Comments on: Doing laps around town… http://www.citybikerblog.com/2010/02/doing-laps-around-town/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:22:55 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Big Al http://www.citybikerblog.com/2010/02/doing-laps-around-town/comment-page-1/#comment-1913 Big Al Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:55:51 +0000 http://www.citybikerblog.com/?p=1281#comment-1913 Sans highway, the best Brooklyn Roads to drive are 4th Avenue, Ocean Parkway/Coney Island Avenue, Shore Road and Kent Avenue. You can take one to the other. In Queens I do Vernon Blvd along the water and then Astoria Blvd which moves at about 60mph while still not being a highway. Queens Boulevard is the same way. Sans highway, the best Brooklyn Roads to drive are 4th Avenue, Ocean Parkway/Coney Island Avenue, Shore Road and Kent Avenue. You can take one to the other. In Queens I do Vernon Blvd along the water and then Astoria Blvd which moves at about 60mph while still not being a highway. Queens Boulevard is the same way.

]]> By: James http://www.citybikerblog.com/2010/02/doing-laps-around-town/comment-page-1/#comment-1908 James Fri, 26 Feb 2010 19:54:39 +0000 http://www.citybikerblog.com/?p=1281#comment-1908 I've started looping around Manhattan, down the West Side Highway and up FDR, then briefly onto 95 south before getting back on 9A south and back home to Harlem. Having read this blog, I might tack on some riding up and down Riverside Drive, with a stop in the Fairway parking lot to practice some figure 8s. The ride's not bad. It's about 20 miles or so, and it takes less than an hour. You get to practice starting and stopping, and of course you get some highway miles in, too. I've been doing it at night. The traffic is better, and the view is nicer. You get to see the city all lit up, and something about that just makes me feel alright. Seeing the Brooklyn bridge at night just makes you feel good about New York. Probably the worst part of the ride is that junction between FDR and 95, where the surface completely goes to pot. I swear the road looks like it's been hit by a meteor shower. There are crater-sized potholes all over the road, and there's no way to ride around them. I might try to avoid it in the future by going across the Third Avenue bridge, up 87, then back down 9A. I’ve started looping around Manhattan, down the West Side Highway and up FDR, then briefly onto 95 south before getting back on 9A south and back home to Harlem. Having read this blog, I might tack on some riding up and down Riverside Drive, with a stop in the Fairway parking lot to practice some figure 8s.

The ride’s not bad. It’s about 20 miles or so, and it takes less than an hour. You get to practice starting and stopping, and of course you get some highway miles in, too. I’ve been doing it at night. The traffic is better, and the view is nicer. You get to see the city all lit up, and something about that just makes me feel alright. Seeing the Brooklyn bridge at night just makes you feel good about New York.

Probably the worst part of the ride is that junction between FDR and 95, where the surface completely goes to pot. I swear the road looks like it’s been hit by a meteor shower. There are crater-sized potholes all over the road, and there’s no way to ride around them. I might try to avoid it in the future by going across the Third Avenue bridge, up 87, then back down 9A.

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