Hey All,
I did my first ride to Nyack this weekend. I think it was 9W all the way North, past Piermont to Nyack. The ride there was cake but the hills crushed me on the way back. Any suggestions for a flatter route to/back to Nyack???
Thx.
Flats to Nyack???
Sun, 09/17/2006 - 4:32pm
Sun, 09/17/2006 - 4:54pm
#1
Flattest way back is 501. Only one hill (of your choosing) to get back up from Tenafly. But that hill still isn't that fun. I personally think Walnut is the easiest.
- Christian
Sun, 09/17/2006 - 6:07pm
#2
Many do prefer 501 back, but you get the hill at the end (I like Walnut too).
An alternative -- if you want flat -- is to ride the River Rd. to Piermont from Nyack, then climb to 9W, and get your hill out of the way more toward the beginning/middle.
David
Sun, 09/17/2006 - 6:21pm
#3
the flattest hill
The Irv Weisman route (he hated hills) - Jones Rd, from Palisade Av in Englewood to Main St in Ft Lee. You then have to deal with the traffic, the cellphone-jaywalkers, and the liklihood of getting doored on Main St, but hey.
You can find it on google maps.
Tue, 09/19/2006 - 12:25pm
#4
Irv's route
Sun, 09/17/2006 - 6:29pm
#5
Gradient
I never did the Nyack ride but I'm looking to do it. What are the approx grades and lengths of the hills?
Mon, 09/18/2006 - 4:59am
#6
It depends on your route! (nm)
Mon, 09/18/2006 - 9:54am
#7
Grades
Resources has regional hill grades.
If you take RSD to the GWB, you have RSD rollers.
165 to Ft. Wash is about .1 mile at 8.4% -ONLY ONE BLOCK!
Going north on 9W is not so bad - rollers, nothing killer. There are two major desents: St. Line and Rockland Rd. into Piermont (the Tallman Park Rd - you can continue on 9W to Ferdon avoid this. Or continue on 9W or take Tweed - later).
Coming back, Rockland Rd - Tallman is about .4 mile and almost 7%.
St. Line is about .6 mile about 5.6 %.
9W is my choice back and forth - with maybe Alpine Hill (River Rd) on the way there at just over a mile and just over 7%.
You could do 501 - it is flat until the climb back up to 9W and the GWB.
Any way you go, you have to decend to Piermont/Nyack and climb to GWB. 9W has more hills and rollers and is a better workout than 501.
Also, 501 goes through towns, streets, lights, stop signs, cross traffic, turning vehicles, malls, shoppers. 9W is a highway with a large shoulder and many many cyclists, esp on weekends. A few lights, but the chances of a bike-motor vehicle incident is much less than 501. And the ride is nearly continiuous, with few if any stops, unlike 501.
Mon, 09/18/2006 - 3:03pm
#8
to make Walnut even easier
turn left at Cedar, the street before Walnut.
When Cedar ends in a few blocks turn right, then left on Walnut--you'll have a break from climbing while you are traversing between Cedar & Walnut
The fact is that Piermont is at one (sea?) level and the bridge is a hundred or two hundred feet higher so one way or another you have to get that altitude.
Mon, 09/18/2006 - 3:28pm
#9
may as well make the final climb short...
...and climb booth at the end. i can say that now since i replace my 11x23 with a 12x25. ;)
don
Mon, 09/18/2006 - 3:42pm
#10
You people are awesome
That you take the time to map out these routes, check the grades of the hills and elevations... THANK YOU. Really, you do everyone such a service. I would be lost forever if I had to figure this out for myself.
~CML
