Over the weekend, the ninth annual Bikes and Beers event took place on Sunday, October 1st. The ride is hosted by Yards Brewing, and it is an amazing event.

Needless to say, months change, seasons change, and radio hosting show times change, but my taking advantage of a chance to go on a long bike ride never changes! Of course, Pattyann and I participated in the ride on a gorgeous fall day.

The Bikes and Beers ride actually offers three different routes for its riders to choose from -- A 45-mile route, a 30-mile route, and a 15-mile route. It is a really smart idea because it lets riders of all calibers join in on the fun.

We decided to go with the 30-mile route, and it could not have gone better. That route began at Yards headquarters on 8th and Spring Garden before making our way out to Conshohocken and back to Yards to finish up.

The weather was absolutely perfect for the ride after a week of rain, so we lucked out.

After the ride, we were rewarded with some great beers from Yards and music by Side Arm, who put on a hell of a performance. It was great to see Richie, Ryan, and Bob. They are three guys I have known forever and super talented musicians.

They play everything from Tears For Fears all the way to Tool. If you have an event coming up, definitely book them as the musical performance because you will not be disappointed.

Check out their website right here!

As for the ride, we finished our 30-plus mile Bikes and Beers ride in just around two hours time. Then after our celebratory beers, we had plenty of time to watch the Birds win an overtime thriller.

All around, it was a great Sunday full of bike rides, beers, music, and Eagles football!

I can't wait to get back out next year for the 10-year anniversary of Bikes and Beers!

As many of you know after reading my post about the Stanley Cup from yesterday, I spent the last week on vacation down the Jersey shore.

And from many of my other posts before that, you know I enjoy going for some long bike rides — especially down the shore!

So what could be better than squeezing in a nice bike ride on a week's long vacation? Squeezing in a nice bike ride on a week’s long vacation with a great friend of mine, of course!

I got to go on a great ride with my buddy Casey Boy from The Preston and Steve Show on our sister station, WMMR.

We rode through multiple shore towns as we got in a practice ride in preparation for this Sunday’s Ben To The Shore ride! For those that don’t know, the Ben To The Shore Bike Tour is a charity event that raises funds for Families Behind the Badge Children’s Foundation, which is for the families of fallen first responders and police officers.

It is always a lot of fun and something I look forward to each year!

During our practice route, Casey Boy and I rode about 25.81 miles from Wildwood to Town Bank to Cape May Point to Cape May then all the way back to Wildwood where we started.

It was a great time and has me ready to conquer the 65-mile Ben To The Shore ride! This will actually be my tenth year riding in the event and each year it gets better and better.

If you are interested in donating, visit fbbcf.org or visit the Team WMMR Rock and Rollers page.

I can’t wait for Sunday and hopefully, the weather holds up for the ride! I’m sure there will be a lot of people on the ride for this great cause!

Who do you think will cross the finish line first, me or Casey Boy?

Here's a selfie Casey Boy took on our ride. It is of Casey, Pattyann, and myself. What a great crew.

I took this during our ride. I'm not sure how I kept my balance! Just ahead of my leading the way are Casey and Pattyann.

Like I mentioned in the photo above, there they are leading the way. It's a tight bridge like many down the shore. Luckily, we all managed to make it across.

The first sign you see in Town Bank. Apparently, it is the birthplace of the South Jersey. I wonder what it was like in 1635?

Outside the beautiful Willow Creek Winery. What a cool sign. We definitely needed to check this place out on the ride.

The land the winery was on was beautiful. Look at those flowers! The property was huge.

You know we had to make our way into the winery! Riding on the bricks was not as hard as you would think. It was even cooler on the inside.

You know I had to grab a group picture inside the winery! I am actually wearing a jersey from a previous Ben To The Shore ride! I wonder what this year's will look like?

Just a group of people that love a good bike ride. I know we all can't wait for Sunday's ride. Hopefully, the weather is as nice as it was on this day!

The map of our 25-mile ride. We covered so much ground. It is nuts looking at it in map form!