[Bent] Lambertville ride (was 5 DAY BIKE TOUR)
jeff fields
j_h_fields at msn.com
Wed May 27 08:20:24 EDT 2009
I'd be interested in it if it happens on Saturday.
Jeff Fields
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From: Rich Sadler<mailto:richsadler at comcast.net>
To: NY/NJ/CT/PA Metro Area Recumbent Society (MARS)<mailto:bent at list.marsride.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2009 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Bent] Lambertville ride (was 5 DAY BIKE TOUR)
I'd lead the Lambertville ride this weekend if anyone beside Clay & me
is up for it.
Rich Sadler
Clay Mikolasy wrote:
> I have an idea for an early-mid October ride (Grounds for Sculpture is
> particularly beautiful at that time of year, and the water garden
> should still be running--it gets shut down when the frost begins), if
> sculptor J Seward Johnson still has sculptures placed all around
> Hamilton Township and probably elsewhere (used to be some in
> Princeton). How about a sculpture ride, traveling from one piece to
> another and ending up at Grounds for Sculpture for a visit?
> And one other: I'd like to do a Lambertville-Frenchtown-Milford trip
> sometime soon.
> Clay
>
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> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 26, 2009 9:45 AM
> *Subject:* Re: [Bent] 5 DAY BIKE TOUR OF PENNSYLVANIA
>
> Yup, I live about 2-3 miles from the Grounds for Sculpture and
> have been there several times. -Steve
>
> In a message dated 5/25/2009 6:49:24 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> clay at njsouth.com<mailto:clay at njsouth.com> <mailto:clay at njsouth.com<mailto:clay at njsouth.com>> writes:
>
> Wife and I really enjoyed reading your report!! Thank you so
> much! You must live near Grounds for Sculpture--Great Place!
>
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> *Sent:* Saturday, May 23, 2009 2:57 PM
> *Subject:* [Bent] 5 DAY BIKE TOUR OF PENNSYLVANIA
>
> Here's a brief report on the 255 mile, 5 day tour of
> Pa. I did last week.
>
> The idea for this tour started when I signed up for a
> weekend Amish country ride with Country Roads Bicycle
> Tours http://www.crbyt.com/index.html<http://www.crbyt.com/index.html>, a small outfit
> with whom I have done two other tours in the past. The
> tour included two nights at a motel in Strasburg, a
> quaint little town located in the midst of Amish
> country, a few miles southeast of Lancaster, Pa.
> Naturally, I figured it would be more fun and
> adventurous to leave the car at home and get to
> Strasburg and back on my trusty old "Lightning P38"
> recumbent (with its F40 nose cone in front for a
> little extra speed).
>
> The main issue in planning the route was how to get
> through or around the Philadelphia area. Fortunately,
> there's a Philadelphia regional bike map that covers
> southeastern Pa. (and also a big chunk of NJ), with
> roads color-coded to show which ones are best and
> which are the worst. The Pa. Department of
> Transportation has also mapped out various bike routes
> that criss-cross the state. One of them, namely "Pa.
> Bike Route E", goes from Trenton through central
> Philly to Delaware and is part of the East Coast
> Greenway Route from Maine to Florida.
>
> I left my home in Hamilton Square, NJ (near
> Trenton) last Thursday morning and headed for downtown
> Philadelphia, following Route E for a substantial part
> of the way. Most of the streets along Route E have
> bike lanes, but much of the route is on major streets
> and highways that also have a lot of traffic, as I
> discovered on a trip I did last year. Accordingly, I
> used the bike map to locate alternate streets with
> less traffic for parts of the 38 mile route.
>
> Once in Philly, I checked out Jay's recumbent shop on
> the north side of town (Their selection of bents in
> stock turned out to be somewhat limited.), then used
> one of those coupons you get at freeway rest areas to
> book a room at the Holiday Inn for $89. The hotel is
> in a great location - right in the middle of Philly's
> historic district, a block from Independence Mall. (I
> suspect the $89 rate is probably not available on
> weekends.) After lunch at a nearby deli, I had the
> rest of the day to do a few things in Philly. I
> checked out the museum of Jewish history located a few
> steps from the hotel -- an interesting place, but
> really just a preview of the "real" museum that is
> currently under construction next door. The $150
> million edifice is being built on the mall and is
> scheduled to open in November 2010.
>
> The next day's ride was 62 miles to Strasburg, mainly
> along secondary roads that run parallel to Route 30,
> the main highway between Philly and Lancaster:
> Haverford Ave, Haverford Rd, Conestoga Rd, King Rd,
> Boot Rd, Rt. 30B, Valley Rd, etc. After stopping for
> lunch in the small town of Coatesville, I entered
> Lancaster County, where I suddenly found myself
> immersed in a bucolic landscape with horse-drawn plows
> working in the fields, women in long dark dresses
> working in their yards, and thousands of cows grazing
> on the hillsides. It felt good to arrive in Amish country!
>
> After checking into the motel in Strasburg, I noticed
> a broken spoke on my front wheel and wondered how long
> it had been that way. Luckily, I was able to get the
> spoke replaced at a local bike shop that stayed open
> late on Fridays, then met the other riders on the
> tour, a congenial group of 10 people, with ages
> ranging from 11 to 70.
>
> On Saturday we rode a few miles to visit the "Amish
> Village" and a few more miles to Intercourse for lunch
> consisting of pretzels stuffed with either sausage or
> pizza ingredients. The afternoon was spent zig-zagging
> along back roads amidst the Amish farm country east of
> Lancaster, hoping that it wouldn't rain (which it
> didn't). Since this was supposed to be a "rest day"
> for me and the skies looked threatening, I opted for
> the shorter ride of 27 miles rather than the 46 mile
> ride.
>
> Sunday's ride took us into the more rural and hilly
> landscape southwest of Strasburg for a nice change of
> scenery. The entire group opted for the shorter ride
> of only 15.5 miles, which seemed a lot longer because
> of the hills, wind, and frequent turns. After a
> gourmet farewell luncheon at a quaint old Strasburg
> Inn, it was time to begin the trek home. I pedaled
> east toward West Chester, a nice town about half way
> toward Philadelphia, where I used another discount
> coupon to get a room at a Microtel Inn at the edge of
> town. After a shower and brief rest, I got back on the
> bike and rode into the center of town for a good meal
> and a quick tour of the town with its many stately old
> brick houses and college campus.
>
> The trip back was not without a few challenges. In
> addition to being more hilly, I encountered two
> "bridge out" signs along the route - one on Sunday and
> another on Monday. To make matters worse, the Philly
> regional bike map I was using to navigate had
> mislabeled 2 of the roads along my route, causing me
> to make a wrong turn at one of them. These pitfalls
> resulted in about 3 to 4 extra miles each day, for a
> total of 37.5 miles Sunday afternoon and another 67
> miles on Monday. Monday's ride was particularly
> challenging, following an intricate route through
> Conshohocken and the suburban area north of Philly,
> then back through Trenton. The many hills often had
> stop signs or red lights near the bottom that served
> to kill my momentum. But the various detours along the
> way took me to some lovely secluded back roads and
> past some magnificent stone mansions, so I can't
> really complain. All in all, it was a really fun
> experience.
>
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