My New York Trip

Yes, yes, it’s been a while since I came back from my trip but, you’ll get over it . Anyway, I have a lot of pictures that were taken during the trip and just threw them on to my Flickr account. Click here for the slideshow (wordpress is not letting me post it here for some reason).

The trip was phenomenal! Frank and I got to stay (for free) in the heart of China Town in Manhattan for the duration of the trip, in a very nice loft apartment. All together, we rode about 200 or so miles during the week, and that’s only in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Unfortunately, I didn’t get to go shopping or do any real sightseeing but, being able to go for actual bike rides on my brand new bike was good enough for me. We found the NYC Greenway, which is a 99% car free bike lane of sorts, which goes all around Manhattan island, along the water. We were lucky enough to have nice sunny 60+ degree weather for most of the trip, which made for an even better ride! Riding in city traffic was a lot of fun as well. I don’t know how I would feel about it if I had to commute in it everyday but, just exploring the city while dodging taxis and trucks was a lot of fun! I am definitely planning on going back to the city as soon as I can and I’m definitely taking Gritty along with me. I wish I could have stayed longer but the week I was there was relaxing (as crazy as that sounds) and I’m glad I did it.

One thing I did want to do during the trip is to go to Brooklyn and see John Prolly and his crew at the Thursday night Peel Sessions. Sadly, Prolly left for Tokyo a few days before I went up to NY. Guess I’ll have to wait until the next time I go to NY to see some real FGFS. I hate the waiting game.

If I had to move to a big city, I wouldn’t want to go to Pittsburgh any more (WAY too many hills!!), looks like Manhattan, NY is my new home!

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