Originally Posted by
reducedfatoreo
I'm severely jealous you got that southerly wind at your back going up the Hudson. This entire week I've been having major headwinds on the way down, and the path gets too dark above 104th St to use after work.
Crosstown can totally be a PITA, but they've done a really good job of keeping the designated cross streets well-paved. (20th, 19th, 120th, 119th, 90th, 91st, 10th, 9th – notice the huge dearth in midtown, though? 44th and 43rd aren't too bad).
yeah, met a friend for breakfast up on 86th street so got the nice tail wind but had to be at work on E. 31st so back down the path into the wind and then the dreaded mid-town cross streets. Today's ride was great though. Nice ride to work then home then out later tonight for a ride uptown to 95th and then home again. Loving having the bike in the city but some of the streets are in rough shape, whew!