Originally Posted by
borgagain
Last Saturday, I rode on the D&R Canal State Park Path in NJ, from Frenchtown to Trenton. I put the full account of the ride here:
http://backroom.hardsdisk.net/canalpath.html
If you're ever in NJ and aren't looking to do a century or even half century, this is a great ride for all ages. If you've cycled the D&R canal path, you know what I'm talking about.
If you're nervous about riding near Trenton, there's no need. choose a turn around point and do the ride again in reverse back to your car. There's a link on the above page where you can get mileages to the various access points on the path.
This was a nice short training ride for me. I'll be volunteering at the Farm Ride in Amherst Mass and doing a metric on Saturday Aug. 8th.
http://www.thefarmride.com/Home_Page.html
Maybe I'll see some of you there?
Nice report and photos!
I live just east of Pennington, NJ and the D&R feeder canal path is often part of my rides. Typically, I'll ride up into the Sourland "Mountains" for some hill work, eventually come down to the river north of Lambertville, sometime as far north as Frenchtown, ride down either the path or route 29 to Lambertville where I have lunch at the Lambertville Station, then if feeling like more hills, ride away from the river, or if I want to take it easy ride down to Washington's Crossing on the path and then away from the river there - a less steep hill.
Just after you pass under route 202, you have to jog left to stay on the smooth part of the path. This is about a mile north of Lambertville. The path is on the east side of the canal for about two miles. Judging from your photos, you got over to the east side on Coryell Street. I suspect, but don't know for sure, that the graffiti covered rail car is occupied by some homeless people.
Here's a
link to some photos from September, 2004 (I lived in Lawrenceville, NJ then) from miscellaneous rides including the flooding on the Delaware due to hurricane Ivan. That flooding destroyed the path on the Pennsylvania side of the river and that path has yet to be repaired.
- Ed