2015-2016 BIYF online winter complaint repository

liong71er said:
That canal route Jim mentioned,.i did that 5yrs ago took me 4 days for 350ish miles.
"maybe" just maybe,i will do Erie canal from buffalo to Albany 400ish miles...85% dirt and no climbs!
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I did this last year. It's not 85% dirt. There's a lot of cinder path, but also a lot of road. There is no one single trail for the Canal Path -- whole areas require connecting sections along roads that aren't always super easy to navigate. Every time you enter a city region, you are off-trail until you get to the other side. This was true of Syracuse, Rome, Utica, etc. Syracuse was a sh*thole, too, and navigation on the eastern side was a nightmare using the maps I had from the Park System (if you go, use your phone to navigate and you'll be better off.) The only city where there was an actual pathway all the way through was Rochester. The rest all required roads. I went to Niagara Falls instead of Buffalo, so I don't know about Buffalo itself - the path bends toward Buffalo, so I had to leave it and do the last 20 miles all on the road. Overall it's a fun trip just for the distance alone, but the pathway itself does get boring over some stretches. There are some areas where you have a choice of more than one route (e.g., between Seneca Falls and Weedsport) so you may be able to avoid some roads there if you chose one way over the other. But I guarantee you even then it won't be close to 85% dirt.
 
Rest week this week. Today, back on the bike. The company I work for is making plans to move out of our Lawrencville office and move to Pennington.

We toured the facility this morning to begin planning the buildout. Immediately after the tour, I hit the road to recon how close the office is to the good roads.

Today was a slower ride and I stopped to capture a moment

Barry Rd before the climb
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2/25
1:07:58
https://www.strava.com/activities/502338820
 
Mountain Bike Mike said:
Rest week this week. Today, back on the bike. The company I work for is making plans to move out of our Lawrencville office and move to Pennington.

We toured the facility this morning to begin planning the buildout. Immediately after the tour, I hit the road to recon how close the office is to the good roads.
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Mike head straight north for some hills. Stoney brook is part gravel if you're into that
 
2/25/2016.

There was so much debris on the roads, from all the wind and rain yesterday. It's no surprise that I got a flat. At least it was not until the end of the ride and was about 1/2 mile from home. I had to stop to fill up tire, and then I rode down the final hill to my street and walked the rest of the way.

Both tires were on borrowed time too, so I wasn't too surprised to get a flat. Glad it was the rear and not the front.

Moving time: 1:04:52

https://www.strava.com/activities/502207260
 
So one leg of my commute got rained out yesterday, but I think this counts within the rounding error.

2/25 00:59:20
https://www.strava.com/activities/502326214

Yesterday morning was one of those great times after a big storm comes through and cleans up all the messy low pressure garbage.
(I think I have that right- I'm not an astrologer).

It was still windy, but a nice clear day before the clouds and rain came back in.
It's also that nice time of year when I don't need lights coming or going, and when I'm rolling into town the sun is still on the rise.
Makes for some awesome lighting, with sharp contrasts between sunlight and long shadows.
I wanted to stop often for pictures, but just snapped them with the brain cam and kept rolling.

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1speed said:
I did this last year. It's not 85% dirt. There's a lot of cinder path, but also a lot of road. There is no one single trail for the Canal Path -- whole areas require connecting sections along roads that aren't always super easy to navigate. Every time you enter a city region, you are off-trail until you get to the other side. This was true of Syracuse, Rome, Utica, etc. Syracuse was a sh*thole, too, and navigation on the eastern side was a nightmare using the maps I had from the Park System (if you go, use your phone to navigate and you'll be better off.) The only city where there was an actual pathway all the way through was Rochester. The rest all required roads. I went to Niagara Falls instead of Buffalo, so I don't know about Buffalo itself - the path bends toward Buffalo, so I had to leave it and do the last 20 miles all on the road. Overall it's a fun trip just for the distance alone, but the pathway itself does get boring over some stretches. There are some areas where you have a choice of more than one route (e.g., between Seneca Falls and Weedsport) so you may be able to avoid some roads there if you chose one way over the other. But I guarantee you even then it won't be close to 85% dirt.
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Thanks Michael
I'm somehow disappointed
maybe I rethink about it.
 
Screw wind - no, seriously - WIND CAN FUCK RIGHT OFF. So demoralizing that I drove in today. 🙁

Feb 25 - 20 miles - 1 hr. 31 minutes

2/25 Ride in (extended for unplanned reroute due to flooding - thanks for not posting that the road was closed MX cops - jerks): https://www.strava.com/activities/502193713 (10.3 miles, 39.24 mins)
2/25 ride home (which ended 2/26 due to Kansas shooting and the the fucking wind.): https://www.strava.com/activities/502473820 (9.7 miles, 52.27 mins)
 
2/26
1:20:34
https://www.strava.com/activities/502988177

@stb222 is always busting my stones on a daily. One of his favorites is how I'm a cold weather wussy lala. This winter season Ive spent alot of time figuring out the right shit to wear. It turns out, I wear too much and end up getting cold from sweat. So the past couple weeks, i've been wearing lighter and less layers and so far so good. I'm finally starting to figure out how to use cold weather and proper layers to stay cool on rides. Well - today I wore the wrong gloves and my hands froze. I was a windmill'n like a mutha furker today

I wanted to take two pics, one of Pretty Brook on Pretty Brook Rd and one of the Brook on Old Mill but my I didnt want to take my gloves off. Sucks because all the recent rain has those Brooks flowing more aggressively than usual.
 
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