The Ride to Belmar

Saturday July 25th

My buddy Ron and I had been talking about a ride to Belmar, which is one of the many shore areas of NJ. Coincidentally our good buddy Laura was planning to lead a ride today and it was to Belmar so my buddy Ron and I decided to join her on the ride today. It was a graduated ride....a century leaving from her house, 85 miles from Mercer County Park and the final start point of Etra Park which ended up being 70 miles.

Our fearless leader.....Laura....OLPH ( Our Lady of the Perpetual Headwinds)


We had a rest stop at the Jackson Deli but the big stop was at the boardwalk area of Belmar.

The boardwalk is actually on the street on Ocean Ave

Some happy faces at the rest stop

 This boardwalk is made out of plastic.  It was replaced due to Superstorm Sandy

On the way back some wheels touched and two riders went down hard.  Some road rash, bloody elbows and knees and ripped jerseys and both riders hit their heads hard on the road but thank goodness....due to helmets......everyone was able to get back on their bikes and get back to the rest stop without calling 911.

The odometer reading at the end of the ride.   Glad that the ride was finished and that all those that were involved in the accident made it back to the ride start.