Looking for recs for good places for biking in philly. As a recent transplant to the philly area (In Cherry Hill, NJ) use to Central Park. For serious riding (ie not alot of casual riders). I drove by Fairmount park and saw alot of riders, this seems like the go to place. Thanks!
go look at my strava or garmin connect (adam furlong), and you’ll see a lot of the same routes over and over again. there are a lot of good training options!
Probably best to go to a shop and ask for advice. I don’t know about Cherry Hill but for Philly proper the guys at Breakaway will point you in the right direction.
A lot of the good roads in the area are Northwest. Museum loop, Fairmont east and Valley Forge are good. Check out West River Drive tts Saturday mornings and the drives ride Tuesday evening.
I’ve found that rides through Camden lead to higher AP rides.
If you MTB Wissahickon is a must!
Probably best to go to a shop and ask for advice. I don’t know about Cherry Hill but for Philly proper the guys at Breakaway will point you in the right direction.
A lot of the good roads in the area are Northwest. Museum loop, Fairmont east and Valley Forge are good. Check out West River Drive tts Saturday mornings and the drives ride Tuesday evening.
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Breakaway is very good but Bikesmith is the absolute best.
Probably best to go to a shop and ask for advice. I don’t know about Cherry Hill but for Philly proper the guys at Breakaway will point you in the right direction.
A lot of the good roads in the area are Northwest. Museum loop, Fairmont east and Valley Forge are good. Check out West River Drive tts Saturday mornings and the drives ride Tuesday evening.
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Breakaway is very good but Bikesmith is the absolute best.
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on weekends west river is closed to traffic - good to start there, head west - hope on River Trail and you can go for miles. flat, fast, no traffic (a bit boring at time), you will see a ton of other bikers out there. you can take it all the way to Oaks, which is about 25 or so miles, if you start on west river drive. you can also hop off the trail in valley forge, Phoenixville, etc and find some hills.
Is bikesmith organizing rides at this point? I train in the Philly area and spend a lot of time riding solo or with yournotunique on West River Drive out to Valley Forge/Phoenixville. I’ve enjoyed the Breakaway group rides when I do them, but would definitely be down for trying other group rides out.
yup, saturday rides, generally 30 miles, no drop. pace is highly dependent on who shows up. i think they roll at about 9a. i’ve done it a few times as recovery rides - learned some new routes that i hadn’t seen before, and i’ve lived in philly for 5 years!
if your in Cherry Hill, check out allbikerides.com for group rides in South Jersey by riding level, but road bike groups… if you show up on your tri bike, just stay on horns unless your pulling. if riding in Philly, check out breakaway and bikesmith, imo. bikesmith started doing group rides… you can get a lot of hilly riding just outside of Philly.
i’m in Marlton and ride out east towards Chatsworth, long stretch of roads out there w/ wide shoulders and minimal traffic.