When I moved out of monticello we lived near High Point NJ for about 15 years, where the riding was about as you describe it. Pretty punishing back then on a 10 speed but I was young and didnt mind it, especially since my dad could keep up with me mile for mile and I had something to prove. I dont know which is worse, rolling hills or climbing up the side of a mountain, at least witht he latter you get an awesome descent. My beautiful wife is from Middletown, but unfortunately hates riding, cant win them all!
On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 4:11 PM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > On Tue, 2012-10-02 at 15:57 -0400, Peter Morgano wrote: > > Hey, I grew up in Monticello, NY. My mom taught at the high school, we > > moved out when I was around 8-9. Lived in beautiful Jeffersonville, > > next to the cemetary. Good fishing country. My dad used to go hunting > > up there with my grandfather until he passed away. I imagine that > > would be good riding up there on the country roads but you are right, > > in that setting I would wear a helmet, for one since the speed limit > > is 55mph and you have some big old hills to descend. > > We started the Catskill Wheelmen in the spring of 1972. We were all > beginners, none had ever ridden with a bike club before. Every ride > seemed to have around 4,000 feet of climbing: turn at the corner, climb > 1,000 feet, descend 1,000 feet, come to a 4-way stop sign, stop, climb > 1,000 feet. All mountains, as I recall it, and not made any easier by > the baby seat on the back of my bike, where I carried my daughter. > > Our longest ride ever that first year was 25 miles, all downhill: we > drove our cars down to Middletown, parked at a restaurant, rode back to > the ride start in a big old International Harvester SUV-ancestor, then > rode downhill 25 miles, put the bikes in the car, had a celebratory > lunch and called it a season. > > The next year they put on a century. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
