Considering: NYC bike tour

[magid]

I'm contemplating a five-borough
bike tour of New York City, a 42-mile loop. It sounds like a lot
of fun.

Logistically, the question is how to get the bike down to NYC (Yes, I
should ride it there. No, I don't have the time to do that.). I know I
can take my bike on the commuter rail without much fuss (where fuss =
boxing it up or otherwise changing it from ridable-now condition), and
it looks like Amtrak
has provisions for bikes that are reasonable (assuming there are bike
racks on the Boston-New York route; not all of them have racks). I
suspect I'd have to box the bike up if I want to take it on the bus,
which would negate the comparative cheapness. Does anyone have more
specific information about bikes on long-distance buses?

The other option is to rent a bike at that end, which avoids all the
schleppage. I don't know what I'd end up with, and after using a
rental for last spring's ride (which was longer, granted, but I did
have my own saddle, pedals, and shoes), I'm leaning towards using my
own, known bike, which is also likely lighter than a rental bike would
be.

Comments

[trainingmom.livejournal.com]

Do you know anyone else going from Boston with a bike rack on their car. Often two people driving is less than the cost of the train.
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[magid.livejournal.com]

I should post in the Bostonbiking community and ask. Or find out whether someone is driving down for Shabbat, perhaps, though I have the impression people do that on shorter notice than I'd want to have it outstanding.

I owe you email. Will send some tomorrow, if I get a reasonable amount of sleep tonight. Getting out is good, but being away from home too much of the time isn't.

Chinatown express is cheap

[powerfrau.livejournal.com]

Sounds like such a blast.

[majes.livejournal.com]

You need some sort of bike-mounted digital camera for this adventure. It sounds awesome.