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Old 12-18-10, 02:26 PM
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Originally Posted by v70cat
The Motor Parkway Bike Path


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island_Motor_Parkway

"The western portion of the Motor Parkway in Queens was reopened a few months after closure as a bicycle path from Kissena Park to Alley Pond"
It is beautiful car free section with some hills to train on.
I rode that path a few times during the summer and fall. It's a really nice ride but it can get a little congested at times with all the joggers and people walking their dogs. My bell doesn't always get them to move out of the way, so a lot of times there's a bottleneck and I have to hit my brakes unnecessarily. It gets quieter going northbound towards Fresh Meadows, but then I get all these squirrels darting across the path right in front of me. One time for sure I didn't think I would brake in time and I would get a mangled squirrel in my spokes. But at the last second it did some crazy acrobatic move and jumped out of the way.
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