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Old 02-04-15 | 12:29 PM
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Bikes: Giant road bike

Originally Posted by punkinevil
I am also planning on going along the Canal trails in NJ, but I am not sure how road bike-friendly those are. Anyone ride along those? I am doing this on a 1977 Schwinn Superior (probably) so I am uncertain how I will fare on something describes as "fine crushed stone." Any help is appreciated.
Are you referring to the Raritan River tow path? I would also be interested in knowing how other bicyclists fared on that. It's meant for bicycling; but the surface doesn't look too inviting.


On an older comment in this thread, from my "Ahh, finally a city!" buddy Jim from Boston:


Originally Posted by Jim from Boston
Metro Boston is a near bicycling heaven.
Really? I will admit that I have been scared off of Boston because of the many reports of insane drivers.

Remember in my original post I mentioned that the Philadelphia drivers were noticibly more polite than the drivers in New York, for whom a stop sign is just as often ignored as honoured, and who regularly speed through intersections after a light has turned red. But one reads often about Boston drivers being more aggressive even than those in New York. Do you find this to be true?
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