...now i'm in rego park (63dr between queens boulevard and woodhaven). you can do it on a road bike, no problem. personally i'd rather take the subway to central park on weekdays than ride forest park but it's sumptin'.

don

Hey Stéphane,
I played golf out there once and from what I can remember the drive looked pretty decent. Shouldn't be a problem for your road bike. I also noticed some trails and saw some MTB riders. It's a beautiful park.
I've never biked there but I think I may have to check it out.
Maybe a possible UAR? John?

It's a well-paved route but it's just a single road, so there's no way to do a loop. Also, you'll have to wait a few minutes for the light when you cross Woodhaven. You can get a workout with the hills, but it get's old really, really fast. Depending on where you are, you might want to go with Prospect Park or, if you're further east, the route through Kissena/Cunningham/Alley Pond is nice, assuming you have the time.

The road in Forest Park is nice, but it's kinda short. Official Parks department rules about biking on trails: verboten. And there are a lot of signs to that effect in Forest Park.

If you want a workout, and a loop, try Flushing Meadows. I'm not sure how long the loop is (actually, there are different permutations of loops, the longest being from the Marina/Shea Stadium area down to the South end of the lake). The Flushing Meadows loop is all on 2 lane roads (more lanes around Shea), with light traffic on weekdays. Don't even bother trying it on weekends in the summer. But it's one of my favorite parks in NYC, because the lake area is a wide open space where you can see quite a distance.

Lots of cyclists also like to go out to Long Island on the LIE service road, which is pretty nice out in Nassau, but not so great in Queens. It's a good weekend morning ride. Don't do it during afternoon rush hour.

Rich

It's not that big so really it's best for running. If you are gonna ride I would go mtb. Head over to flushing park for some timetrial practice. Pop over to Kissena for some track work.

There are several groups that get together at Flushing Park to ride loops. It can be fun and pretty fast paced. Summers there kinda suck. There is a club that meets on the LIE service road on weekends at 7:45 I think. There is a really nice hill to do repeats on before the meeting spot in Douglaston.