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Bike trip philly - nyc - boston

I'm going on a bike trip starting in philly then to new york and then to boston. I was wondering if anyone had done any portion of this route or all of it and had some recommendations on good routes to travel. I know Adventure Cycling has the Atlantic coast route, but they aren't very specific on where to go unless you purchase the map. Any ideas on how to get in and out of New York? Ferries, bridges? If anyone has any links, maps, experience of suggestions that would be awesome! thanks.


timh
2011-08-14 06:55:07

The Philly Bike Club does a yearly ride from Philly to New York, which I went on last year. The route starts in Philly at the Art Museum, over to New Hope where it crosses the Delaware into NJ. From there, it's mostly calm back roads through NJ until the approach to Hoboken. There, it goes through an industrial area. On the weekend it's very quite and manageable by bike, but I'm told that during the weekday it would be rough. From Hoboken, we take a ferry to Manhattan (bikes are allowed for a nominal charge).


A more detailed description of the ride/route is available here: http://phillybikeclub.org/newbcp/events/nycride2011/nycridemain.html


And the cue sheet: http://phillybikeclub.org/newbcp/doc/rides/NH-NY_Cue_125_08-30-09.pdf


cornibe
2011-08-14 17:54:03