kaos joe

Have you tried Manorville Hills? If you like fast and flowy with lots of up and down, that's the place.

Russ Roth

I have not, hit up Trumbull, CT since I had to take the youngest to BMX camp. Lots of rocks which thanks to 29" wheels were quite rideable. Rode the blue and white trails. Didn't see the yellow trail but wouldn't have had the energy anyways, there were seemingly endless rock fields to traverse. Avoided the red trail which has 10-30' drops. I can handle up to about 20". Another parent rode the red and said he had to walk the drops which were insane and actually vertical. Nice place to ride though.

GlennR

In Connecticut you can throw a stone without hitting a rock

Ever notice that everywhere you look there are stone walls?

My son lives in Stamford just south of the Merrit.

Russ Roth

Too tired to ride today, and had other things to do so I finished building my middle kid's bmx race wheels. I think they're the prettiest set of wheels I've ever built. Purple hubs and headset, rainbow anodized spokes and a rainbow of spoke nipples. Managed to keep the budget at 400. Bombshell lied about their rim weight so the pair comes in at 1260 grams which is about 180 grams more than wanted. But the new wheels are still just over 600g lighter than the old set, has 4 times as many engagement points, smoother freewheel spin and smoother bearings. But we're riding the Erie Canal starting next week so no races for the next 2 weeks.

GlennR

Spent some time with my son and started my grandson (16 months) on his journey.

hotbike

1st Avenue My streamlined touring bike

1st Avenue

Outdoor Dining

Bus

Hot Dog Cart

My bike at the Queensborough Bridge

Took the bike on LIRR to Penn Friday. Rode down 7th to Washington Square Park, ate my lunch, and went up 1st to 59th. Took 2nd and Broadway back to Penn. I was on Lexington between 44th and 47th.
Ten miles.

Steve B.

Really nice Manorville wander this morning at 7. Started early to avoid heat. Saw at least 20 or more turkeys plus a lot of deer. Light traffic, hi 60's, no wind. My Hammeread needs it's speed sensor to be calibrated, this was actually 36 and change miles. Wonderful area to ride.

Russ Roth

Good, hope he learns to love it

Russ Roth

Finally getting to do the Erie Canal, this was supposed to be last year's tour. We made it to Brockport today after 2 days. Hope is Freeport tomorrow weather permitting. Currently 60%chance of thunderstorms so might have to stop early and hit the museum of play. Rochester's is the biggest I've ever seen, abouthe the size of Long Island, Queens and Brooklyn's combined. Didn't expect the mid 90s temps and matching humidity, if it continues we'll have to keep the days shorter and not make the end.

Steve B.

Pretty cool to see this. many kids have memories like "we went to Disney World" and such. Your kids get much better memories of "we biked on the Erie Canal with Mom and Dad". Such a richer experience IMO.

Russ Roth

Grandparents took each of them to Disney when they turned 5, they talk about it as much as they talk about touring Prince Edward Island so I'm sure this will give them more to remember. We're finishing by taking them to Enchanted Forest. To keep them happy along the way we hit the museum of play we'll do at Marie among the Iroquois, and Herkamer diamond mine as well as plenty of swimming though not in the canal.

GlennR

It was HOT today.

Steve B.

@ Glenn, that's too warm for me, I'm good to about 85-86 if it's humid. I could ride at that temp anytime when I was in Santa Fe where the humidity was 7%. Not here. I suffer for days after.,

Russ Roth

Today was a rest day, the heat and humidity have been in the 90s every day keeping the mileage lower than we'd like so when we stopped yesterday it was in Newark, NY; was supposed to be 20miles east of Syracuse instead. Weather is supposed to be a lot better tomorrow and Sunday so we're going to try and make up some miles but looking like we won't make the end. Still a good effort and the kids have done well.



Lock 30 in Macedon has locks you can cross, took me back to the days when I was the kids' ages and lived on the Seneca River, used to cross the lock which was narrower and with no second railing, on a regular basis to go to the comic shop. This was a special one to get to the park as the other locks have all been closed to pedestrians but were more like the style I was used to.


Rochester has some of the nicest scenery with several bridges, a railroad overpass and rock cut canal. Rode from here to Pittsford where we stopped at the Pittsford dairy barn for Fiz Pop, a local Rochester soda that's worth buying while in town. Also stopped at the shop I used to work in and they had a new 2007 Felt TK2 track bike in my size hanging out upstairs. Worked out a deal and now have to carry another bike back to the Island. Plan to test it out at TTown next Sat and at the wed race following that at Kissena. The oldest will be racing the NY State Junior Track the last Sat of the month so hopefully this ride will get her a better result.

hotbike

Tannus Armour

Tannus Armour

Flatted due to broken glass in Floral Park, Tuesday. Ordered Tannus armour on Amazon and received it on Saturday. Installed it and took 13 mile test ride around dusk , through Lattingtown. Works great, I wouldn’t know it was there.
Someday I hope to install an 84t chain ring, to see how fast this bike can go with its aerodynamic advantage. But sprints aren’t conducive to long rides, so it’s not a priority.

GlennR

184mph
https://gearjunkie.com/biking/184-mp...s-speed-record

hotbike

Yes, another thing I’d like to try is to put a fairing on an electric bike to allow other cyclists to draft at high speeds, on public roads. 45~55MPH would be about the practical limit in my estimation.

Russ Roth

In my younger days I hit 70 before the wind made things dangerous, now I prefer to cap out at 50-55mph, surprised there are tires that will hold up at those speeds.

GlennR

45 down hill is where I lose my nerve. At 65 I don't heal as fast as I used to 30 years ago

Russ Roth

We made it to Lock 20 in Utica on Sunday and were supposed to hit Schenectady yesterday with a trip to Enchanted Forest Water Safari today but the weather was against us. So we hit Enchanted forest, their reward for their efforts yesterday, and sure enough the rain today was everything we expected from the weather report, from the drive home through it, it would not have been a good day of cycling. Still quite the accomplishment.

kaos joe

First ride yesterday in a couple of weeks, 40 miles after a lot of booting it over the mountains of WY and MT. It's startling and smile inducing to look down barely 20 minutes in and see 6 miles behind. Last week, that was a days work.

hotbike

Ride report from 19 August, I’ve just finished compiling, editing, captioning and cropping the photos, which were all screenshots, and are reproduced here in glorious 400kb resolution...
Remote start from Kew Gardens LIRR, heading west on Queens Boulevard, then taking the Queensborough Bridge, and 7th Avenue to Penn station. 14 miles, 1:51 elapsed time.






Before the actual bike lane begins

NumbersGuy

I hope looking at that picture that you’ve invested a few dollars on some new stem bolts. Those rusty, corroded things don’t belong on such a nice bike. Did you store them in a salt tank prior to putting them on the bike?

hotbike

I’m guessing that’s salt water damage from sweat...

GlennR

28,000 miles.

They are not corroded, just need a dab of fresh paint. Maybe over the winter when I overhaul the bike.