Originally Posted by
Iamsecond
I am amazed at how for you guys ride. I'm just getting back into riding and have been averaging 10 mile rides. I could ride further as long as there wasn't a lot of climbing involved, but I'm getting bored and running out of routes around my neighborhood. If I leave my immediate neighborhood I would be forced to travel on busy streets with no bike lanes and crazy drivers. That's a risk I'm just not willing to take. How is the riding on the parts that are on the street there in Brooklyn? Hopefully the drivers are more cautious and alert than they are here! There are a few other places I can ride, but I will have to transport the bike.
Well, this is NYC and the drivers aren't always courteous. But the sections that were on the street were in areas with lots of cyclists so there is some safety in numbers. Everybody is pretty aware too. And even the parts on the street mostly had bike lanes and the few that didn't weren't very busy. The route avoids all busy streets.