slvoid

Ok, 8:30 at the brooklyn bridge saturday morning.

darenrogers

I think I'm in. How long of a trip are we thinking this will be?

nycphotography

The route I'm planning, straight up 9W to Bear Mountain Park, is ~105mi round trip. Everything north of Piermont is very hilly (which amounts to around 40-50 miles of the total).

One question: Do we want to go straight up and back 9w, or do we want to plan a route back across the bridge and back down through Westchester? I personally vote for up and back. I'm not in the mood for navigating.

slvoid

I'm doing the straight up and back, cause then I can just stay on 9W and not worry about getting lost so I can just go balls out all the way.
The last time I did the MS ride through rockland county up there, that whole NJ section I think we averaged around 20mph the whole way. Aiming for slightly slower, I'd say maybe 7 hrs total? Though I do want to stop in piermont to grab a bite. The longest I've ridden for with just 2 bottles of water was about 75 miles or so and that was w/o the big climbs.

darenrogers

9W on the way up and back gets my vote. I've ridden up through Westchester to Hartsdale but not further north and never ridden from Westchester back to Manhattan. Besides, I think the Henry Hudson Bridge walkway is closed - or at least there were signs saying it'd be closed for construction several weeks back.

40-50 miles of hills? I'll definitely need more than two bottles of water.

bklyn74

i refill at tallman mountain state park and at the trooper station at the end of the long climb on river road. if you guys are meeting at 830 at b.bridge, what time do you think you'd be at gwb? i'd like to try and head out with you.

edit: nevermind, i can't go sat., but i can go sunday if anyone else can.

nycphotography

Assuming slvoid doesn't kill me tomorrow, I'm doing a repeat next saturday (so far w/ Mazaev). Have to work out depart time around his work schedule.

timmhaan

if he invites you off into the woods, just ride away....fast.

nycphotography

He's an animal, that kid, I'm telling ya. I'm climbing up out the top end of palisades park, feeling pretty damn good overall... suddenly slvoid just decides he feels like really climing, and takes off up the hill like I kicked up a jackrabbit. ;-)

slvoid

I tried dragging Jimbo to ride with us tomorrow but he had some sorry assed excuse, like "oh noes, the paragon sports warehouse burned down and i need to be there saturday."

If you think I'm fast, that guy's got a good 6 years and 10 lbs on me.

dendawg

https://www.roberts-1.com/bikehudson/.../map/index.htm
This is a loop taking in both sides of the Hudson. FWIW I have never done this or any ride this long, but the website above has lots of great routes in the Hudson Valley.

darenrogers

Don't worry...I just got back from playing some basketball and my knees are dreading the hills tomorrow. If Slvoid takes off - I may just have to see him at the bottom of the hill.

So 8:30 at the Brooklyn Bridge, right?

nycphotography

OK, slvoid and darenrogers (so far), 8:30am, ON the brooklyn bridge (at the base of the brooklyn side tower).

cya there.

timmhaan

so, didja guys make it all the way to bear mtn?

darenrogers

My knee was sore so I stopped at Nyack but Slvoid and nycphotography made it to Bear Mtn...or at least a few miles from the top. I met back up with them in Piermont and we headed back to the city after grabbing a snack. My round trip was nearly 70 miles with 4600 feet of elevation. Bear Mtn was probably 110 mi. with double the elevation. I think the plan is to do the same trip in a few weeks - who's in?

nycphotography

Nyack was 4600ft (r/t climbing)?? wow. Send me the garmin data :-)

I'm unexpectedly out of town for a couple weeks... but definitely going to hit it when I get back.

slvoid

I think we were like 5 miles from the end. Ironically it was pretty much a long downhill there, cept we didn't want to do the long downhill knowing we had to climb back up it, and a lot more hills afterwards. I think 110 miles sounds about right. My ride time on the computer was 6:20 something but we did BS a bit and also had headwinds of 15-20mph. If the weather's nice and calm and we didn't BS and I'm sufficiently recovered, hopefully, under 6 hours.

I'm away this weekend but next weekend, 7/7, you should come with us.

darenrogers

Here's the link to the Garmin data: https://trail.motionbased.com/trail/i...kValue=3098175

timmhaan

i'll definitely go up a ways with you guys, but probably just up to piermont or nyack then i'd turn back.

i learned this year that really long rides don't make me happy. i like 3 to 4 hours at the most. i don't need no stinkin centuries.

Mazaev

Anyone up for 11ish tomorrow?

Mazaev

nycphotography

Mazaev, you went solo??

I'll go again when I get back to town.

Mazaev

Yep. Kicked my ass, this ride. 130 mile round trip. Can't wait to do it again

slvoid

Ok who's up for bear mountain this Sat? I feel like just bombing it out on 9W straight up and back.

nycphotography

What did I do to you guys... Nyack just isn't enough punishment anymore???

Count me in for the 14th when I get back.