Originally Posted by
shona
My husband and I are considering spending a month somewhere in the Hudson River Valley (we have never been there) to beat the Texas heat. We ride road bikes. We would like to be able to cycle a lot and possibly go into NYC occasionally (not on bikes). If anybody who lives around there is reading this please let me know about cycling around there.
You should consider going into NYC occasionally, on bikes.
It's a lot of fun and is a good city to explore on a bike. There are hundreds of miles of bike paths and lanes. The NYC Bike Map details it all.
NYC Bike Maps: New York City's Bike Lanes and Bike Paths Mapped
If you stay in the Hudson Valley, the best way into NYC for day trips is via the commuter railroad - Metro North, out of either Poughkeepsie (the furthest north MN station - everything north is Amtrak), or in the Harlem Valley area near the NY/Conn/ border, out of Metro North - Wassaic. There's lots of riding in between and north of the Interstate 84 east/west corridor. Note that it can be hilly in this region, but flatter (and busier) along the Rt9 corridor just on the east side of the Hudson.
Ken Roberts site, while dated, is still good, as the roads and conditions really haven't changed that much.