Road Biking New Jersey

I was born and raised in New Jersey and have been riding a bike around these roads for most of my adult life. I love living and biking in this state even with all it faults. I wrote Road Biking New Jersey to show that New Jersey is a great place ride a bike. The book is available at your local book store or here on amazon.

Although it was a year of hard work, researching, mapping out and riding all the routes this book has been a lot of fun and has reaffirmed my belief that this state has a lot to offer bikers. I'm sure if you spend some time on the roads here you will agree.

This book is about bike riding, on the roads, in New Jersey and contains thirty-five great rides you can do. The rides in this book cover a variety of distances, terrain, locations, and traffic conditions. There are short rides (12 to 25 miles), medium rides (25 to 50 miles), long rides (50-plus miles), and even one marathon 232-mile ride. In the northwest you will find some challenging hilly rides; in the central and south you will find some rolling to flat rides. No matter what your ability or preference, you should be able to find a ride here that will fit your style.

The rides in this book were designed with the average recreational rider in mind-you don't need to be an elite athlete to complete any of them. With a little training and some miles, any healthy person should be able to enjoy these rides. The rides were also designed with touring in mind. Most rides overlap one or two other rides, so you can shorten or lengthen them to accommodate your ability and desired number of miles.

All the rides in the book are presented in a standard format. Each ride includes information about the length, terrain, and location of the starting point as well as a detailed turn by turn set of directions and a map. There is also a complete description of each ride that points our possible hazards and things to see along the way. With this information anybody should be able to follow these routes even if they are not familar with the area.

Here is the list of rides you will find in the book. Click on the ride name with links to see pictures from the ride:

	Name	Miles	Type of Terrain	Starting Town
1	New York Views Ramble/Challenge	10–50 miles	Rolling to hilly	Fort Lee
2	Great Swamp Ramble	18 miles	Flat to rolling	Meyersville
3	Saddle River Ramble	25 miles	Rolling	Saddle River
4	The Gap Cruise	41 miles	Rolling to hilly	Delaware Water Gap
5	High Point Hill Challenge	42 miles	Rolling to Hilly	Dingmans Ferry
6	Merrill Creek Challenge	50 miles	Hilly	Milford
7	Kittatinny Cruise	40 miles	Rolling	Andover
8	Jockey Hollow Hilly Cruise	32 miles	Rolling to hilly	Morristown
9	Twist and Tumble Ramble/Challenge	18–30 miles	Flat or hilly	Stockton
10	Covered Bridge Ramble	16 miles	Flat to rolling	Stockton
11	D&R Canal Ramble	28 miles	Flat	Rocky Hill
12	Princeton Tour Ramble	23 miles	Flat to rolling	Princeton
13	Sourlands Valley Cruise	30 miles	Flat to rolling	Hillsborogh
14	Hill Slug Cruise	43 miles	Rolling to hilly	Pennington
15	Lindbergh Long Hill Cruise	40 miles	Rolling to Hilly	Rocky Hill
16	Round Valley Reservoir Challenge	64 miles	Rolling to Hilly	Rocky Hill
17	Assunpink Ramble	20 miles	Flat to rolling	Hightstown
18	Clarksburg Cruise	40 miles	Rolling	Cranbury
19	Rues Road Roller Coaster Cruise	38 miles	Rolling	West Windsor
20	Mendokers’ Bakery Ramble	27 miles	Flat to rolling	Cranbury
21	Rova Farms Cruise	43 miles	Flat to rolling	Allentown
22	Basic Training Challenge	54 miles	Flat to rolling	Bordentown
23	Sandy Hook Ramble/Challenge	11–70 miles	Flat to rolling	Sandy Hook or Freehold
24	Belmar and Back Ramble/Classic	28or84 miles	Flat to rolling	Cranbury or Howell
25	Long Beach Island Ramble	14–35 miles	Flat	Long Beach Island
26	Cape May Ramble	16 miles	Flat	Cape May
27	Fort Mott Challenge	57 miles	Flat	Salem
28	Batsto Village Cruise	50 miles	Flat	Hammonton
29	Medford Lakes Cruise	45 miles	Flat	Columbus
30	Belleplain Challenge	54 miles	Flat	Woodbine
31	Pine Barrens Cruise	45 miles	Flat	New Lisbon
32	Zoo Cruise	54 miles	Flat	Pittsgrove
33	Atlantic City Boardwalk Ramble	12 miles	Flat	Atlantic City
34	Cross State Classic	68 miles	Rolling to flat	Washington Crossing
35	Longest Day Classic	232 miles	Hilly to flat	Montague