Bob B., Definitely, go on the June ride. It was a funny group of bike nerds who showed up for the pre-ride.
There were two times that we jumped from one trail to the other and I wish I'd made a note of exactly where they were. On the first, we left the OCA in a park in Yonkers, right before the section where you get dumped out on a busy two lane road. I'd recognize that turn on a ride and could probably find it on a map. The second time, we left the PT to get back to the OCA. I'd recognize that turn too (-maybe- could find it on a map), but the route between the trails was complicated. It eventually wound through a weird little neighborhood with lots of dirt roads and a short trail section. The hills between the two trails were a nice change from an otherwise fairly flat ride. I've ridden the OCA and PT enough that I don't get too excited about either one, so it nice to mix them up a bit. Brad Queen On Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 10:34:28 AM UTC-4, Bob B wrote: > > Had to miss this past weekend but I'll be at the June ride! > > Geeze, I wanna know about these weird little connectors of which you speak! > > Bob B. > Brooklyn, NY > > On Monday, April 24, 2017 at 5:27:22 PM UTC-4, Brad wrote: >> >> John G & Bob B, >> >> The first time I rode the OCA, I was on one of the Fall iBOB rides about >> 10 years ago. You can find maps on the internet, but riding with someone >> else is the easiest way to figure out the route when the OCA trail >> disappears and reappears. >> >> I rode on the Bike Snob pre-Grand Fondont ride this weekend. Eben put >> together a route that used the OCA trail and the Putnam Trailway. I've >> ridden both trails a lot, but Eben's course used a lot of weird little >> connectors to shift between them. Last weekend's ride was a test. The real >> Grand Fondont is coming up in June. I'd recommend it if you're trying to >> find interesting rides out of NYC. >> >> Brad >> >> On Monday, April 24, 2017 at 1:14:01 PM UTC-4, John G. wrote: >>> >>> Thanks again for the tips, everyone. I did the Van Cortland to Kitchawan >>> and back ride. Very lovely, though I lost the OCA trail a few times. I'll >>> be sure to check out the rest! >>> >>> On Saturday, April 22, 2017 at 6:20:30 PM UTC-4, Kai Vierstra wrote: >>>> >>>> Yup, pedal or the 1 train to Van Cortland and everything north is fun >>>> and car[e]free! I work in Westchester and don't get much time for pure >>>> recreational rides but commuting through Van Cortland always leaves me >>>> smiling. >>>> -Kai >>>> BK NY >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
