Thanks, Ed. BTW, I should have mentioned that, without my wife in tow, the
ride doesn't need to be "low impact." I am definitely willing to check out
some works-in-progress!
"Ed Ravin" <eravin@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> From somewhere in cyberspace, "Papa Tom" <TomMontalbano@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> said:
>>My website www.geocities.com/NYRides is filled with trails, paths, and
>>routes in the New York area, most of which I haven't ridden in several
>>years. I'd like to return to some just to check the status of new
>>pavement,
>>extensions, etc. The ones I have in mind are the Westchester County
>>Trails
>>(north and south), the Bronx River Bikeway, The Croton Aquaduct (north
and
>>south) and the Nyack Rail Trail.
>>
>>So here's my question...Considering that I haven't been on any of these
>>since at least 2004, which of the four would you say has changed the
most
>>since then? This info will help me decide which one or two to check out
>>this weekend.
>
> The Croton Aqueduct trail has not changed much in the last few years.
> Around 3 or 4 years ago, the ****tion approaching Palisade Ave and
> Ashburton
> Ave was fixed up, instead of having to ****tage your bike up a steep,
> brambly and trash-strewn hill, you can now ride straight through.
>
> The South County Trailway was extended in the last year or two, the
> southern terminus was extended from Barney Street in Yonkers down
> to Tuckahoe Road, and an additional section was paved from Redmond Park
> down to the Bronx line, leaving only a single "missing link" from
Redmond
> Park to Tuckahoe Road (which you can ride on a hybrid or mountain bike,
> but it ain't low-impact).
>
> I don't think much has changed on the North County Trailway, except that
> a new highway ramp on Route 100 north of 117 has uglified a formerly
nice
> section of the trail.
>
> The Bronx River path has a new section in Scarsdale - it's a little
weird
> and narrow in places, but p***** by some nice stuff.
> --
> Ed Ravin | "The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich
> as
> | well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in
the
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