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Routes for bicycling
- In the Shadow of the Catskills -- 74 or 79 miles, hilly.
Quiet farms and houses in Greene County, the four pavilions on the Hudson, changing views of the great wall of the Catskills.
4400 vertical feet, hill
index 3.8. Start points Catskill,
Saugerties, Leeds, Alcove Reservoir, Coeymans Landing. [
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There are also some fun descents, including
and (for those who must) at least one notorious climb
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Greene County has a beautiful bridge across the Hudson River -- the
Rip Van Winkle -- and
it's a special thing to ride across it. You can also combine it
with another bridge, to make a
loop route where you ride on both sides of the river, and across both bridges.
- Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge to Rip Van Winkle
Bridge, loop on both sides of the Hudson river -- 57 miles, moderate, from Rhinecliff to
Saugerties to Catskill, then Germantown and Tivoli. Shaded roads in the
woods, two fine Hudson river bridge crossings, sweeping views of farms with
the Catskill mountains beyond.
- Rip Van Winkle Bridge to Albany, loop on both
sides of the Hudson river -- 74 miles, moderate hills, from Catskill and
Hudson to the Dunn Memorial Bridge between Albany + Rennselaer. Lots of sweeping views across beautiful farm country, a variety of
angles on the Catskill mountains and the Hudson River, and the new and old
buildings of Albany. [
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Taxi services
Calling a taxi services can be very helpful for bicycling:
- when your bicycle gets messed up bad enough so you cannot ride
it -- or weather turns real bad -- and you still need to get home or
back to your car.
- to get to and from train stations.
- to set up one-way tours.
It's usually easier to call a taxi
if you have some phone numbers of taxi services in the area you're riding. A way to get a list is to do a search for "taxi" on a directory of business
phone numbers such as Superpages.com
-- Here's some towns and cities in this county on which might be helpful to
search:
Catskill, Haines Falls, Tannersville, Hunter, Windham (all in New
York state)
Here's some taxi services we found in phone directories around 2003:
Decker Unlimited -- Catskill, NY Lee's Taxi -- Haines Falls, NY Where to Cabs -- Tannersville, NY Hunter Mountain Taxi + Limousine -- Hunter, NY Windham Mountain Taxi + Limousine -- Windham, NY
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