I was in New York all week dreaming about nightrides and any of the nice weekend epics that went down without me. By Saturday I was so desperate that I started looking online for riding opportunities in Manhattan. So I rented a bike at this place close to 42nd Street at the Hudson River:


Going North I was wondering if I would see only this type of multi-user trail


Fortunately glimmers of hope soon appeared



North of the George Washington Bridge things got more gnarly

After some extra searching and a little road and traffic I finally hit the real thing




Even some builders in Manhattan



Following some fun on here I continued on the other trails in Highbridge Park. Loose leaves on the trail make for a whole new variant of the traction problem, or was it just the skinny tires on the bike

Than this happened


Did not notice hitting anything, but when pedaling backwards to get the cranks in position for that next hill some really ugly sound emerged
and about 7 miles back to the 'trail head' (from the blue dot in the top right almost to the Holland Tunnel at the bottom left)


Have to say, I am happy that my first broken derailleur happened with public transport options for the solo shuttle back


Back at the rental place I got an exchange bike and had enough time to get the south end of Manhattan to take in this familiar view


Overall, a fun ride - not epic by any stretch of imagination, but pretty good considering I never left Manhattan and certainly a decent fix for my cravings

That's cool. I love finding urban trails.

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very cool, love the sunset photo, thanks for the tr. Does every city but San Diego have a bike park!?

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I read about Highbridge Park recently in Bicycling magazine. I've attached a link for you exclusively dirt types who probably don't subscribe. Man, talk about dedicated advocacy . . . .

http://www.bicycling.com/article/0,6610 ... -P,00.html

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A bicycle is a splendid thing.
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Nice and unique TR. There is always traction issues with those leaves even with a fat tire.

What's all important is that you got your fix anyhow.

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THOSE WHO KNOW, RIDE TURNER

Good TR , do you have a photo showing the text on the Bike Park sign, I would like to pass it along to San Diego P&R and the rangers at MTRP.

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My Pinkbike page http://www.pinkbike.com/u/lambertphoto

here you go - hope the resolution is good enough (if not, pm me and I can send original by e-mail, or somebody explain to me how I can upload high-res images to this site). Also curious how to upload more than 6 images at a time...

wow great to see the options in NYC. when living there I found some cool stuff in the park also, but up north in the more sketchy sections near spanish harlem. Great TR as I can now offer no excuses to my NYC buddies!