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From: Martin Smith <CStrek97@aol.com><br>
To: NY/NJ/CT/PA Metro Area Recumbent Society (MARS) <bent@list.marsride.org><br>
Sent: Mon, Dec 21, 2009 7:23 pm<br>
Subject: [Bent] Tapio from Finland visiting NYC<br>
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<div>I'm Marty from up in Waterbury, CT...central part of the state. (with Vision R40)<br>
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<div>I was really hoping to get out of work and drive down to NYC to go for a bike ride with you, Tapio, and </div>
<div>any other recumbent riders. BUT....I'm not a snow rider. Cold is somewhat OK as long as it's not a l<span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">ong</span> </div>
<div>ride (20+ miles in cold weather = ugg.) So...I'm going to back out because of 2 things: snow/slush,</div>
<div>and a busy work schedule. I have 1/2 vacation day left....my idea was to work until 10:30 AM one of these</div>
<div>days, then fly (drive fast) down to NYC and meet you guys sometime around 1 PM for an afternoon ride</div>
<div>with Tapio this week. But I just can't after all, as I had hoped. </div>
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<div>Out of curiosity, what's it like down there in the City? Do you have snow there? Any area there rideable? </div>
<div>Definitely not so here. Here, we have at least a foot of snow on the ground, and "slush" on the sidewalks and roads.</div>
<div>There are no bike paths, and sharing a road with cars, trucks and snow banks is not possible.</div>
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<div>Have you touched base with Tapio yet, or is he still in the air? If you do ride, hope you have a good one.</div>
<div>I hope to do some rides in the future with other Marsians. In the past...the City has just seemed too far and </div>
<div>too expensive (tolls, gas, etc), but now, I've decided to venture outside of my cocoon here.</div>
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<div> 5-boro this year </div>
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<div> bike BEFORE I got hit by a car on 9-1-09</div>
<div> ...ok now. me and the bike fixed.</div>
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