shona

We want to plan to stay somewhere in the Hudson River Valley next spring so we can cycle. Are there any cycling clubs are cycle shops anyone can recommend so we can contact them and find bike routes? We are completely unfamiliar with the area so we don't even have an idea of where to go for our home base. Thanks

tiberon

You have to be a little more specific as to where in the Hudson Valley you intend to stay as the valley goes from NYC to Albany.

z90

Check out the Mohawk-Hudson Cycling Club.
https://webmhcc.org/rn/index.php

phee

+1 on being a little more specific as to where you'll be staying. z90's suggestion is a good one if you are going to be near the Albany area. If you will be staying further south then the Mid-Hudson bicycle club site might have some better info for you.

shona

Knowing nothing about New York State we have no idea where to stay. We are open to suggestions. We would like to stay in one place for about a week.

Paul01

The Rhinebeck area would be good. Lots of low traffic country roads and rolling hills to climbing rides. https://www.roberts-1.com/bikehudson/...utes/index.htm

halfspeed

pcad's basement?

patentcad

Just get here before the snow flies.

shona

Oh no! We will be going next year - late spring or early summer. Speaking of weather, when is a nice time to go? I don't like cold weather - we live in south central Texas.

patentcad

Don't come in February, we've had some whopping snowpacks here in February lately. Best weather here is mid August to late September.

citizenerased

Unfortunately from my experiences I'd stay away from Westchester and Putnam counties The roads are absolutely terrible in Westchester right now. Huge potholes, half-assed fixes with new asphalt/tarmac that creates a kind of reverse pothole, small shoulders that crumble into gravel and I consider it lucky to have a 6" shoulder a lot of the time. Lots of traffic too on the narrow roads.

A lot of great short and steep climbs though. Rode through Rockland last year in September and it was amazing compared to the areas I usually ride. I would only imagine it would be even better further north along the west side of the Hudson. When I visit Ithaca the shoulders there are so wide and look nice for the most part. Only got to ride a couple times up there and it was night and day compared to southern NY.

Looigi

Do you know anything about New Jersey?

FactVord

Did you use a pedal powered snowplow to clear that driveway? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VozlU8TXEvA I'd hate to have to clear your driveway that every 3" snowfall.

Paul01

May through September will be warm to hot. July and August may be very hot and humid.

patentcad

That was the Storm of the Century. The guy who plows our development used friggin construction backhoes to get the roads and the driveways clear, he did a heroic job. That was friggin EPIC, like a Sierra Nevada Moment right here in Chester, NY.

By the way, we didn't let that storm stop us from driving to Manhattan for the J. Mayer show at MSG that night. But we never did quite make it back up here. Pit stop @ my Mom's in Ramsey NJ for the night. Came up here the next morning and it was un-friggin real how much snow had slammed the lower Hudson Valley. We had like 48", a spot about an hour north of here had 70" +. Biggest storm I've ever seen.

patentcad

Here is a shot of adult deer in the snow from our yard that morning. It was over their heads.

heckler

are you camping or renting someplace?