Brooklyn to Cold Spring, NY via River rd and Bear mtn. 6/24/12

Yesterday Chris and I headed out at about 7:30. We had planned to do Bear mountain for a couple weeks. We decided we would take River rd to Bear, and then to Cold Spring, NY to catch the train back to the city.

I just got a new Garmin 500 so I was itching to test it out. I love this thing. Its so much better than destroying my iPhone battery running Strava. I like numbers, and its got more than I'll ever need.

The ride was intense. This is the longest climb I've done in one ride. The Climb to the top of Bear was a 4.5 mile climb. It was worth it for the downhill alone.  Total climbing on the ride was about 4700ft over 77 miles.

A few from the day:

View from the top of Bear Mtn.