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| sunrise over the manhattan bridge |
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| on the way out |
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| top of Bear |
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| Al, top of Bear |
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| Cycleangelo's Colnago |
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| Waiting for trains... |
Showing posts with label iphone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label iphone. Show all posts
Friday, July 27, 2012
Brooklyn to Bear Mountain to Cold Spring 7/21/12
About 10 of us headed up to Bear mountain this past weekend. It was a perfect day weather wise as it didn't get far out of the mid 80's. Even though we pushed it pretty hard for most of it, we still found time to relax. We stopped at a cafe in Nyack for a pre-climb re-fresh. We hung out at the top of Bear for awhile and enjoyed the sights, and once we got to Cold spring, we all sat down and enjoyed our prize...Beer and food! Nothing tastes as good as a cold beer and a Cheeseburger after a ride like that.
River Road Repeats
Last Wednesday Angelo, Jonathan and I decided it would be a good idea to head out with the intention of doing 10 repeats on Alpine climb. We accomplished our goal. The hardest part was melting on the way back home. The heat index was 107 degrees. My water hurt to drink because it was so hot. :suffer->conquer:
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| Jonathan on river rd |
July 2012 vacation
(About 2 weeks overdue)
I just got off of what ended up being an almost 2 week vacation. I stayed in NYC for most of it. My brother and his fiancee were here, and he brought his new Cannondale CAAD10 with him.
I started off back in my hometown of Rochester, NY, and spent a couple days with my family. After I returned to the city, I went on the Rapha ride (posted earlier). The next week was spent eating and drinking a lot (especially on the 4th), and of course, riding.
My brother hasn't really done any good long rides, so I decided to take him on an excursion outside of the city. This is a normal route for me, but I was excited to show it to him for the first time. On the way to pick him up, I got doored by a cab. Getting doored is the fucking worst. When it happens, it literally comes out of nowhere. Both times its happened to me it was instantaneous and inevitable. I actually didn't fall. My friend Chris who was riding behind me said that I went completely sideways and somehow avoided the brunt of it. I hit my hand and wrist and had a golf ball size lump on my wrist. This was before I put in 60 miles.
All that and pain aside, the rest of the ride was awesome. My friend Chris and I took him down 9w via river rd. Alpine climb on river rd can be pretty tough. I was worried my bro would have trouble as he doesn't ride nearly as much as us, but he made it. We rode on to piermont, ate a little, and headed back. I took him on some side routes, and made sure to stop at Strictly bikes to oogle some bike porn. Basically I gave him the scenic tour. Even though I've done this ride 100 times, being able to show all this to him meant a lot to me.
A few days later my brother and I drove to Amagansett in the Hamptons for the weekend, and brought the bikes. My grandfathers friend owns a house there, so we're lucky for that hookup! Aside from consuming beach beers, fish tacos, lobster rolls and other random seafoods, we had a great ride out to Montauk point. It only ended up being about 40 miles, but we put in a pretty hard effort for most of the ride. It is mostly a flat ride with some minimal climbs, but its very scenic and bike friendly.
I returned to NYC late Saturday night. A bunch of us had planned to do a chill food ride to Staten Island on Sunday morning. We went to the Blue Fin Grill. We were there a few months ago and had to go back for the all-you-can-eat brunch. The place was full of families and well-dressed Sunday brunchers, and I'm with a group of Lycra clad cyclists clomping around in their bike shoes. Nevertheless, it was awesome and I left full as shit.
All in all I put in a ton of miles, hung with my family and good friends, and consumed some great food and drinks. Within 20 minutes of being back at work when I got back, I was ready for another vacation! I guess that goes without saying...
Some photos via iPhone and instagram:
I just got off of what ended up being an almost 2 week vacation. I stayed in NYC for most of it. My brother and his fiancee were here, and he brought his new Cannondale CAAD10 with him.
I started off back in my hometown of Rochester, NY, and spent a couple days with my family. After I returned to the city, I went on the Rapha ride (posted earlier). The next week was spent eating and drinking a lot (especially on the 4th), and of course, riding.
My brother hasn't really done any good long rides, so I decided to take him on an excursion outside of the city. This is a normal route for me, but I was excited to show it to him for the first time. On the way to pick him up, I got doored by a cab. Getting doored is the fucking worst. When it happens, it literally comes out of nowhere. Both times its happened to me it was instantaneous and inevitable. I actually didn't fall. My friend Chris who was riding behind me said that I went completely sideways and somehow avoided the brunt of it. I hit my hand and wrist and had a golf ball size lump on my wrist. This was before I put in 60 miles.
All that and pain aside, the rest of the ride was awesome. My friend Chris and I took him down 9w via river rd. Alpine climb on river rd can be pretty tough. I was worried my bro would have trouble as he doesn't ride nearly as much as us, but he made it. We rode on to piermont, ate a little, and headed back. I took him on some side routes, and made sure to stop at Strictly bikes to oogle some bike porn. Basically I gave him the scenic tour. Even though I've done this ride 100 times, being able to show all this to him meant a lot to me.
A few days later my brother and I drove to Amagansett in the Hamptons for the weekend, and brought the bikes. My grandfathers friend owns a house there, so we're lucky for that hookup! Aside from consuming beach beers, fish tacos, lobster rolls and other random seafoods, we had a great ride out to Montauk point. It only ended up being about 40 miles, but we put in a pretty hard effort for most of the ride. It is mostly a flat ride with some minimal climbs, but its very scenic and bike friendly.
I returned to NYC late Saturday night. A bunch of us had planned to do a chill food ride to Staten Island on Sunday morning. We went to the Blue Fin Grill. We were there a few months ago and had to go back for the all-you-can-eat brunch. The place was full of families and well-dressed Sunday brunchers, and I'm with a group of Lycra clad cyclists clomping around in their bike shoes. Nevertheless, it was awesome and I left full as shit.
All in all I put in a ton of miles, hung with my family and good friends, and consumed some great food and drinks. Within 20 minutes of being back at work when I got back, I was ready for another vacation! I guess that goes without saying...
Some photos via iPhone and instagram:
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| west side highway |
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| my brother, top of alpine climb |
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| Montauk point |
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| Bayonne bridge on the way to Staten Island |
Sunday, July 1, 2012
Rapha Mobile Cycle Club ride NYC 6/30/12
A bunch of us got together to hit up the Rapha MCC ride in NYC yesterday. The Brooklyn crew met up at Dough in Bed Stuy which is slowly becoming a pre-ride standard. The ride met up at Signature cycles on the west side of manhattan. The plan was to ride to Nyack to meet up with the mobile cycle club RV which was waiting at yet another doughnut spot.
Ironically, Dough in Brooklyn is on Franklin st, and Gypsy Donut in Nyack is also on Franklin st. We literally rode from one amazing doughnut spot to another. When I'm off the bike, my diet is somewhat strict and calculated. When I'm on the bike, or right after I get off, anything is fair game. I enjoyed the shit out of every crumb of both those doughnuts.
Oh yeah the ride...
We took river rd through Piermont and to Nyack. There were a couple deviations in the normal route. One that went on a backwoods gravel trail. Another on the way back home that went through an observatory. This route also avoided a big climb but replaced it with what felt like an even bigger climb.
After that climb the ride leader noticed a few of us were getting antsy and he told us to go ahead. That signal started what was the fastest pace line I've ever been in. I don't think we went under 28mph for about 10-15 minutes. At one point we were going almost 33mph. I got out front for a bit but I didn't last long. It was nuts, and kicked the shit out of me. On top of all this the average temp was about 97 degrees.
We ended the ride at Oaxaca in Manhattan for some bangin' mexican food, and then headed home. I didn't move from being in front of my AC for the rest of the day. Great ride!
View the Strava info from the ride HERE.
A few iPhone/instagram shots from the day:
Ironically, Dough in Brooklyn is on Franklin st, and Gypsy Donut in Nyack is also on Franklin st. We literally rode from one amazing doughnut spot to another. When I'm off the bike, my diet is somewhat strict and calculated. When I'm on the bike, or right after I get off, anything is fair game. I enjoyed the shit out of every crumb of both those doughnuts.
Oh yeah the ride...
We took river rd through Piermont and to Nyack. There were a couple deviations in the normal route. One that went on a backwoods gravel trail. Another on the way back home that went through an observatory. This route also avoided a big climb but replaced it with what felt like an even bigger climb.
After that climb the ride leader noticed a few of us were getting antsy and he told us to go ahead. That signal started what was the fastest pace line I've ever been in. I don't think we went under 28mph for about 10-15 minutes. At one point we were going almost 33mph. I got out front for a bit but I didn't last long. It was nuts, and kicked the shit out of me. On top of all this the average temp was about 97 degrees.
We ended the ride at Oaxaca in Manhattan for some bangin' mexican food, and then headed home. I didn't move from being in front of my AC for the rest of the day. Great ride!
View the Strava info from the ride HERE.
A few iPhone/instagram shots from the day:
Dave from the 5th floor, UK just moved to Brooklyn. He was the only one riding fixed yesterday and he killed it!
Don's Guch
Don's face says it all
Beautiful Serotta at Signature Cycles
Oaxaca
Sunday, March 18, 2012
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Random Saturday Ride to Piermont
I don't usually have Saturdays off, and there are always people riding on Saturdays. Naturally I joined in. We rode from Brooklyn to Piermont. About 65 miles total for the day. We've all ridden this route before. The difference today being a constant headwind, and it was cold as fuck!! Awesome day!
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Sunday ride to Elmsford, NY and Kensico Dam 12/4/11
This past Sunday 5 of us rode through the Bronx, and up through Elmsford, NY and to Kensico Dam. Right after the Bronx, you hit trails that go most of the way there. A few parts of the trails were on dirt, gravel or mud. There were also some spots that required dismounting to walk over sketchy bridges and rock paths across water. Overall it is a really scenic route with some of the best downhill sections I've ridden. 2 guys were riding fixed, which was pretty nuts for this sort of ride. Ride totaled in to just under 76 miles.
More info on my Strava page.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Monday, October 24, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
NY Century: Into the sun
Yesterday was the NY century. 4 of us rode together and put in around 116 miles total. I saw parts of NYC that I never knew existed, yet half the time I had no idea where I was. One crash and 2 flats later, we were home. Good times. Photo taken and edited on iphone 4.
Sunday, September 11, 2011
Rockaway beach ride
Today we rode to Rockaway beach. I had some great fish tacos at Rockaway taco, then we headed back. Super chill, laid back ride through the gloom. My only shot of the day, taken and edited on iPhone 4:
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
Brewster ride, 9/4/11
Last Sunday a bunch of us took the train up to Brewster, NY and rode back to NYC. The ride was awesome. The weather was perfect and there was never a shortage of beautiful scenery. 80% of the ride was on backwoods trails. There were a couple of miles of dirt trails where I wish I had my CX bike. Overall we totaled a bit over 80 miles.
All photos via iphone.
This is a partial map before my phone died:
Flat top tubes make great coffee holders...
We ran into a classic car show mid way through.
All photos via iphone.
This is a partial map before my phone died:
Flat top tubes make great coffee holders...
We ran into a classic car show mid way through.
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