Originally Posted by
ptempel
It was 45F and windy as all hell. Should be better albeit colder later on. I met a new commuter, Ben, on the bridge and had a nice chat. He prefers to not go down Riverside Drive in Manhattan after NY Presbyterian hospital. I actually haven't rode it in a while but I can see why he didn't like the close calls with car on that road. I had one a while ago after a rain and needed to take a little more of the road to avoid it. A guy in a car must have come within inches of me trying to pass. I caught him at the next red light and yelled at him. Life in the big bad city, I guess.
The lanes on Riverside Dr are narrow, and it's a twisty street, but traffic isn't really that heavy, is it? I just take a lane and let people go around me. Though I don't need Riverside often any more, since I take the Hudson River Greenway. That's reachable from the bridge, and it's very low stress since it has no motor traffic.