Upcoming Rides
- Sunday, April 27, 2025
- 10AAll/175454.054.00Diamond Mountain Classic RaceBob Urtnowski
Tired of casually pedaling while secretly wondering if you're the fastest in the group? Put those legs to the test! Whether you're in it for the podium or just for the post-race snacks, there's no better way to prove (or wildly overestimate) your speed. Sign up, suffer a little, and bask in the glory of race-day adrenaline!
Deadline to register is 4/7
- 10AAll/142020.020.00Frenji Cycling Opening Day Ride*Steve Crowell
Reschedued from 4/12
Join our friends from Frenji Cycling as they begin thier season along the South County Trailway. This will be a no-drop ride and you can't get lost on the bike path!
This is a great opportuity to ride with really good people!
*Unaffiliated Ride
Start: Eastview Park & Ride on Saw Mill Parkway Park at Exit 23 (North Trailway)
- Sunday, May 4, 2025
- 9AAll/155050.050.00La Primavera LargaBob Urtnowski
Welcome in Spring with a solid 50 miles and 3200' of climbing!
Join us for an 9:00am ride start from Congers Station Park, next to Primavera Pizzeria in Congers. This is a front heavy climbing route as you'll head north up 9w towards Motts Farm / Gate Hill & Call Hollow. Then give all that gain back as you descend S. Mountain and turn south down Strawtown, almost to NJ. A quick turn East takes you to Bradley Hill and after that there's only one climb left, Toga (backwards) or as we like to say, "Toga the easy way". After that it's back to Congers Station where you'll find free Pizza and refreshments.
- 10:30AAll/142019.919.90La Primavera BreveBob Urtnowski
Welcome in Spring with a formidable 20 miles and 1000' of climbing!
Join us for an 10:30am ride start from Congers Station Park, next to Primavera Pizzeria in Congers. This route takes you directly to Rockland Lake where you'll have a chance to settle in on a low traffic road. While there are no major climbs on this route, you will certainly work as you head north on Strawtown towards South Mountain. There's a climb to grind, a punchy uphill and some sweeping turns to keep your legs spinning. And just when you've had enough the last mile smooths out and leads back to free Pizza and refreshments
Sign up today!
- 9:30AAll/13.83535.035.00La Primavera MediaBob Urtnowski
Welcome in Spring with a challenging 35 miles and 2000' of climbing!
Join us for an 9:30am ride start from Congers Station Park, next to Primavera Pizzeria in Congers. This route starts with climbing as you'll head north up 9w towards the Gate Hill Grind Climb. There's a few more punchy ascents directly after but keep your friends close and around mile 14 and you'll have the opportunity to pace together through Pomona and descend South Mountain. By mile 22 the elevation smooths out and you can spin around Lake Deforest and back to Congers Station Park where free Pizza and refreshments await.
Sign up today!
- 12PAll/511.01.00LAST CALL - 2025 Jersey Try-Ons!Steve Crowell
LAST CHANCE TO TRY-ON 2025 JERSEYS FOR SIZE!
We are switching jersey styles this year. After the Primavera, try-on a sample jersey to ensure proper fit.
Our 'base model' will be the Pactimo Ascent with option for Traditional Fit or Race Fit.
We will also have the Pactimo Summit available for purchase.
At The Primavera, we'll have complete sizing kits available to try on. We'll aslso have Bib Short samples as well.
- Thursday, May 8, 2025
- 6PAll/131818.418.40Ride. Refresh. Repeat. Sponsored by The 1840 TavernDavid Booth
Welcome to Ride. Refresh. Repeat.
Join RBC every other Thursday night until we loose our light for 18.40 miles around Lake DeForest and Rockland Lake.
We'll gather across the street from The 1840 Tavern (lots of parking!) and break into groups as pace and energy level permits. The posted route will never change.
We know these roads well, so if some folks would like to ride shorter (or longer) there's plenty of cut-offs and extensions.
Our Sponsor, The 1840 Tavern welcomes us back for apres-ride festivities in thier garden or inside as riders choose.
Even if you don't want to ride, come on out and just hang-out with us so we can catch-up and share tall tales.
Hope to see you there!
- Thursday, May 15, 2025
- 6PAll/131818.418.40Ride. Refresh. Repeat. Sponsored by The 1840 TavernSteve Crowell
Welcome to Ride. Refresh. Repeat.
Join RBC every other Thursday night until we loose our light for 18.40 miles around Lake DeForest and Rockland Lake.
We'll gather across the street from The 1840 Tavern (lots of parking!) and break into groups as pace and energy level permits. The posted route will never change.
We know these roads well, so if some folks would like to ride shorter (or longer) there's plenty of cut-offs and extensions.
Our Sponsor, The 1840 Tavern welcomes us back for apres-ride festivities in thier garden or inside as riders choose.
Even if you don't want to ride, come on out and just hang-out with us so we can catch-up and share tall tales.
Hope tp see you there!
- Saturday, May 17, 2025
- 5AAll/11115115.0115.00Everest #1 - Whiteface!Seth Wiley
Come join me on National Walnut Day for an Everesting attempt!
What's an Everest you say? Well...you can read up on it by googling Everesting. And you should find the website at
https colon backslash backslash everesting dot com
The details of this ride are TBD at this point because I need to reallydecide on a hill to do the everesting on but I'm thinking Whiteface NY will be the spot.
Cadence Lodge is basically right at the base of the Whiteface Climb so that's probably where I'll stay.
Figure it'll be something like a 12+ hour bike ride. Probably more like 20 hours
Yup, you read that right. It winds up taking a lot more time than just riding at an even pace because of bathroom brakes, eating, stretching, and possibly changing clothes. So lights will probably be needed, stacked supplies of food and liquids, and similar things will need to be stowed so they're accessible efficiently during the ride. And you'll need a back up battery for your computer.0
The route itself will likely be either 10 repeats of the entire 11.5 mile climb or 27 repeats of a 2.75 mile segment that goes from the bottom to the gate (to eliminate risk of being kicked out after / before hours).
Based on speaking with other everesters and doing the 1/2 Everest last year, you get a bit zoned out after a few hours and then just need to focus on not giving up until you finish. And you wind up feeling sorta tripped out toward the end. It's a great mind over matter experience. Sorta like morning meditation.
Will I be able to do it? Will you be able to do it? We just don't know. But we'll try. And we'll be better for trying. :)
Know that Eversting does take a lot of planning so get in touch if you seriously want to work toward this. Or just come and ride as much as little as you want!
Know that you can do partial everestings. I did 1/2 last year. Actually sorta did 2 I think.
Anyway, get in touch if you wanna work toward it and we can plan together.
Rock forth.
- Sunday, May 18, 2025
- 7AAll/136262.062.002025 Bloomin' Metric*Ernie DiGiacomo
This is Sound Cyclists Bicycle Club's Premier cycling event and NOT a RBC sponsored ride
Registration open - $75 rate goes up after March 31st
Go to the https://www.bloominmetric.com/">website for more information.
We will be announcing an event venue shortly. We are just waiting for confirmation.
If enough of us want to ride, let's start a RBC Team...
4 Fully-Supported Routes: 25km, 40km, 75km, 100km
Rest stops and Food Trucks at end of Ride
*Unaffiliated Ride
Start: TBD
*Unaffiliated Ride
Start: Sherwood Island State Park Westport, Connecticut - 9:30AB/154040.040.00Sunday Club Ride - Vintage Version (Starts West Nyack!)Steve CrowellNo Rockland route is completely flat, but this one avoids the epic climbs. Starting from the 1840 Tavern, we take Strawtown/Sickletown Roads to Pearl River. Over to Rivervale Road and Old Tappan Road in NJ, and Western Highway back to West Nyack. Old Mill to Valley Cottage. Rockland Lake via Lake Road and then back to West Nyack on Strawtown Rd.
We'll regroup at a couple of easily missed turns and at the top of the one significant climb.
The ride starts at Taimoa in West Nyack. If you drive to the ride there's plenty of parking. Please be considerate and leave the prime spaces in front of the stores open.
With a bit of luck, we can meet the other group(s) back at Taimoca or 1840 Tavern for a apres-ride beverage.
Average speed: 15 mph overall average, 16-20 on the flats.
Total distance: about 41 miles with lots of options for cut offs - especially at mile 25 where we begin our northern loop.Cross Posting Encouraged! If a Leader wants to post a faster/slower/shorther/loger version great! Since we pass by the start on our way to Rockland Lake, a different group may want to hop-on.
Rain at the start will cancel the ride. If it rains later we'll get wet taking a shortcut home.
- Thursday, May 29, 2025
- 6PAll/131818.418.40Ride. Refresh. Repeat. Sponsored by The 1840 TavernDavid Booth
Welcome to Ride. Refresh. Repeat.
Join RBC every other Thursday night until we loose our light for 18.40 miles around Lake DeForest and Rockland Lake.
We'll gather across the street from The 1840 Tavern (lots of parking!) and break into groups as pace and energy level permits. The posted route will never change.
We know these roads well, so if some folks would like to ride shorter (or longer) there's plenty of cut-offs and extensions.
Our Sponsor, The 1840 Tavern welcomes us back for apres-ride festivities in thier garden or inside as riders choose.
Even if you don't want to ride, come on out and just hang-out with us so we can catch-up and share tall tales.
Hope to see you there!
- Monday, June 2, 2025
- 6PAll/13.51515.015.00Rockland Lake All Levels RideMiguelina Molina
Join us for RBC's FAMOUS (mentioned in Bicycling Magazine) LAKE RIDE.
We will meet at parking lot #5. The ride will start on the outer flat that runs from lot #5 to the Championship Golf Course. If you're a little late, just ride north (make a right out of the parking lot), and you'll eventually run into us. We'll then regroup and may continue to do some straights or go around the outer loop of Rockland Lake to tackle some small hills. This nice ride is intended as a social, slow, recovery ride, and it's perfect for new riders or new club members.
If this is your first club ride:
- Helmets are required.
- We will re-group various times. (You cannot get lost as we are riding in circles.)
- Bad weather cancels this ride.
Hope to see you!
- Thursday, June 5, 2025
- 6PAll/131818.418.40Ride. Refresh. Repeat. Sponsored by The 1840 TavernSteve Crowell
Welcome to Ride. Refresh. Repeat.
Join RBC every other Thursday night until we loose our light for 18.40 miles around Lake DeForest and Rockland Lake.
We'll gather across the street from The 1840 Tavern (lots of parking!) and break into groups as pace and energy level permits. The posted route will never change.
We know these roads well, so if some folks would like to ride shorter (or longer) there's plenty of cut-offs and extensions.
Our Sponsor, The 1840 Tavern welcomes us back for apres-ride festivities in thier garden or inside as riders choose.
Even if you don't want to ride, come on out and just hang-out with us so we can catch-up and share tall tales.
Hope tp see you there!
- Thursday, June 12, 2025
- 6PAll/131818.418.40Ride. Refresh. Repeat. Sponsored by The 1840 TavernDavid Booth
Welcome to Ride. Refresh. Repeat.
Join RBC every other Thursday night until we loose our light for 18.40 miles around Lake DeForest and Rockland Lake.
We'll gather across the street from The 1840 Tavern (lots of parking!) and break into groups as pace and energy level permits. The posted route will never change.
We know these roads well, so if some folks would like to ride shorter (or longer) there's plenty of cut-offs and extensions.
Our Sponsor, The 1840 Tavern welcomes us back for apres-ride festivities in thier garden or inside as riders choose.
Even if you don't want to ride, come on out and just hang-out with us so we can catch-up and share tall tales.
Hope to see you there!
- Monday, June 16, 2025
- 6PAll/13.51515.015.00Rockland Lake All Levels RideMiguelina Molina
Join us for RBC's FAMOUS (mentioned in Bicycling Magazine) LAKE RIDE.
We will meet at parking lot #5. The ride will start on the outer flat that runs from lot #5 to the Championship Golf Course. If you're a little late, just ride north (make a right out of the parking lot), and you'll eventually run into us. We'll then regroup and may continue to do some straights or go around the outer loop of Rockland Lake to tackle some small hills. This nice ride is intended as a social, slow, recovery ride, and it's perfect for new riders or new club members.
If this is your first club ride:
- Helmets are required.
- We will re-group various times. (You cannot get lost as we are riding in circles.)
- Bad weather cancels this ride.
Hope to see you!
- Thursday, June 19, 2025
- 6PAll/131818.418.40Ride. Refresh. Repeat. Sponsored by The 1840 TavernSteve Crowell
Welcome to Ride. Refresh. Repeat.
Join RBC every other Thursday night until we loose our light for 18.40 miles around Lake DeForest and Rockland Lake.
We'll gather across the street from The 1840 Tavern (lots of parking!) and break into groups as pace and energy level permits. The posted route will never change.
We know these roads well, so if some folks would like to ride shorter (or longer) there's plenty of cut-offs and extensions.
Our Sponsor, The 1840 Tavern welcomes us back for apres-ride festivities in thier garden or inside as riders choose.
Even if you don't want to ride, come on out and just hang-out with us so we can catch-up and share tall tales.
Hope tp see you there!
- Saturday, June 21, 2025
- 6AB/15200200.1200.105th Annual RBC Summer Solstice RideSeth Wiley
Join us for the 5th Annual RBC Summer Solstice Ride!
Many options this year including a way to join us in Nyack later in the morning.
Let's ride from Nyack to the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge, and then back.
BUT first, starting at 6am, we'll ride down to NYC and over the GWB and back to Nyack.
So secondly, if 6am is too early for you or you want to chop miles, meet us at 9am in Nyack at Coffee Ride Cafe. We'll depart at 9:15am for the remaining 160 miles of fun in the sun.We'll have lots of daylight:
Twilight = 4:50 am
Sunrise = 5:24 am
Sunset = 8:29 pm
Twilight = 9:02 pm
Total daylight hours = 15:04Route Description
For the first 40 miles, we'll pedal over the MCB and then down to the GWB and back to Nyack.
For the remaining 160 miles, we'll pedal up the west side of the Hudson avoiding Route 9W as much as possible once we leave Rockland County, but sticking close to the river. We'll head over Storm King Highway to Cornwall. Rolling through west shore towns of Newburgh, Marlboro, Milton, and Kingston. Then over the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge and down the east shore avoiding Route 9 as much as possible. Rolling through the towns of Rhinebeck, Poughkeepsie, Wappingers Falls, Beacon, Cold Spring, Peekskill, Crotonville, Ossining, and Tarrytown. Then back over the Hudson on the Shared Use Path.Only Want To Ride Partway? We Have A Solution!
Maybe you want to make a loop, but not go so far north to foreign lands? Plenty of other bridges to cut across to the return part of the route. If you start at 9am in Nyack: maybe the Bear Mountain, which would keep you under 50 miles; maybe Newburgh-Beacon, which would keep you under 90 miles; maybe Walkway Over The Hudson, which would keep you under 120 miles. These are all awesome rides with epic distances too!
Maybe you only want to ride one way? Have a loved one meet you for lunch in the country somewhere along the route. You bike there and hitch a lift home. You'll need to find a pretty sweet lunch spot though and really talk it up!Pace & Regroups
This ride is listed as B pace, but we'll ere on the lower end of 15mph, because it's 160 miles. Yowsa! Regroups are listed as "Occasional", but we'll ride as a pack on flat and rolling terrain to maximize drafting and chances of surviving the distance, slowing to regroup over larger hills. I have not yet but will add rest stops to the online route (convenience stores, gas stations) and likely a lunch stop (deli). The lunch stop will be short and sweet, under 30 min, so the rubber on our tires doesn't go cold (although the tarmac will likely be melting on this June day). Come prepared to ride with abbreviated stops, so we don't get trapped riding in the dark on the tail end.Pep Talk
While you need to come to this ride correct, we will surely have an esprit de corps to help us all through the fun times, the crazy times, and the bad times. We will all go through lots of physical, mental, and emotional cycles, but we'll do this together. A rising tide lifts all boats! Think of this ride as the good old days from your childhood, when you'd leave your house in the morning to hang out with the local kids and then spend the entire day outside getting into adventures until the sun went down. On the flip side, if your childhood was bad (sorry to hear about that), don't think about that and just focus on how good you have it now being a member of the best bike club in the known universe, the Rockland Bicycling Club.We're gonna paint a picture and we need your brush strokes to make it a thing of beauty.
- Thursday, June 26, 2025
- 6PAll/131818.418.40Ride. Refresh. Repeat. Sponsored by The 1840 TavernDavid Booth
Welcome to Ride. Refresh. Repeat.
Join RBC every other Thursday night until we loose our light for 18.40 miles around Lake DeForest and Rockland Lake.
We'll gather across the street from The 1840 Tavern (lots of parking!) and break into groups as pace and energy level permits. The posted route will never change.
We know these roads well, so if some folks would like to ride shorter (or longer) there's plenty of cut-offs and extensions.
Our Sponsor, The 1840 Tavern welcomes us back for apres-ride festivities in thier garden or inside as riders choose.
Even if you don't want to ride, come on out and just hang-out with us so we can catch-up and share tall tales.
Hope to see you there!
- Monday, June 30, 2025
- 6PAll/13.51515.015.00Rockland Lake All Levels RideMiguelina Molina
Join us for RBC's FAMOUS (mentioned in Bicycling Magazine) LAKE RIDE.
We will meet at parking lot #5. The ride will start on the outer flat that runs from lot #5 to the Championship Golf Course. If you're a little late, just ride north (make a right out of the parking lot), and you'll eventually run into us. We'll then regroup and may continue to do some straights or go around the outer loop of Rockland Lake to tackle some small hills. This nice ride is intended as a social, slow, recovery ride, and it's perfect for new riders or new club members.
If this is your first club ride:
- Helmets are required.
- We will re-group various times. (You cannot get lost as we are riding in circles.)
- Bad weather cancels this ride.
Hope to see you!
- Tuesday, July 1, 2025
- 9AAll/255050.050.00Test Ride for image content 2Steve Crowell
We will all ride like this guy
- 9AAll/24.72020.020.00Test Ride for image contentSteve Crowell
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog's back.
- Thursday, July 10, 2025
- 6PAll/131818.418.40Ride. Refresh. Repeat. Sponsored by The 1840 TavernDavid Booth
Welcome to Ride. Refresh. Repeat.
Join RBC every other Thursday night until we loose our light for 18.40 miles around Lake DeForest and Rockland Lake.
We'll gather across the street from The 1840 Tavern (lots of parking!) and break into groups as pace and energy level permits. The posted route will never change.
We know these roads well, so if some folks would like to ride shorter (or longer) there's plenty of cut-offs and extensions.
Our Sponsor, The 1840 Tavern welcomes us back for apres-ride festivities in thier garden or inside as riders choose.
Even if you don't want to ride, come on out and just hang-out with us so we can catch-up and share tall tales.
Hope to see you there!
- Saturday, August 23, 2025
- 6AAll/11111111.3111.30D2R2*Seth Wiley
D2R2 is supposedly a pretty awesome gravel ride.
It also happens to be for a very good cause.
Check it out. Google it. You should find the info under the Franklin Land Trust's website. And Bike Reg as a webpage on it.
I'm gonna do the original length, but there are other lengths too.
Camping sites are available because it's a very long event so you'll want to show up day before and will do going home day after. I reserved a campsite.
Anyway, let me know if you want to go and we can chat about carpooling, etc.
It's a challenging ride so plan and come prepared.
The original length version (180 km or 111 miles) is billed as the toughest ride most people have done in their lives. Love this! (Whatever though, right? Posh first world existence is for wusses. Hahahahaha!)
Know that the RWGPS route posted is from 2024 I think it'll be the same but not sure yet. Will look to update later
Ok. Rock forth
*Unaffiliated Ride
Start: Dean's Coffee
- Saturday, September 13, 2025
- 5AAll/11175175.0175.00Everest #2!Seth Wiley
Come join me on National Peanut Day for an the second Everesting attempt of 2025!
Why a second Eversting attempt in 1 year? Well because there is an absolute possibility that my first attept will not be completed!
What's an Everest you say? Well...you can read up on it by googling Everesting. And you should find the website at
https colon backslash backslash everesting dot com
The details of this ride are TBD at this point because I need to decide on a hill to do the everesting on.
Figure it'll be something like a 24 hour bike ride.
Yup, you read that right.
Will I be able to do it? Will you be able to do it? We just don't know. But we'll try. And we'll be better for trying. :)
Know that Eversting does take a lot of planning so get in touch if you seriously want to work toward this.
And also know that you can do partial everestings. I did 1/2 last year. Actually sorta did 2 I think.
Anyway, get in touch if you wanna work toward it and we can plan together.
Rock forth.
- Saturday, October 18, 2025
- 7AB/15100100.0100.00Charge of the LibrasSeth Wiley
Ah National Chocoloate Cupcake Day. What a wonderful invention - the cupcake and the naming of days after fun superfluous stuff!
Last year we did a century during October and over beers afterward it came about that a whole bunch of us have birthdays in October!
As such, I have decided to create this ride for us October babies entitled "Charge of the Libras". (Bear in mind I know basically nothing about astrological signs and stuff! Hehehe)
So come join the party if your birthday is in October...or thereabouts...or if you have a birthday any other time of the year and just wanna have some fun!
More details to come but this will be a somewhat local century ride.
Easy peesey. Nuff said.
Rock forth.
- Sunday, November 2, 2025
- 8:30AAll/115050.050.00Shawangunk Grit*Seth Wiley
Did I spell Shawangunk right?
A few of us did this ride last year.
It was great.
Good vibes and gorgeous views.
The money goes to a good cause too. Google it.
Get in touch if you want to do the ride so we can figure out some kind of carpooling.
Ok. Nuff said, right?
Rock forth
*Unaffiliated Ride
Start: Dean's Coffee
*Unaffiliated Rides: Rides that appear on the RBC ride calendar and show 'No Leader' are presented by other, unrelated organizations. These rides are posted for informational purposes only, as a courtesy to Rockland Bicycling Club members and others who may be interested. They are NOT official or sanctioned RBC rides.
