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| Welcome to the NFBC Web Site!
Your source for all the latest information on NFBC news, rides, and events. Everyone is welcome to browse the site and see what we have to offer - however, you must register on the site to able to post in the various topics in our Forum and participate in other activities only available to registered users. Please read the FAQs before registering.
You can also watch our commercial - a short video on the NFBC and the Baldwin Rail rail.
A note on safety: The NFBC is making a conscious effort to keep its rides safe and to improve the image of bicyclists in the community. If you plan on riding NFBC rides, please plan on obeying all laws of the road and the club safety rules as well as riding with courtesy to motorists and fellow bicyclists.
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| Find Your Way to NFBC Rides
Having trouble finding directions to the starting locations of rides? Problem Solved! Jeanne has created a Google map that allows you to easily get directions to NFBC Ride Start Locations. The link to it can be found by hovering over the Map link in the menu to the left, or in the top right hand corner of the Maps page. Access the map, and click on the location in the list to the left and the map centers on that location. You can then enter your address and get directions to the ride start. |
| THE SCOUT REACH TOUR
The Scout Reach Tour is a Bicycle Pledge Ride promoted by the North Florida Council Boy Scouts of America benefitting at-risk youth in North Florida Urban Boy Scouting Programs.
ScoutReach provides a positive alternative to boys living in some of our community’s most drug and crime infested neighborhoods. ScoutReach programs keep young men off the streets and active in another kind of Gang: “Scouting’s Gang with a Purpose.”
Ride Registration is via active.com.
For more information on Scouting in Northeast Florida, visit the Council Web site at: www.nfcscouting.org |
| NFBC Meeting LocationThe NFBC monthly club meeting is held at the Loop at 13760 Old St. Augustine Rd 32258. The telephone number there is 880-0204. Follow the "read more" link for additional info and directions. read more ... |
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2/14/2010 8:30 AM
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42-63 miles. Ride starts at Friendship adjacent to the MOSH and the River City Brewing Company. From there, we ride over the Acosta Bridge, through Downtown and up US17 to Eastport and Yellow Bluff. The long ride highlights the salt marshes and views of Amelia Island from Shark Road, back via Boney Road and downtown through Springfield. Bring snacks and beverages to share after the ride. Due to construction on Heckscher Drive, the route will be changed a bit. An updated map will be provided day of ride. Bring snacks and beverages and share camaraderie with your fellow riders.
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2/21/2010 8:30 AM
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30, 41, or 47 miles. The ride starts at the Imeson Road end of the Baldwin Rail Trail. A short ride along the rail trail, then we depart and head north to Ratliff, passing over the “Three Bridges”, wooden bridge that are the namesake for this ride. Ride low volume country roads and enjoy the scenery of northeast Florida. Bring your favorite snacks and beverages and socialize with your fellow members at Imeson Park following the ride. Contact John McDowell at RideDirector@nfbc.us for additional info.
Maps can be downloaded at http://www.nfbc.us/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=LHLWZQ8-hcg%3d&tabid=109&mid=539
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2/28/2010 8:30 AM
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Join Jeanne on her annual rite of Spring - touring the scenic highways and byways of Clay County looking for azaleas in bloom. Jeanne's AZALEA RIDE to Ravine State Gardens in Palatka. 8:00 AM - 100 miles from Winn-Dixie, 1545 County Road 220, Orange Park, FL, 32003 9:15 AM - 75 miles from Cove Plaza in Green Cove Springs (on west side of US 17, just south of SR 16 east). Bring $1.00 to enter the park. RIDE CAPTAIN: Jeanne - Email BiknJeanne@aol.com or call 904-563-7724.
See next event for the C/S companion ride - the Cracker Swamp Ride.
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For more Club Rides, Click HERE |
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 | Lance Armstrong Foundation
Unity is strength, knowlege is power, and attitude is everything. |
 | FBA First Coast Chapter
The Florida Bicycle Association with a new regional approach. Our First Coast Chapter focuses on this four-county population center and will be a voice for the needs of First Coast cyclists! Our mission, values and purpose are FBA’s, regionalized for the First Coast |
 | National Bike Registry
Since 1984, the National Bike Registry (NBR®) has been working with law enforcement to return stolen bikes to their rightful owners. |
 | Team in Training
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Team In Training® is the world's largest endurance sports training program. |
 | Share TheRaod
Help make Florida a bicycle-friendly state
Get Your "Share the Road" license plate |
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