I've been fighting this godawful head cold/sinus infection for the past week. I've been on and off the bike, but more off than on.
So, among my indoor projects, I decided to take the old cue sheets I had from my 1993 New York Ride Across the State (American Youth Hostels was the sponsor) and turn those into RideWithGPS routes.
I make no claims as to the accuracy or safety of these rides today, nor have I actually been on any of these roads since 1993 with the exception of those in the NYC area and Hudson Valley. At the time we road this tour, the Empire State Trail wasn't a thing and the roads seemed mostly quiet enough for us to ride on. We mostly stayed in SUNY college dorms along the way. It was definitely not a "posh" ride as we had a way overstretched skeleton crew supporting us, my husband among them who swears he's still traumatized by the lack of sleep and worry that they'd somehow kill a rider. I recall one night being transported to dinner via a truck where something like 16-20 of us piled into the cargo area. We also road up and over the Goat Trail (US-6/202) in Peekskill despite the road being closed because of a nearby fire. Good times!
Anyway, I thought it would be a fun project to recreate the map as it were and see and hear from people who might be riding on or around these routes today or even to reconnect with others who may have done NYRATS in 1993 or any other year.
So here's Part 1 of I think somewhere between 12 and 16 cue sheets. I'll be collecting these all into a RWGPS group as well.
Moderators, if I've run afoul of some rule, please let me know and I'll take it down.
by bicyclemom