I'm a newbie. A bit too cold and windy to ride in NJ today and tomorrow we're expecting a lot of rain. But yesterday, I took my first trip on the Ridgewood bike path. I usually do 5 miles a day on a 2/3 mile loop in my local park, but it was a lot of fun riding on the path and actually traveling somewhere. I managed to do a 9 mile round trip. It was cold and parts of the path were covered with mud washed in from the big rain a few days ago. I'll be riding Ridgewood a lot in the coming weeks and months.