Recumbents

Small Haul NYC – Under Cover… Bent riders in NYC come down and give the Ragtop a try.

Really makes riding in the rain much less of a challenge!

Nice and Cozy!

Call the number on the rear of box to reach Small Haul NYC @ the Urban Mobility Project!

Come with your bent and take the Ragtop for a spin!

You can purchase your Ragtop right here!

Three island hop right here in NYC!

Waiting for the ferry

Sizing up the Gold Rush. Wall Street Pier

Tearing Jackson away from baseball isn’t easy!

It’s a great way to escape the city. We ferried from Pier 11 to Dumbo and rode the new bikeway to Red Hook for lunch on the Fairway patio overlooking NY Harbor!

We got a great bonus The Queen Mary was in town. We were able to ride right up to her without one tourist in sight!

Great View

BIG

Nice quiet street a long way from NYC!

Lunch on the Fairway patio

The Terminal in Red Hook

Barge

Old Rusted Trolley's

Bikeway to Fairway

Since it was a cloudy day there was hardly a wait at the Governor’s Island ferry from Brooklyn so we decided to go over,  loop the island and come home for free!

Cruising on Governor's Island

Queen Mary from Governor's Island

Governors Island is much more fun on a cloudy day, seems to keep the crowds away. I think our next ferry adventure will be the Kent Avenue bikeway in Williamsburg!

Really thrilled to have such a great way to exit the city with kids!

Can’t say for sure. All we got were photos and no story sent to us.

Added a couple more to Martha’s gallery.

Learning to Ride Bent

I have acquired a KIDS Recumbent bikeE, set up by Johannes at North East Recumbents (no longer in biz).

On the Bikeway

Since I have this great Bent – I’m offering to teach any children to ride for free!

Able to ride and wave

BTW – it can also accommodate small adults!

In just two lessons he was riding with complete confidence on the Hudson River Bikeway!

It may be hot, hot, hot in the Baked Apple today, but this cool rig keeps me out of the sun.

World Tour Pass on the Frog Tandem the Hudson River Bikeway

When they passed I thought it was the bike from Take a Seat the popular show on the Universal Sports Channel.

Of course I jumped on my bike and caught up to see who, what, where…

A couple from France, Angelique & Lionel starting their World Tour in NYC! This was their last ride in NYC before hitting the road, they were on the way to see the Statue of Liberty one more time before exiting Manhattan, not that easy with this rig. Of course I wanted to help as much as I could. Only Angelique spoke English so I pulled them over to look at maps and show them the way to the George Washington Bridge. Realizing it would be a major headache for them to cross the GW with the hairpin turns on the ramp and around the towers. They’d have to disconnect the trailer and walk around each turn. They also planned to go around the bottom of Manhattan and enjoy a trip to the GW on the east side bikeway, NOT!  I also knew they would have lots of problems exiting the west side bikeway with the insane killer hills and bridge that crosses the Henry Hudson Parkway at the north end!

Practicing unloading for the GW Bridge

I hope I convinced them to take NY Waterways Ferry to Weehawken and ride north to RT 9W and on to Niagara Falls.

They plan on being on the road for three years! We exchanged info and I wished them a great trip.

You can follow them at their blog here… FrogTandem

Resting at the North Cove Marina

I  heard from them via email they are in Pine Bush, NY.

Angelique & Lionel on the Hase Pino

Checking Maps

Take a Seat is the most exciting television I’ve seen in a long time!

Makes me want to go ride my Recumbent Tandem around NYC picking up passengers!

Seat Anyone?
universal sports
take a seat

Bicyclist shooting for the moon – Outdoors – Modbee.com
By Sean Lynch

He’s rode in the fog and wind and rain. He’d come home after school and go out in the dark with lights on. I call him the ‘Destinator.’

I haven’t done a long ride in about 3 years.

The last Montauk century I did started in Babylon. I rode my Goldrush with my bodysock on and did it in 4hr 30 min. Avg Speed 22.2 MPH! I’ve been riding it for years at that pace. Doing the 145 from my door with no real miles except for pulling my son around in the pedicab or on the tandem really changed the ride for me.

Recumbent Tandem is available for the ride to Montauk!

I started from south end av about 5:30am.
1 frozen Camelback hangin from my seat,
1 water bottle
5 pre – opened candy bars

I thought about riding up to the start at Penn Sta. and leaving with a group but  thought it would be much easier to just go over the Brooklyn Bridge so I went up Atlantic ave to Woodhaven blvd .I choose to ride without the sock since I’d be stop and going and riding on really crappy roads! I got to Kennedy Airport in an hour,not a bad pace for city streets! I continued on Conduit av which become rt 27. I took rt27 all the way, strait to Babylon the 45 mi point@8am. Just before the fork at Old Sunrise Hi way /RR av I ran into a group of 4 riders that came from Manhattan!!! I rode with them a little ways and then stopped to put up my sock!! I was able to catch up……

There was a Gotham rider up front keeping 22mph pace , then he decided to have some fun with me and upped it to 25mph I had a great time dueling with them and they really got a kick out of my bent! They pulled over at the train sta and I keep going and was on the official course!

At the station I saw lots of trucks loaded with bikes and people waiting for bikes but no one on the road which caused me to make a wrong turn. I ended up at the Babylon Marina and had to find my way back to the main road.

I took rt 27a for a while through  Mastic/Shirley another 35mi until I met up with riders again and was able to get back on the course. Somewhere in this stretch I developed some leg soreness that got worse as I went. To be specific the worst pain was on the left side of my right calf muscle and real soreness in both quads! I  also developing a rash where the sun don’t shine,,,look-out!!! It got so bad I went from a 21 mph pace to 12mph with a nice tailwind, just sucks!

Was the leg pain  gonna do me in???

It was kinda weird if I pushed hard the quad pain went away ,so I was able to get it back a little to 18-20mph. To deal with the calf pain I had to ride with the peddle more towards the heel , that seem to work ,so I slid my butt forward on the seat and was able to ride again, I little awkward but better than all the pain!
I noticed my Friend Alfredo about half a mile ahead.He really easy to spot for some reason, maybe his backward hat under the helmet. We visited for about 10 min and off I went.

ONWARD!

I stopped to pee at some repair stand don’t know where but my first real stop was East Quogue about 90 miles out! I just had to stop, regroup and try to rest my legs that began acting up and that RASH was gonna do me in !

I think it was about 11am. My water lasted and the candy bars kept me going all the this far. I stopped at a deli. I ate macaroni salad and chocolate milk, yahoo!!!! I hung for 30 min , regrouped and off I went!!!  

Riding slow , Pain management

Getting started with aching muscles was not easy I took the ride nice and slow,like I had a choice?

I got to the next official rest area I think it was in Watermill not really sure. Just before I ran into the only other BENT rider . He was on a Catrike ,we introduced ourselves, Adam a 5BBC and MARS member he mentioned MARS. I told him that I was once the President of MARS. 
We both wondered why we were the only bents?
I just don’t know,its puzzling isn’t it. As we spoke I noticed his speech was slurred but didn’t ask about it.He finally told me he was a victim of ATAXIA  - I mentioned that I was a fan of Kyle Brant – the rider that just finished RAAM! We both were really excited! We rode to the rest stop he stopped and I went on. After meeting Adam nothing, rash ,muscle cramps or what ever would keep me from riding strong!  

Great to meet you Adam if you’d like to ride with other bents in the city you have my EM!

The Last Leg…hahaha!

As I left Water Mill Iwas able to keep kind of a good pace , finding lots of groups to ride with. This is just a beautiful stretch on back roads  all along the ocean with very few cars!! Through the Hamptons to my favorite stretch of road from Amagansett to Montauk along rt 27. After decades of doing this ride you know your finally done when you hit the last 10 miles. Its a great view ,you can see the whole 10 miles ahead ,all the way to Hither Hills Campground. I was feeling pretty good when I got here and flew by everyone keeping about 25 mph through the whole stretch….its just grand!  Once past the fork in the road I decided to take the scenic route to the right with the great rolling Hills of Hither! 

I kinda ended my ride at Hither Hills Campground 2:30pm on June 19th 2010.

This was a good idea!

I went over to the ocean bought an Ice Cream ,took a shower and just relaxed ! A great spot to stop ! 

135 miles
9 hours
With Two 30 min  stops
8 hours riding time 
About 18.1 mph
55 years old, Not bad!

Almost There  

I left for the last 5 miles. There are some short steep hills that I basically crawled up but screamed down and was able to do a fairly normal pace into Montauk,,,,,finally. 

My reward 

I bought 2 slices of Pizza with fresh garlic that I had been dreaming about for the last 50mi., went over to the Green where my good friend Dan found me!

I took the 5;30 bus home!
When I got back to Manhattan my legs were so shot that I had to use my GRANNY to get up the hill on 36th st from 3rd ave to  Lexington!

Wish I could get more miles in ………

Why not upgrade your seat?

Recumbent Rentals available for The Ride to Montauk!

You’ll be amazed at how good you’ll feel when you arrive in Montauk!
Anyone for The Ride to Martha’s?