Named one of Bicycle Magazine’s Eight Great Holiday Day Rides, the Hollydays’ Lights ride is back again this year and we are holding the ride once again on two different dates, pre- and post-Christmas. This is the post-Christmas version. Layer up and come join us for a Christmas week ride through parts of western Brooklyn to check out the holiday lights. We will ride at a leisurely pace to lighting displays in Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Bensonhurst. Midway we'll stop in Bay Ridge for a chance to get a holiday treat, hot chocolate or perhaps a slice from Nino's. Bring lock and money for... more
Day Rides
Thu, Dec 29, 2016
Hollydays Lights Ride - Post Christmas Version
The Classic
6:15pm
Sat, Jan 7, 2017
Ice Cream Social
A Ride to Eddy's Sweet Shop
10:30am
Happy New Year. Let's put those pesky resolutions to bed and go eat ice cream. Yeah, we know its the middle of the winter, but for the true ice cream lover there is no right season to indulge our desires. Eddies Sweet Shop has been part of the Forest Hills community since 1909 - and the store is unchanged since the 1920's or 1930's. They make their own ice cream, and generally do things the old fashioned way. And, their malteds are just amazing.
Layer up, and join us as we ride to this Icon in Queens. There will be no lunch stop on this ride - we are just gonna eat desert... more
I Get Through The Winter With A Little Help From My Friends (and Bicycle!) ...
11:00am
This is an impromptu ride around the Bronx via the Bronx Greenways. We will start at 11am from Van Cortland and 242nd Street. This ride will take us, well, we're not 100% sure (it is after all an IMPROMPTU ride). But for those who must have some structure, we will be making a stop at the Bartow-Pell Mansion ($5.00 admission). From there we will continue along the greenway and head back to Riverdale where we will end our ride at the lunch spot: An Beal Bocht.
Sat, Jan 14, 2017
Around the world to Filmore's
A fun eating and watering hole
10:00am
Saturday January 14,2017
A midwinter’s ride to Fillmore’s
Meet at 10:00A.M. Starbucks Queens Blvd and Union Tpke South side
Join Ed & Liz on our Ride to Fillmore’s for lunch. This will be an easy flat ride of 25-30 miles through the borough of Queens. We will circle the globe and eat in a pub like atmosphere.
Join us on this warm winter journey for a trip and a great lunch at the end of the ride. Bring $10-15, for a real lunch- Bring bike lock, and a good attitude. Restaurant is bike friendly.
Leaders Ed Pino Liz Baum
Sun, Jan 15, 2017
Dead Horse Bay
Bottle Beach
10:00am
One man's trash is another man's treasure. Once upon a time, Barren Island was a vibrant community with schools, churches and even an airstrip. The area was used as the final resting place for dead horses, glue factories, fish oil factories and of course a dump. Then along came Robert Moses who removed the town, and joined the island to the mainland with fill. Alas, the landfill cap busted, and to this day, ancient bottles continue to litter the beach. This is a remote area in Brooklyn and you feel that you are somewhere removed from NYC. There is a destitute beauty. Lunch will be... more
The Fireside Ride II
A Stay Warm Winter Adventure
10:00am
January just begs for a fireplace, wool socks, and a hot toddy -- did we say that already? Well, today is the day -- and -- lo and behold -- only a few days short of the Inauguration!
Come join is as we meander and stumble to Jamaica Estates in quest of Donald Trump's home hearth, his early schooling -- a humble red-brick schoolhouse -- and, depending on the temps, a jaunt out to Coney Island for a quick visit to Dad's Trump Village. Note: If we do not detour to Coney Island (and add an additional 15 miles), we'll stay snugly in Queens, and saunter down to -- as... more
Sat, Jan 21, 2017
Winter Training: Columbus Circle to Piermont
8:30am
Come join us on a Quick Spin Lite Morning 49 mile/2,309 feet elevation gain ride to Piermont! We will maintain a 16 mph on flat speed except if there are strong head winds that may slow us down.
Please, note that this ride will be canceled if it is below 35 degree Fahrenheit at 7am. Check the 5BBC website for any last minute cancelations.
We meet at 8:30 am sharp at Columbus Circle, ride over the GW Bridge and via quiet back roads to Piermont and back. Plan is to be back by 3pm-ish to indulge possibly in some warm beverages and a real lunch. There won’t be any... more
Brooklyn Parks - Winter Edition
Lunch at the Polish Slavic Center
10:00am
Calling all Happy Face Riders - and our regular steady Winter crew. If you have never taken a Winter ride before - this is the ride for you. The light is different in the Winter, and there is a stark beauty to many of these parks. Stating at Grand Army Plaza, we ride to Red Hook to visit Erie Basin Park and the Valentino Pier. We then ride through the gorgeous Brooklyn Bridge Park for those iconic views of Manhattan and the Bridges. The ride then heads up to Williamsburg and Greenpoint where we visit Grand Ferry Park, Bushwick Inlet Park, and Transmitter Park. Our final park is... more
Sat, Feb 4, 2017
Ramblersville in Winter
A Groundhog Day Ride
10:00am
Groundhog Day was only two days before, and by know we will definitely know whether Ol Man Winter will continue to reign. Which can only mean that it is time for our annual cold weather ramble to Ramblersville. The last three years had temps in the 20's - perfect for that iconic cold weather ride. One of the most isolated neighborhoods in New York City, Ramblersville is a one block wide strip of land between Old Howard Beach and JFK. Houses are built on stilts in this marshy spit of land. We cross one of the most scenic foot bridges in NYC. The squawks of the parrots will be the... more
Sat, Feb 18, 2017
Presidents weekend ride to Fillmore's
A mediocore ride for a mediocore President
10:00am
SaturdayFebruary 18,2017
A midwinter’s ride to Fillmore’s
Meet at 10:00A.M. Starbucks Queens Blvd and Union Tpke South side
Join Ed & Liz on our Ride to Fillmore’s for lunch. This will be an easy flat ride of 25-30 miles through the borough of Queens. We will circle the globe and eat in a pub like atmosphere.
Join us on this warm winter journey for a trip and a great lunch at the end of the ride. Bring $10-15, for a real lunch- Bring bike lock, and a good attitude. Restaurant is bike friendly.
Leaders Ed Pino Liz Baum
Sun, May 14, 2017
A Ride to the Great Falls
In Paterson, New Jersey
9:30am
Join us for our annual springtime semi-training scenic adventure to one of the -- truly -- East Coast wonders of the world, The Paterson Falls, and a tour of labor history at the turn of the century in this old "Silk City" mill town that was the inspiration for the American epic, Paterson, by poet W.C. Williams, and many many labor strikes. Today, as then, the Silk City is a town of immigrants, and after touring the falls and museums, we'll lunch at an authentic Peruvian family restaurant where the indigenous drink, chicha morada, flows from pitchers as red as wine.
Note: Although... more
Sat, Jul 8, 2017
New Jersey -- Coast to Coast II
Bordentown to Point Pleasant!
9:00am
This is our second attempt at an inaugural two-part 5BBC ride that traverses the length of New Jersey, from the tranquil Delaware River to the roiling Atlantic Ocean!
The ride begins in Trenton, NJ, and travels, via the Delaware tow path to historic Bordentown (home of Tom Paine). From there, we move into the interior -- back roads and old-style country diners and flea markets -- with lunch at Tootie's, a New Egypt institution (along with their spectacular one-of-a-kind ice cream sundaes), before heading out into the uncharted northern fringes of the Pine Barrens (a long stretch on... more