NEW DATE – SAME GREAT RIDE! Join us March 31st for our Spring Fat Tire Ride. Meet at 1, ride at 1:30 and return at 3 to The Rock Kitchen & Bar for fellowship and happy hour drink specials.
This is the day the clocks go forward, but don’t worry – we’re going to wait until the sun is high in the sky and the air is warm before we get underway.
Peanut Rolls are fun, slow-rolling group rides designed to show public support for the completion of the Amherst Peanut Line Trailway. We’ll be riding nearly 5 miles predominantly graded, grassy trail along the right-of-way of the former Canandaigua-Niagara Falls Railway (aka the “peanut line”).
We can ride almost the entire route as it exists today. There is one section that will require a detour onto adjacent roadways, and when we reach Audubon we’ll mass-up before the return ride.
We’re happy to have The Rock as a host venue for this event. They will have great drink specials for our riders, and they’ve been a great host venue for us as they are right on the Clarence side of the peanut line, so please show them some love.
A few notes for riders. This will be a self-supported ride, so please make sure your bike is in good condition and fit for an off-road ride.
There will be sections where you will have to dismount your bike, and there will be unmarked road crossings, so be alert and please keep with the group. As always, please call out hazards and use hand signals to communicate. Finally, we will be observing vehicle and traffic laws whenever on roadways.
We are billing this as a fat tire ride, and the wider the tire the more stable the ride. That said, If you wish to ride a mountain bike or hybrid and you are an experienced rider in reasonable physical condition you will probably find the trail manageable.
We don’t recommend road bikes for an early March off-road ride, but we will be riding on an open public trail and we cannot prohibit you. That said, we ask that you refrain from doing anything that would put yourself or others at risk.
Remember, by participating in this ride you will be representing the cycling community. We are here to be positive and supportive, and respectful of neighboring properties that adjoin the trail. Please conduct yourselves accordingly — and enjoy the ride!