Category: Bike Advocacy

The Ewing Green Team and the Ewing Recreation Department are pleased to announce the 4th Annual Ewing Fall Spin bike tour, to be held as a part of the 2018 Community Fest event, on Saturday, September 29, 2018, from 8:15 am to 11:00 am. The event will start and end at Campus Town at The College of New Jersey. All proceeds from this year’s event will be donated to The Arc Mercer in support of their  Food Training Center.

Individuals or teams, ages 18 years and older are encouraged to register early as there is a maximum number of 50 riders allowed. “We would love participants to sign up as individuals or come as a team of friends, family members or co-workers,” says EGT Member and Bike Ride Coordinator, Garry Keel. The Fall Spin registration fee is $20 prior to September 22nd and $25 thereafter. All persons registering by September 22nd will receive a T-shirt. Day-of-event registration will begin at 7:45 am.

The bike ride will be a 12-mile, leisurely tour of Ewing Township, with rest stops in historic locations, including St. Luke’s Episcopal Church and Higgs Park.  We will also stop at The Arc Mercer.  Don’t forget when you have completed your ride, to head over to Ewing’s Community Fest where you can meet your neighbors and enjoy one of the township’s biggest community celebrations.

For more information on the Community Bike Ride, please visit our Fall Spin webpage , email ewinggreenteam@gmail.com or call Garry M. Keel at 609-771-9611.

Summer vacations are receding in the rearview mirror, the kids are back in school, and Fall is within 2 weeks.  What better time to revive yourself by registering for Ewing’s bike tour taking place Saturday morn Sept. 24^th?  The team has just ordered the tee-shirts, and soon you will see some signage at entrances to our parks.

By going to ewinggreenteam.org/ewingfallspin you can learn all about our plans for this year’s ride. In addition to the classical printable registration form, the Ewing Recreation Department has introduced a PayPal-like system allowing online registration for an additional $3 fee.  Also, check out our route map for ride specifics along with the cue sheet with turn by turn directions that will be handed out to the cyclists.

Meet at John S. Watson Park and enjoy a leisurely tour of the township.  The ride will occur in two consecutive stages.  The first highlights our eastern section.  The second for more ambitious riders continues on and highlights our western section.  The cost is $15 for registrations prior to September 17th and $20 after to cover the cost of tee-shirts.  Registrations online [honored up until 2 pm on Friday the 23rd] also incur a $3 fee.  Tee-shirts are on order for the first 80 registrants.  So join our 2nd Annual Ewing Fall Spin, as we promote healthy lifestyles, raise awareness of bicycle safety and promote a more bikeable Ewing.

Date: September 24th (Rain or shine).
Meet Up: 8 a.m.  at John S. Watson Park (formerly Rambling Creek Park) off Upper Ferry Road
Parking: Behind Fisher Middle School.  Use the foot-bridge to walk your bike over to Watson Park
Ride Starts/Mileage:

• Stage 1( shorter) –  9:00 AM   [10 miles]
• Stage 2 (longer)- on completion of Stage 1  [14 additional miles]
• Total Ride miles – 24 miles

Police Escort:  The Ewing police will once again escort us through intersections.
SAG Support: Knapps’ Cyclery

Registration:

• Online:
  Create a User account (a one-time requirement for all Ewing programs) and fill out all required information including.  An additional $3 fee covers processing costs.  Do not use this system if you are being comped for the ride.
• In Person:
  Register and pay at the ESCC Recreation Department Office, 999 Lower Ferry Road.
• Phone in registration by Credit Card
  Call  609-883-1776 Ext. 2
• By mail
  Fill out the registration form and mail it along with your check made out to the Ewing Twp. Recreation Department to:

Registration and payment must be received by Saturday, September 17 for the $15 rate.

Both stages are totally within Ewing and include:

• John S. Watson Park – Start & end. Newly enlarged and being upgraded
• Drake Farm Park – Stage 1 rest stop features the Temple-Ryan House, home of the Ewing Township Historic Preservation Society
• Armstrong Park and the Ewing Community Gardens at Sherbrook Park – ride-bys
• Johnson Trolley Rail to Trail, historic bed of the high speed trolley run by Trenton-Princeton Traction Company 1901-1940.  Upgraded by Ewing staff with bridge repainted by the Ewing Environmental Commission.
• Banchoff Park – Stage 2 rest stop includes picnic grove, walking paths, tennis.

The ride map is provided on our webpage as well as turn by turn directions are on our Cue sheet.
Our thanks to the sponsors who have offered their support to this, our 2^nd Ewing Fall Spin.

New Jersey Maufacturers Insurance Group
Greene 750 @ Bear Tavern
Sonic 
Knapp’s Cyclery
Money Management Associates
Shop Rite
FMC
Horizon Audiology, Inc
Salerno’s III
RJ’s  Bagels
Philly Pretzel Factory (Ewing)

Our Ewing 2016 2^nd Annual Fall Spin’s compact team is starting to gear down and pedal uphill more earnestly. Won’t you join our tour?  The date is Saturday, September 24^th and we will ride out from and return to John S. Watson Park (off of Upper Ferry Road) and tour of a number of a number of Ewing Parks.

Comparing last year’s ride to this year’s: We have scheduled earlier, for a likelier warmer date of the first Saturday of Fall, September 24. We are offering all cyclists a 10-mile Stage 1, followed by a more vigorous 14-mile Stage 2 for more fit cyclists. Both stages incorporate this year’s theme of Parks and Paths. We will be affixing commercial arrows to street surfaces. Additional information, including the exact route) is available at ewinggreenteam.org/ewingfallspin.

The Ride is restricted to participants ages 18 and up and pre-registration is required to guarantee a tee-shirt. The cost is $15 (for registrations received prior to September 17th) to cover the cost of tee-shirts. Registrations received after the 17^th; including the day of the ride, cost $20. We will attempt to provide tee-shirts for late registrants but they may not be received in time for the ride.

So register today for our 2^nd Annual Ewing Fall Spin as we work to raise awareness of bicycle safety and promote healthy lifestyles and a more bike friendly town.

Pete Boughton, 609-313-5021 c
Ewing 2016 Fall Spin CoChair

Date: September 24th (Rain or shine) in case of really inclement weather and the event has to be cancelled, we will try to contact you by phone and/or email (so please print legibly on the registration form).
Meet Up: 8 a.m.  At John S. Watson Park (formerly Rambling Creek Park), off of Upper Ferry Road
Ride Starts: Promptly at 9 a.m.
Cost: $15 per person (includes a free tee shirt if your registration is received by September 17th.)  $20 per person if received after September 17th.
Registration: You may register and pay online or in person at the ESCC Recreation Department Office (or by phone with a credit card) or mail the filled out the registration form along with your check made out to the Ewing Twp. Recreation Department to:

Ted Forst (Director)
Ewing Recreation Department
999 Upper Ferry Road
Ewing, NJ 08628

Registrations and payment must be received by Saturday, September 17th to be eligible for the $15 rate.

The Ewing police will escort us through intersections.

Standard safety gear (helmets) and road compliant bicycles required. (Specific rules will be forthcoming.)