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  • 2023  Season Welcome

    Welcome to the 2023 cycling season.  Your Ganaraska Freewheelers Executives (Michel, Lilianne, Jennifer, Jen, and Ruth) and Ride Coordinators (Brian & Gail, Paul & Sue) are pleased to officially launch the 2023 cycling season. Season Opener Ride: Friday, April 14 at 10:00 am This year, our first official ride is on Friday, April 14 to keep

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  • Long Tour to Merrickville in August 2023

    Your Tuesday Ride Coordinator Sue has been busily researching our options for a long tour together in August. Please comment on this post or head over to Facebook and provide your feedback on a similar post there. Plans are in the making for our cycling trip in Merrickville from August 14 to the 17th. We

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  • Reminder of AGM: Saturday, November 5 at 1:00 pm

    Please note that we have emailed you the agenda for the upcoming Freewheelers AGM, Saturday November 5, 2022 at 1:00 p.m. to be held at Gail Lupton and Stephen Shine’s home in Bowmanville. Just a reminder about the food from our Hold the Date email that went in early October: bring your favourite dish of

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  • August 22-23: A special invitation from Rodger & Margaret

    Our club is blessed with so many good friends and good times. Our newest members, Rodger and Margaret, extend a gracious invitation to club members to join them later in August on their little island retreat near Bon Echo. This post is a bit of a departure from our experiment on Facebook, but we wanted

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  • Welcome to the GFW’s 2022 Cycling Season

    Welcome Freewheelers to the 2022 cycling season. Your Ganaraska Freewheelers Executives (Barb, Lilianne, Jennifer, Tara and Ruth) and Ride Coordinators (Brian & Gail, Sue & Marshall) are pleased to officially launch the 2022 cycling season. Last year’s cycling season started with our traditional Easter Friday ride. And then COVID-19 interrupted us yet again until June

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  • Spring fever anyone?

    Spring fever anyone?

    Anyone else out there excited that Spring is around the corner? Your GFW execs are meeting today to get the ball rolling on our 2022 cycling season. We’ll be updating the website in the coming week and will get you the details soon via an email and a website post – if you have any

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  • Riding from Garden Hill – Tuesday, November 2

    And just when you thought it was time to put your cycling shoes and spandex to bed for the winter, hark, we have one more ride! Join us at Pete and Ruth’s for the last official Tuesday ride of the season starting at 10:00 am. The route is one we’ve done before from our place.

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  • Riding from North Port Hope — Saturday, October 30

    This Saturday, October 30 is our final ride of the season! Bess is going to be our host, and it starts at 10 am from her home. Address is in the member directory and the calendar. Doug Barlow is going to be our ride leader, and we will follow him wherever he takes us! Plenty

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  • Riding from the Baltimore Arena – Tuesday, October 26

    We’re returning to the Baltimore Arena where another totally successful Freewheeler cycling season began way back on Good Friday, April 2nd. Did someone mention a Pandemic? Marianne is hosting this Tuesday’s club ride and she invites you to join her on a fun ride through some of the best biking roads in the area as

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  • Riding from Castleton – Saturday, October 23

    This Saturday’s ride, the Warkworth Variant, will be hosted from Harold’s estate near Castleton. Ride commences at 10am. Maps will be available from the host with the most! Plenty of room for visiting and picnicing with friends on the lawn after the ride. Harold is looking forward to seeing everyone who can join.

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