These are our weekend trips in 2012. To register for a weekend trip, click here.
For general information on our weekend trips, click here.
For archived trips, click here.
Note: the Montauk Century Weekend has been canceled. We are still, however, offering our one-day Montauk Century.

Memorial Day Weekend Trip for Cyclists and Their Friends!
BEAR MOUNTAIN & HARRIMAN STATE PARKS
May 26-28, 2012 (Saturday morning to Monday evening)
Trip No. BMH
Space available: 20 people, e.g. 14 cyclists, 6 guests
Regular price: $155 until 11:59 pm, May 17 when registration closes
Early Bird discount price: $140 until 11:59 pm, April 26
Transportation: self-contained
Lodging: Cabins/dorm rooms
Meals: As described in About Weekend Trips
Trip Rating: A
Mileage: Hard, 50 each way with some very steep hills
Leaders: Ed Ravin and Fred Dieckamp
Note: We’ve added an option to allow friends of the cyclists to join the trip! The price is the same. The only catch is that you have to arrange your own transportation to/from the camp, e.g. car pool or train.

Our host for this adventure-filled weekend is rustic Camp Thendara, a 90-year-old mountaintop lodge on Lake Tiorati in Harriman State Park. Cyclists will do 50 hilly miles from midtown Manhattan on Saturday, going “self-contained,” meaning we’ll carry all our gear on our bikes. A rear rack and panniers to carry your gear are required. Sunday offers a variety of options: swimming, boating, hiking, biking in the park, or just relaxing. Home-cooked breakfasts and dinners, along with trail lunches, are all included in the price. Guests at Camp Thendara prepare their meals together and perform light clean-up chores. On Monday, we’ll bike home via a different route, with plenty of quiet back roads.

The Salem, New Jersey, Tidewater Ride is flat, flat, flat, and new terrain for 5BBC aficionados. We venture to a Quaker outpost in South Jersey, along the tidewaters of the Delaware River, and briefly cross into the state of Delaware. But first we catch the train to Trenton and light rail to Camden. A little rail travel gets us out of the metro area into the country. We overnight in Salem, New Jersey, explore the marsh and tidal waters, then return along the Delaware River shore. Stops may include Walt Whitman's house in Camden, the Salem Nuclear Power Plant, and Fort Mott on the Delaware state border. We bicycle 40 miles each way, and the ride is self-contained.

A Weekend in the Gunks
RIVERS & RIDGELINES
July 14-15, 2012 (depart Saturday morning, return Sunday evening)
Trip No. RNR
Price: $140 until 11:59 pm July 11 when registration closes
Transportation: self-contained / Metro-North Railroad
Lodging: hostel, semi-private rooms, shared baths
Meals: not included
Trip Rating: 90 miles, some flat, some gentle hills and a few very steep climbs. Surface is a mix of smooth pavement and unpaved trails.
Leaders: Jim Zisfein and Susan Rodetis

Rivers & Ridgelines is a two-day self-contained bike tour. "Self-contained" means we carry our clothing and supplies, either in panniers or backpacks (but not very far on this ride). We travel by Metro North train to Poughkeepsie in the heart of the Hudson Valley. From Poughkeepsie, we traverse the historic Walkway Over the Hudson en route to New Paltz where we leave our overnight stuff at the hostel. We tour Minnewaska State Park Preserve where unpaved carriageways hug cliffs and wind through the forests and meadows, revealing waterfalls and incomparable vistas. On Sunday, we explore the bucolic Wallkill River Valley on the unpaved (but easily rideable) Wallkill Valley Rail Trail before we head back to Poughkeepsie for the train home. Bicycles with at least 28 cm (1 1/4 inch) tires are recommended for unpaved trails.

Beautiful Dutchess County
SEEKIN' HYDE PARK*
August 4-5, 2012 (Depart Saturday morning, return Sunday evening)
Trip No. SHP
Regular Price: $250 until midnight, July 27 when registration closes
Early Bird Price: $225 until midnight, July 6
Transportation: Metro North Railroad / Self-Contained
Lodging: Vassar College, Alumnae House
Meals: As described in About Weekend Trips.
Trip Rating: 65 miles in 2 days, some hills
Leaders: Susan Levine and Claire Mordas
*Details Subject to Change

Pack your panniers for a self-contained trip to the historic Hudson Valley. Over the course of the weekend we'll ride the highways and byways of beautiful Dutchess County. Possible tours include the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and the estate of railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt's grandson.

A Taconic Treat
BASH BISH BASH
August 25-26, 2012 (depart Saturday morning, return Sunday evening)
Trip No. BBB
Price: $140 until 11:59 pm August 22 when registration closes
Transportation: self-contained / Metro-North Railroad
Lodging: budget lodge, semi-private rooms, communal bath
Meals: not included
Trip Rating: 100 miles in 2 days, flat to hilly terrain
Leaders: Jim Zisfein and Fritz Van Orden

This 2-day tour through Dutchess and Columbia Counties features spectacular mountain views and rolling country hills. On Saturday, Metro North takes us to the heart of the Harlem Valley where we ride rail trails and rural roads alongside the Taconic mountain range. We visit beautiful Bash Bish Falls, enjoy the view from Sunset Rock, and swim in a pond formed from an abandoned iron mine. On Sunday, the mountains give way to rolling hills. We finish our ride in Poughkeepsie on the historic Walkway Over the Hudson and savor the best chili you ever ate before catching the train home. Most of the ride is level to moderately hilly; one steep mountain climb is optional. Our ride is self-contained so you should be comfortable traveling 50 miles per day carrying panniers or a backpack with your clothing and supplies.

New features make this favorite better than ever
SEA GULL CENTURY
October 5-7, 2012 (Friday morning to Sunday evening)
Trip No. SGC
Regular price: $440
Early bird discount price (Deadline Sept. 7): $400
Transportation: Van or carpool & ferry
Lodging: 3 star motel, double accommodations
Meals: As described in About Weekend Trips.
Trip Rating: A/B/C
Mileage: 65 miles or 100 miles, mostly flat
Leaders: Steve Sakson and Wentworth Price

Maryland’s Seagull Century is often rated the best and easiest 100 in the East. Combine it with the fun features that we’ve added, and you’ve got the ingredients for an annual 5BBC favorite. The Seagull takes you through the Chesapeake Bay’s most picturesque farmland and unspoiled forests on the best-paved roads around. Sponsor Salisbury University offers great support with rest stops loaded with goodies, including pie a la mode. By midday we’ll reach Assateague Island Park, where wild ponies and tame deer will greet your arrival, and the ocean beach will restore you for the ride back. Our road trip down includes a luxurious ferry ride across Delaware Bay, and a Bike Expo where you can snag big bargains on great gear. On Sunday, we’ll take a leisurely ride on a coastal Maryland rail trail, and lunch in historic Annapolis before heading home.

Click for archive of weekend trips from: 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, and 2004.