I'm new to this group, hello all!
A friend of mine and I are doing a mile swim saturday morning in Walton
Lake in Monroe, NY and are looking for a good 20-30 mile bike ride in
the area afterwards. We'd like to try to avoid a lot of traffic if at
all possible.

Any ideas?

Aric

--- In bikemh@yahoogroups.com, "Rey Cruz" <snizatch_2000@...> wrote:
>
> I'm thinking of riding from Beacon to Middletown and back on NY
Bike Route 17.
> Has anyone ever ridden this Bike Route? From the map all I can
tell is that it's about 60
> miles roundtrip and most of it follows County Road 207.
>

I've ridden this route from Beacon to Goshen, which is about 20
miles or so.  For most of the way, there is a shoulder of at least 3
feet, sometimes more.  As you near Goshen, however you lose the
shoulder altogether.  Your choice is to either seize the lane or
navigate the 6" of space outside of the painted stripe.

The route itself is very pretty, passing by the state forest, many
farms, and some cute small towns.  There are no big hills, but there
are a few small ones.

Speed limit varies from 55 (most of the way) to 40 in some areas,
and 30 in Goshen itself.

There's a nice coffee shop right at the main intersection in Goshen
(forgot the name, but it's next to Joe Fix It's, the bike shop).

If you have something more specific you'd like to know, I'll do my
best to answer it.

it seems as though the now 4 year old access ramp to the walkway is a
secret - there are no signs here in Pok. showing this relatively new
access ramp - I have many times seen touring cyclists riding in
circles looking for the way onto the ramp

the bridge is part of Adventure Cyclin's Atlantic Coast Route - I
have been in contact with Tom Robertson with updated info for that
route
below is the text for the route (from Marist College) to that ramp:

ROUTE CHANGE / DEVIATION FROM MAP
Use below route TO the bridge
walkway in the City of Poughkeepsie
SB
START:Marist College South Gate
STRAIGHT across US rt. #9 at TCL (note: better to turn around in
entrance for crossing than to attempt left turn from US rt. 9)
Follow BR9 SB  0.6
CROSS BAIN St. at TCL 0.7
Verazano Blvd. at BR9 RIGHT TURN
Sharp turn on downhill1.0
Mt. Carmel Place1.05
BEAR R at TCL So. Clover
(BR 9 sign at this intersection)1.2
Main Street F see local city route below for additional svcs. on US
rt. 9    512
Under US rt. 9
MTA Metro North – Amtrak RR sta.
BELOW TURN ON DOWNHILL       1.4
Rinaldi Blvd. at TCL1.5
Gerald Dr.1.55
access ramp to FDR Mid Hudson bridge walkway
RIGHT AT TOP OF RAMP
PREPARE TO DISMOUNT
WALK BICYCLE ACROSS BRIDGE

also I have proposed a new spur for the ACR through Dutches County -
the Taconic Hills-Harlem Valley spur - this alt. route will use the
as yet to be (under construction) Mid Dutchess Trailway from Pok. to
Hopewell Jct. then DC cnty. rt 9 through Beekman then to Poughquag
and then to the village of Pawling NY and then county roads up the
Harlem Valley to Wassaic - from there the HV RT to Milerton to re-
join the main route

if anybody thinks this would be a good alt. route for the ACR let
meknow!

it seems as though the now 4 year old access ramp to the walkway is a
secret - there are no signs here in Pok. showing this relatively new
access ramp - I have many times seen touring cyclists riding in
circles looking for the way onto the ramp

the bridge is part of Adventure Cyclin's Atlantic Coast Route - I
have been in contact with Tom Robertson with updated info for that
route
below is the text for the route (from Marist College) to that ramp:

ROUTE CHANGE / DEVIATION FROM MAP
Use below route TO the bridge
walkway in the City of Poughkeepsie
SB
START:Marist College South Gate
STRAIGHT across US rt. #9 at TCL (note: better to turn around in
entrance for crossing than to attempt left turn from US rt. 9)
Follow BR9 SB  0.6
CROSS BAIN St. at TCL 0.7
Verazano Blvd. at BR9 RIGHT TURN
Sharp turn on downhill1.0
Mt. Carmel Place1.05
BEAR R at TCL So. Clover
(BR 9 sign at this intersection)1.2
Main Street F see local city route below for additional svcs. on US
rt. 9    512
Under US rt. 9
MTA Metro North – Amtrak RR sta.
BELOW TURN ON DOWNHILL       1.4
Rinaldi Blvd. at TCL1.5
Gerald Dr.1.55
access ramp to FDR Mid Hudson bridge walkway
RIGHT AT TOP OF RAMP
PREPARE TO DISMOUNT
WALK BICYCLE ACROSS BRIDGE

also I have proposed a new spur for the ACR through Dutches County -
the Taconic Hills-Harlem Valley spur - this alt. route will use the
as yet to be (under construction) Mid Dutchess Trailway from Pok. to
Hopewell Jct. then DC cnty. rt 9 through Beekman then to Poughquag
and then to the village of Pawling NY and then county roads up the
Harlem Valley to Wassaic - from there the HV RT to Milerton to re-
join the main route

if anybody thinks this would be a good alt. route for the ACR let
meknow!

--- In bikemh@yahoogroups.com, "Brendan Brady" <bcbrady@m...> wrote:
> I haven't done that route, but we just came back from a trip trough
> the Catskills and Hudson Valley. Part of our route took us from Goshen
> (a very nice town) to Washingtonville on the Sara Wells Trail (CR 8).
> You might consider incorporating this into your trip to avoid
> repeating Bike route 17.
>
> Brendan Brady
>


Thanks for the tip. I was wondering about how bike-friendly the entire Bike
Route 17 is.
On their website the map shows that it extends all the way into Western NY.

Rey

I haven't done that route, but we just came back from a trip trough
the Catskills and Hudson Valley. Part of our route took us from Goshen
(a very nice town) to Washingtonville on the Sara Wells Trail (CR 8).
You might consider incorporating this into your trip to avoid
repeating Bike route 17.

Brendan Brady

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I'm thinking of riding from Beacon to Middletown and back on NY Bike Route 17.
Has anyone ever ridden this Bike Route? From the map all I can tell is that it's
about 60
miles roundtrip and most of it follows County Road 207.