Welcome to the Fall Riding Season
Oct 3rd, 2008 by Leo
The Fall is the best time to ride on the East Coast. I’ve been away from home for a couple of weeks (sorry I thought I’d be able to update more from the road, but couldn’t); I left in the heat of summer, and now it’s definitely right smack in the middle of the great Fall riding weather here in NY. Spring is nice too, but for riding the roads are more pock marked, and there’s sand and salt on the roads making for slipperier riding. But the Fall brings cooler riding weather sans the salt and sand or fear of ice. So get your riding in while it lasts.
[Just a quickie post to say "I'mm back!"]
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I just put the lining in my jacket this morning for the first time.
Welcome back….your updates were missed. This is THE best time of year to ride here in the northeast.
This weekend is the first annual “Color in the Catskills” rally. It is at Hunter Mountain and the Oktoberfest beer celebration is happening at the same time. It is open to all bike makes and is FREE. Can’t think of a better two hour ride from NYC for the weekend. Take advantage!
Living in VT the fall is pretty nice, but can get chilly. You need to look out for the leaf peeping cagers as well. This being said you got to love the colors and that fall smell.
I couldn’t make it to the “Color in the Catskills” rally, but it sounded awesome. I did zoom up into CT this weekend in search of colors, but didn’t find much. I’ll have to try again next weekend!
Yeah – the “Color in the Catskills” sounds great – I wish I could have gone.
I’m heading up to Bear Mountain this weekend to check out the colors…
I’ve got a season-related question…this is my first year having a bike in NYC, anyone have suggestions for winter storage facilities?
Hey Pete,
Where to park for the winter? You can ride all winter in NY. Ha, but if that’s just not practical, you have a couple of options… [1] Look for a garage in your neighborhood on Craigslist. [2] Or rent a space from a storage facility… There are a few close to Manhattan and near the subway in Queens, Brooklyn, and some in Manhattan (on the West Side) and Harlem around 125th.
The prices vary by season and size of the space. If you can find a couple of other bikers to go in together, you can get a bigger room and split the bill for cheaper. I went to one near the 7-train in Queens once just to ask and at the time they wanted $175/mo for a closet that looked like it could fit 2 maybe 3 bikes. But the prices aren’t printed anywhere, so it changes a lot.
For scooters, the same applies – but one thing no one seems to think about is – smaller scooters can be rolled right into your apartment (if you have a the space). Makes for a nice conversation piece.