[Bent] Tapio from Finland visiting NYC

[jeff fields]

Try coming in another time period then winter...or the cusp of winter.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Tapio Antero Osala<mailto:tapio.antero.osala at gmail.com> 
  To: NY/NJ/CT/PA Metro Area Recumbent Society (MARS)<mailto:bent at list.marsride.org> 
  Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 8:36 PM
  Subject: Re: [Bent] Tapio from Finland visiting NYC


  I landed happily yesterday afternoon on JFK and the snowtorm was over.

  Snow is melting fast in Manhattan. Not much left.

  I have been emailing with Shelly and we are going to meet and perhaps
  take a ride. Exaxt time and place has not yet been settled.

  If we wait until Wednesday, most of the snow/slush perhaps has melted away?

  Central Park Wednesday 1 PM?

  (Every time I visit New York, I come with snow. Last time I was here
  Jan 2003 and then there was even more that this time).


  Tapio Osala
  from Santa Claus - home country

  2009/12/22 Martin Smith <CStrek97 at aol.com<mailto:CStrek97 at aol.com>>:
  > Hi Shelly,
  > I'm Marty from up in Waterbury, CT...central part of the state. (with
  > Vision R40)
  >
  > I was really hoping to get out of work and drive down to NYC to go for a
  > bike ride with you, Tapio, and
  > any other recumbent riders. BUT....I'm not a snow rider. Cold is somewhat
  > OK as long as it's not a long
  > ride (20+ miles in cold weather = ugg.) So...I'm going to back out because
  > of 2 things: snow/slush,
  > and a busy work schedule. I have 1/2 vacation day left....my idea was to
  > work until 10:30 AM one of these
  > days, then fly (drive fast) down to NYC and meet you guys sometime around 1
  > PM for an afternoon ride
  > with Tapio this week. But I just can't after all, as I had hoped.
  > Out of curiosity, what's it like down there in the City? Do you have snow
  > there? Any area there rideable?
  > Definitely not so here. Here, we have at least a foot of snow on the
  > ground, and "slush" on the sidewalks and roads.
  > There are no bike paths, and sharing a road with cars, trucks and snow banks
  > is not possible.
  > Have you touched base with Tapio yet, or is he still in the air? If you
  > do ride, hope you have a good one.
  > I hope to do some rides in the future with other Marsians. In the
  > past...the City has just seemed too far and
  > too expensive (tolls, gas, etc), but now, I've decided to venture outside of
  > my cocoon here.
  > Marty Smith
  >
  > =
  > 5-boro this year
  > bike BEFORE I got hit by a car on 9-1-09
  >
  > ...ok now. me and the
  > bike fixed.
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  Tapio Osala
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