Good morning everyone,

Now that the majority of road racing is behind us, as are the summer vacations, come on by and ride with us! Seriously, we must be the only team in the state whose group rides heat up as soon as the summer is over.

Our Sunday Pops Ride is beginner friendly, offering paces between 13-15mph and all the way on up to 20+. Routes from 18miles to 40 with an option for 60 around Round Valley. Friendly group, smooth pacelines, group ride instruction plus coffee and bagels afterwards thanks to Marc and Danny at Pops.

Our Saturday Coffee Ride is in the 35-40 mile range, rolls at an endurance pace between 16-18 with rolling hills and a possible coffee stop. Generally from Colonial Park F Lot.

5 NEW MEMBERS!

Let’s all give a warm welcome to our newest members! We are up to 79 members and with many members all over the nation, we can boast 67 active local members.

Victoria Morini, Chris and Elliot Holewski, Misha Savtchouk and Matthew Restine, welcome! Oh and seems I may have forgotten to officially welcome Matt Leonard, who joined earlier this year. (Or maybe this is the 3rd time I’m welcoming you, Matt. At this point, who could say.)

RIDE UPDATES ONLY ON STRAVA

Just a quick reminder. We’ve moved all of our ride announcements to Strava. You can join for free, and no need to connect your Garmin or upload rides. You can just use it to keep track of our ride calendar, download and navigate our routes, etc.

1. Join STRAVA.

2. Then join our TEAM SOMERSET STRAVA GROUP.

Need some more help? Head into Pops where Danny will be happy to help you. Or just reply to this message, or post a question on our Facebook group. We’ll be happy to help.

WELCOME TREK, OUR NEW SPONSOR!

We are pleased to announce our official partnership with TREK, officially called the G.A.R.T. program (Great Athletes Ride Trek). With it comes a host of benefits including 20% discount ON TOP OF Pop’s already generous discounts. This is on ALL TREK brands including Bontrager, etc. purchases through Pops.

WELCOME S.E.K. ARCHITECTS!

A big thank you to our very own Steve Kowalski and SEK Architects for sponsoring the team. Well known for beautiful additions, renovations, new homes and commercial spaces, give Steve a call.

TEAM PACTIMO STORE

With the new sponsorship comes updated kit. Please look out for a separate email from Robert. We hope to get the store open in the coming week or so.

FALL TEAM PARTY @ POPS

With 4 very successful race promotions this year, we’re happy to announce that we are ponying up $3000 in team rebates at the party this year!

Looking for a new bike? Maybe a set of wheels, helmet, bike rack, shoes? This is the event you’ve been waiting for.

With all of the discounts, we expect Trek purchases to be near or below wholesale.

What to expect:

• Get ready to STACK THE DISCOUNTS!
• Pops already generous team discounts.
• Trek G.A.R.T. discounts of about 20% on all Trek brands
• Team Sponsored Discounts! (event only)
  • 25% cash rebate on kit purchased from our upcoming fall Pactimo store.
  • 10% team sponsored rebate on all day-of purchases.
  • Team Rebate Fine print: total limit $500 discount per person, team total expenditure $3000. Pactimo rebate on team branded kit only, please bring itemized receipt. Must be present at the event and be a current member in good standing to receive team rebates.
• food, refreshments, prizes and team SWAG
• Trek representative to explain the new sponsorship details
• vendors and team sponsors

Date: 6pm, Monday October 27.

Where: Pops Bikeshop, 34 E. Main Street, Somerville. https://share.google/yL5XR57YHExLLpBxI

HUNTERDON COUNTY BIKE PLAN

Public Meeting Tuesday September 30th, 2025.
Hunterdon County is developing a countywide bicycle plan. The focus of the bicycle plan will be an interconnected countywide bicycle network. Want to be part of the conversation? See the link for more info: https://www.co.hunterdon.nj.us/2870/Hunterdon-Bicycle-Plan

C ya on the road and at the party!

Dan D