Philadelphia and the Countryside
PennDOT District Bicycling/Pedestrian Coordinators Steve Dunlop - District 6 Steve Pohowsky - District 5 Bucks, Montgomery, Chester, Northampton, Berks and Lehigh Counties Philadelphia, and Delaware Counties 1002 Hamilton Street 7000 Geerdes Boulevard Allentown, 18101 King of Prussia, 19406 (610) 871-4490 (610) 205-6996 [email protected]
Bicycle Advocacy Organizations Southeastern Pennsylvania Bicycle The Coalition for Appropriate Issues Task Force Transportation (CAT) 190 North Independence Mall West Lehigh Valley Bike/Ped Transit Center Philadelphia, 19106 60 W. Broad Street Contact: John Madera Bethlehem, 18018 (215) 238-2854 Contact: Steve Schmitt (610) 954-5744 The Bicycle Coalition of Greater [email protected] Philadelphia (BCGP) 252 S. 11th Street Philadephia, 19107 Contact: John Boyle (215) BICYCLE
Planning Organizations Delaware Valley Regional Berks County Planning Commission Planning Commission Berks County Services Center 190 North Independence Mall West 633 Court Street, 14th Flr 8th Floor Reading, 19601 Philadelphia, 19106 (610) 478-6300 Contact: John Madera Contact: Michael Golembiewski (215) 238-2854 [email protected] [email protected] www.co.berks.pa.us/planning
Lehigh Valley Planning Commission 961 Marcon Boulevard, Suite 310 Allentown, 18109 (610) 264-4544 Contact: Joe Gurinko [email protected]
Philadelphia and the Countryside 28 Tourism Promotion Agencies/Convention and Visitors Bureaus Bucks County Conference Lebanon Valley Exposition Corporation and Visitors Bureau, Inc 80 Rocherty Road 3207 Street Road, Bensalem, 19020 Lebanon, PA 17042 (800) 836-2825 (717) 273-3670 www.buckscountycvb.org www.visitlebanoncounty.com
Brandywine Conference Lehigh Valley Convention and Visitors Bureau and Visitor’s Bureau One Beaver Valley Road, Chadds Ford, 19317 840 Hamilton Street, Suite 200 (800) 343-3983 Allentown, 18101 www.brandywinecvb.org (800) 747-0561 www.lehighvalleypa.org Chester Co. Conference and Visitors Bureau Philadelphia Convention & Visitor’s Bureau 17 Wilmont Mews Suite 400 1700 Market Street, Suite 3000 West Chester, 19382 Philadelphia, 19103 (800) 228-9933 215-636-3000 www.brandywinevalley.com www.philadelphiausa.travel
Historic Bethlehem Welcome Center Greater Reading Convention 505 Main Street, Bethlehem, 18018 and Visitors Bureau (610) 868-1513 2525 North Street, Suite 101 www.historicbethlehem.org Reading, 19605 (800) 443-6610 Greater Philadelphia Tourism www.readingberkspa.com Marketing Corporation 30 S. 17th Street, Suite 1710 Valley Forge Convention Philadelphia, 19103 and Visitor’s Bureau (215) 599-0776 600 West Germantown Pike, Suite 130 www.gophila.com Plymouth Meeting, 19462 (610) 834-1550 Independence Visitor Center www.valleyforge.org One North Independence Mall West 6th & Market Streets, Philadelphia, 19106 (800) 537-7676 www.independencevisitorcenter.com
AYH Hostels Bank Street Hostel • 32 South Bank Street, Philadelphia, 19106. (215) 922-0222. www.bankstreethostel.com Chamounix Mansion Hostel • Chamounix Dr, W. Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, 19131 (215) 878-3676. www.philahostel.org Weisel Hostel • 7347 Richlandtown Road, Quakertown, 18951. (215) 536-8749 www.buckscounty.org/government/departments/ParksandRec/RecreationSites/AboutWeisel.aspx Tyler House, Tyler State Park • P.O. Box 94, Covered Bridge Trail • Newtown, 18940 (215) 968-0927
Philadelphia and the Countryside 29 Regional Bicycling Publications Bike Rides-The Lehigh Valley, Joint Planning Comm., Lehigh-Northampton Cos., 961 Marcon Boulevard, Suite 310, Allentown, 18109. (610) 264-4544.
Bicycle Shops (Shops, listed alphabetically by city or town, sell and service bikes and provide maps or other touring information. Shops designated by an * also provide rentals) ALLENTOWN EASTON HARLEYSVILLE *Bike Line of Allentown Broken Spoke *Bikeworks 1728 Tilghman Street Bicycle Shop 500 Main Street (610) 437-6100 110 South 18th Street (215) 513-7550 www.bikeline.com (610) 258-4404 KING OF PRUSSIA AMBLER Genesis Bicycles Human Zoom Bikes McFarland Bike Shop 126 Bushkill Street and Boards 15 North Main Street (610) 253-1140 740 West DeKalb Pike (215) 646-2843 www.genesisbicycles.com (610) 337-3003 www.humanzoom.com ARDMORE EXTON Human Zoom Bike Line MONTOGOMERYVILLE 47 West Lancaster Avenue 292 East Lancaster Bike Line (610) 649-9839 (610) 594-9380 803 Horsham Road www.humanzoom.com www.bikeline.com (215) 361-7900 *Exton Bicycles www.bikeline.com BETHLEHEM 337 East Lincoln Highway Bike Line NARBERTH (610) 363-2747 2112 Shoenersville Road Mainly Bikes www.genesisbicycles.com (610) 691-0943 229 Haverford Avenue www.bikeline.com EXETER (610) 668-2453 Sickler’s Bike and www.mainlybikes.com BROOMALL Sport Shop Bike Line 1069 Wyoming Ave. NEWTOWN 26 South Sproul Road (507) 602-7433 Newtown Bicycle & Fitness (610) 356-3022 www.sicklerbikes.com 30 North State Street www.bikeline.com (215) 968-3200 FEASTERVILLE www.newtownbike.com BRYN MAWR Guy's Bicycles Cycles BiKyle 326 East Street Road NORRISTOWN 1046 Lancaster Avenue (215) 355-1166 Bikefit (610) 525-8442 www.guysbicycles.com 1987 West Main Street www.bikyle.com (610) 539-8393 FLEETWOOD DOYLESTOWN Weaver’s Bike Shop NORTH WALES High Road Cycles 729 Park Road Performance Bike Shop Old Dublin Pike (610) 944-9565 1210 Bethlehem Pike Suite B Mercer Sq. Shopping Center (215) 654-9088 (215) 348-8015 HAMBURG Spokes Bike Shop PAOLI DOYLESTOWN 16590 Pottsville Pike Bike Line of Valley Forge Cycle Sports of Doylestown (610) 562-8994 414 Swedesford Rd, Berwyn 641 North Main Street www.spokesbikeshop.com 19312 (215) 340-2526 (610) 647-8023 www.cyclesports.com www.bikeline.com Philadelphia and the Countryside 30 Performance Bicycle Wolff Cycle Company 1740 East Lancaster Avenue 4311 Lancaster Avenue (610) 644-8522 (215) 222-2171 www.performancebike.com PHOENIXVILLE PHILADELPHIA Bicycle Barn Bicycle Revolutions 308 West Pothouse Road 712 South 4th Street (610) 933-2210 (215) 629-2453 www.bicyclerevolutions.com POTTSTOWN Bike Line *Bike Line of Arch Street 1386 N. State Street & Route 100 1028 Arch Street (610) 718-5475 (215) 923-1310 www.bikeline.com www.bikeline.com QUAKERTOWN Human Zoom Bikes and Boards Cycle Zone 4151 Main Street 2338 South 8th Street (215) 487-7433 (215) 536-3443 Bustleton Bike 9261 Roosevelt Boulevard READING (215) 671-1910 Skyline Bicycles & Skateboards www.cyclefitonline.com 1100 N. 13th Street (610) 378-9778 Bicycle Therapy 2211 South Street Wolverton's Cycling and Fitness (215) 735-7849 2904 Kutztown Road www.bicycletherapy.com (610) 929-8205 www.wolvertonsbikes.com Bike Addicts 5548 Ridge Avenue ROCKLEDGE (215) 487-3006 Cycle Sonic www.bikeaddicts.com 220 Huntingdon Pike Philadelphia Bicycles (215) 379-1102 826 North Broad Street www.cyclesonic.com (215) 765-9118 SINKING SPRING *Frankenstein Bike Works Technocycle Bike Shop 1529 Spruce Street 304 Beacon Road (215) 893-0415 (610) 670-4750 *Trophy Bikes technocycle@comcast.net 3131 Walnut Street SHILLINGTON (215) 222-2020 JB Mountain Bikes www.bikeaddicts.com 211 West Lancaster Avenue *Trophy Bike Garage (610) 777-5253 1040 N. American Street www.jbmountainbikes.com (215) 222-2020 www.trophybikes.com Via Bicycle 606 South Ninth Street (215) 627-3370
Philadelphia and the Countryside 31 TRAPPE WEST CHESTER *Bikesport Bike Line 325 W. Main Street 909 Paoli Pike (610) 489-7300 (610) 436-8984 www.bikesportbikes.com www.bikeline.com West Chester Bike Center WARMINSTER 1342B West Chester Pike Bike Line (610) 431-1856 298 York Road www.extonbikes.com (215) 675-1739 www.bikeline.com WEST LAWN Lebo’s Pedal Parlor WERNERSVILLE 2200 Penn Avenue The Crank (610) 678-3191 203 West Penn Avenue (610) 898-1500 WHITEHALL www.thecrankpa.com Nestor’s Full Cycle Bicycle Shop 2510 MacArthur Road (800) 898-1133 www.nestors.com
Regional Bicycle Tours April ...... Brandywine Taxing Metric Century • 100, 50, 30 km loops, rolling hills, rural area. Start at Warwick City Park. Brandywine Bicycle Club, P.O. Box 3162, West Chester, 19381, (610) 407-6201. www. brandywinebicycleclub.org
May ...... Bonkers Metric • Routes of 18, 35, 50 and 65 miles from Ridley Creek State Park. Rolling terrain. Delaware Valley Bicycle Club, P.O. Box 156, Swarthmore, 19081. (610) 541-0784. www.dvbc.org
May ...... Quad County Metric Century • Routes of 32, 65, 80 & 100K from Green Lane Park. Flat to moderately hilly terrain. Suburban Cyclists Unlimited, P.O. Box 401, Horsham, 19044. www.suburbancyclists.org
August ..... Dog Daze Century • 25 miles or two 50 mile loops, rural area. Start at Nottingham City Park. Brandywine Bicycle Club, P.O. Box 3162, West Chester, 19381. (610) 644-3792.
September .. Annual Brandywine Tour. • Routes of 28, 50, 65 and 100 miles from Chadds Ford area. Delaware Valley Bicycle Club, P.O. Box 156, Woodlyn 19801. (610) 541-0784.
September .. Lake Nockamixon Century • Routes of 20, 35, 55, 62, 85 and 100 miles. Start at Hatboro-Horsham High School. Flat to moderately hilly terrain. Suburban Cyclists Unlimited, P.O. Box 401, Horsham, 19044.
September .. Savage Century • Generally regarded as one of the most difficult centuries on the East Coast through the worst hills in Lancaster and Chester Counties! White Clay Bicycle Club, Jeff Butcher, 226A Aronimink Drive 19711. Newark, Delaware. (610) 925-0757. www.whiteclaybicycleclub.org
October..... Covered Bridges Ride • 20 or 30-mile flat rides and 33, 53 or 63-mile hilly rides. Enjoy the fall foliage, historic covered bridges, and quaint villages of Central and Upper Bucks County. Central Bucks Bicycle Club, P.O. Box 1648 Doylestown. (215) 504-2140. [email protected]
Philadelphia and the Countryside 32 Philadelphia and the Countryside Bicycle Clubs Berks County Bicycle Club • 3727 Patton Street, Reading, 19606. (610) 370-5092. www.berksbicycle.com Bicycle Club of Philadelphia • P.O. Box 30235, Philadelphia, 19103. (610) 828-3708. www.phillybikeclub.org Brandywine Bicycle Club • P.O. Box 3162, West Chester, 19381. www.brandywinebicycleclub.org Central Bucks Bicycle Club • P.O. 1648, Doylestown, 18940. (215) 579-0705. www.cbbikeclub.org Delaware Valley Bicycle Club • P.O. Box 156, Swarthmore, 19801. (610) 541-0784. www.dvbc.org Doylestown Wheelmen • P.O. Box 475, Doylestown, PA 18901. (215) 343-0525. Lehigh University Cycling Club • www.leighcycling.com Lehigh Wheelmen • P.O. Box 140, Trexlertown, 18087. (610) 759-7256 [email protected] Suburban Cyclists Unlimited • P.O. Box 401, Horsham, 19044. www.suburbancyclists.org Trail and Rail-Trail Organizations Berks County Parks Department (Union Cannel Trail) • 2083 Tulpehocken Rd, Wyomissing, 19610. (610) 372-8939. www.co.berks.pa.us/parks Borough of Bristol (Bristol Spurline Park Trail) • 250 Pond St, Bristol, 19007. (215) 788-3828. www.bristolborough.com Delaware & Lehigh National Heritage Corridor • 2750 Hugh Monroe Park, Greystone Building, Easton, 18042. (610) 923-3548. www.delawareandlehigh.org Forks Township (Forks Township Recreation Trail) • 1606 Sullivan Trail, Easton, 18040. (610) 252-0785. www.forkstownship.org Montgomery Parks and Heritage Services (Schuylkill River Trail) • New Mill Road, Oaks, 19456. (610) 666-5371. www.parks.montcopa.org Northampton Co. Parks & Recreation (Nor-Bath Recreation Trail) • Gracedale Complex, Nazareth, 18064. (610) 746-1975. Palmer Township Board of Supervisors (Towpath Bike Trail) • 3 Weller Place P.O. Box 3039, Palmer, 18043. (610) 253-7191. Plainfield Township Board of Supervisors • (Plainfield Township Trail), 6292 Sullivan Trail, Nazareth, 18064. (610) 759-6944. Schuylkill River Heritage Corridor (Thun Trail) • 140 College Dr, Pottstown, 19464. (484) 945-0200. Springton Manor Farm (Struble Trail) • 860 Springton Road, Glenmoore 19343. (610) 942-2450. Whitehall Township Recreation Bureau (Ironton Trail) • 3219 MacArthur Rd, Whitehall, 18052. (610) 437-5524. Philadelphia and the Countryside 33 Philadelphia and the Countryside State and National Parks with Shared Use Paths Blue Marsh Lake French Creek State Park (610) 270-0215 U.S. Army Corps 843 Elverson Road Ridley Creek State Park of Engineers Elverson, 19520 Sycamore Mills Road 1268 Palisades Drive (610) 582-9680 Media, 19063 Leesport, 19533 www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/ (610) 892-3900 (610) 376-6337 parks/frenchcreek.aspx Tyler State Park Delaware Canal State Park Jacobsburg Environmental 101 Swamp Road 11 Lodi Road Education Center Newtown, 18940 Upper Black Eddy, 18972 835 Jacobsburg Road (215) 968-2021 (610) 982-5560 Wind Gap, 18091 (610) 746-2801 Valley Forge National Historic Evansburg State Park Park 851 May Hall Road Nockamixon State Park 1400 Outerline Drive Collegeville, 19426 1542 Mountain View Dr. King of Prussia, 19406 (610) 409-1150 Quakertown, 18951 (610) 783-1077 (215) 529-7300 Fort Washington State Park White Clay Creek Preserve 500 Bethlehem Pike Norristown Farm Park PO Box 172 Fort Washington, 19034 2500 Upper Farm Road Landenberg, 19305 (215) 591-5250 Norristown, 19403 (610) 274-2900
Professional/Amateur Bicycle Racing Bensalem BMX Raceway • Street Rd (PA 132) and U.S. RT 1 North Bensalem, 19020. (215) 639-9539. www.bensalembmx.com
Lehigh Valley Velodrome • 1151 Mosser Road Breiningsville, 18031. (610) 397-7000. www.lvvelo.org Philadelphia/New Jersey Bridge Cycling Access Commodore Barry Bridge-Cyclists prohibited Walt Whitman Bridge-Cyclists prohibited Ben Franklin Bridge-Cyclists permitted (south side 6 a.m. - 7 p.m.) Betsy Ross Bridge-Cyclists prohibited Tacony/Palmyra Bridge-Cycles permitted but bicycle must be walked Burlington/Bristol Bridge-Cyclists prohibited* *Contact Burlington County for Police to carry Bicycle across bridge. (609) 387-1480.
Transit Company Bicycle Policies Contact transit company for policy regarding bicycles on buses and trains. Berks Area Reading Transportation Authority (BARTA), Reading. (610) 921-0601. www.bartabus.com Southeast Pennsylvania Transit Authority (SEPTA), Philadelphia. (215) 580-7852. Trans Bridge Lines, Bethlehem, (610) 868-6001.
Philadelphia and the Countryside 34 State Police Troop Headquarters Troop J – Lancaster...... (717) 299-7650 Troop K – Philadelphia ...... (215) 560-6200 Troop L – Reading...... (866) 335-1019 (toll free) Troop M – Bethlehem...... (610) 861-2026
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