Eight riders. Three New Jersey pizzerias. A slice apiece.
This bike ride was inspired by Trenton Cycling Revolution’s ride for the area’s best Trenton tomato pie. I will miss the 2026 version with 9(!) stops, so I decided to organize my own mini version.
Continue reading “A 3-pizza bike ride: Which pie was best?”The sights you see on an all-day bike adventure!
This is kind of a revisit of a bike ride from five years ago, only reversing the start and finish.
And bringing a couple of friends along gave this route along the New Jersey side of the Delaware River a whole different perspective.
Continue reading “A fresh look at a bike route from Princeton to Philadelphia”A 28-mile bike ride to Chatpati Delhi in Central Jersey. So much food for $15 per person.
Chatpati Delhi made The New York Times’ list of the country’s 50 best restaurants in 2025. How could this not be worth a bike ride?
Continue reading “A bicycle ride to one of the best restaurants in the U.S. — a casual culinary adventure in the middle of New Jersey”A 1700s blacksmith shop in Monmouth County.
This spot in Monmouth County, N.J., was once a blacksmith’s shop owned by Abraham Lincoln.
Continue reading “What does this ruin in New Jersey have to do with Abe Lincoln?”Belmar, Asbury Park, Long Branch: the epicenter of Bruce Springsteen’s Jersey Shore.
This bicycle ride is for all those Bruce Springsteen fans, whether they are serious bike riders or not, timed for the 50th anniversary of “Born to Run”. Even if you’re just a so-so fan, you get to see the beach. What else do you need?
Continue reading “Bruce Springsteen’s Jersey Shore by bicycle: Stone Pony, Born to Run House and more”Here’s to the amazing cultural diversity of this small state.
This golden-domed, mosaic-adorned church is St. Vladimir Memorial Church in Jackson Township.
Continue reading “We bike to a Russian Orthodox Church smack in the middle of New Jersey”A 2.5-mile trail sandwiched between U.S. 1 and the train tracks.
When South Brunswick, NJ, in 2024 proudly announced that it had built the final section of its Freedom Trail, I knew I needed to check it out.
I finally got there, and here’s what I found.
Continue reading “I biked on part of South Brunswick’s Freedom Trail — here’s what it’s like”Blue Bears hires adults with intellectual or physical disabilities.
Have you discovered Blue Bears in the Princeton Shopping Center?
Continue reading “I biked to a special French cafe in Princeton that hires those with disabilities”Now I can bike the full 20-mile loop!
Let’s just say that this new boardwalk is one of the best parts of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail — and that’s saying a lot because this trail already had so wonderful spots.
Continue reading “That new boardwalk section of the Lawrence Hopewell Trail is beyond spectacular”Soozel Sweets is barely into Lawrence Township when coming from West Windsor and the Princeton Junction train station.
When NJ.com wrote about Soozel Sweets in Lawrence Township, I put it on my list of bike destinations. Ginger, cardamon .. yum.
Continue reading “It was worth getting drenched on a bike ride to this new Persian bakery in New Jersey”
