the Wednesday ride with Team Social Security (TSS for short) we rode out of Allentown, NJ and stopped in New Egypt for coffee at Scott's Market before heading back to the monthly luncheon.  Once a month the riders get together to share a meal at La Piazza.....a local Italian restaurant.  There were at about 20-25 people who attended the luncheon.  Even the wives and some non-riders attended .

Thank you Dennis for arranging the luncheon.  We couldn't do it without you!


On a separate note.....Tom Hammell, Laura Lynch, Ron Semansky and Marco are headed to Bike Virginia on Thursday.  They will stop at Skyline Drive and do a short 25 mile to get their climbing legs ready for the weekend.  Good luck to you all.  I hope the rain holds off so that you can enjoy the event!