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.

Piermont Solo mission 11/27/11

I'm a little behind on updates. Anyways, the day after I got back from Thanksgiving vacation, I felt the need to head out on my own and burn off some excess calories. I ate like a fucking pig for 4 days straight. I headed out on a normal route up 9w to Piermont. Trip total was just under 65 miles from Bushwick and back.

obligatory view from the GWB photo:

More info on the ride at Strava

Ride to Mitsuwa

I haven't rode fixed in awhile, and its been even longer since I got together with everyone riding fixed. Sunday we rode to Jersey City for a good ride and some eats at Mitsuwa. All shots via iPhone.


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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:

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.

Ride to City Island 5.1.11 (aka anti 5boro ride)

A bunch of us decided to take a spin out to city island. The plan was to end up at seafood city and gorge ourselves before riding back.

The weather was perfect. We met at columbus circle, and headed down the west side highway path. From there we didn't know exact routes. We ended up on some sketchy, traffic ridden streets, and torn up pathways. We eventually hit a nice clean bike path that led us right into city island, and to seafood city.

If you ever go there, don't order the combo platter unless you are feeding 6 people. Benson got it and left half of it even with the rest of us picking at it. I ordered some fried skrimps and fries, and washed it down with beer.

On the ride back I felt like a sloth. We got lost a few times in the Bronx. No one really knew where we were going. Eventually we found our way to Randalls island. We used that as a pathway into queens, and I took the Pulaski bridge home to Brooklyn.

All in all I clocked 50 miles, and hit 4 boroughs not including Randalls island and city island. This was the same day as the 5 boro ride in NYC. Having done the 5 boro last year, I think our 4 boro tour was much more enjoyable. Good times!

All photos are from my iPhone.

Brooklyn Pavé Ride 2011

The Brooklyn Pavè Ride is an annual ride that falls on the same day as the Paris Roubaix. Its main intent is to cover as many of the cobblestone streets in Brooklyn as possible. I would have to guess that there were about 40 riders on everything from fixed gears to tall bikes. By the end of the cobbles, my hands and arms were jello. I heard sounds coming from my bike that I've never heard before.

After the ride we ended up at the lakeside lounge, where 2 for 1 beers got me ripped pretty quick. I missed out on this ride last year, so I was really looking forward to it. It definitely didn't disappoint. Best Sunday in awhile! I really wish I had my good camera with me. All these came off my iphone.