tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189289378926567244.post5485302336075942978..comments2023-10-10T09:25:23.630-04:00Comments on Velophoria: If You Ride With Floyd, Bring Your 'Cross BikeHarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02731815508918636273noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189289378926567244.post-68623199318730490622009-02-02T15:25:00.000-05:002009-02-02T15:25:00.000-05:00DC, I know the area. I've been to a few Oneonta Ya...DC, I know the area. I've been to a few Oneonta Yankees games (they're a minor league team for some other club now, I believe)at the beautiful little field in Oneonta. Beautiful up there!Harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02731815508918636273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189289378926567244.post-50218410117896129132009-02-02T12:13:00.000-05:002009-02-02T12:13:00.000-05:00They're about 20 minutes west of Cooperstown, in O...They're about 20 minutes west of Cooperstown, in Otsego County, about 45 minutes north of Oneonta. Beautiful old dairy-farm country. Aboslutely frigid up there about now, but I just can't wait until spring.De.Cordayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01096055303330927430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189289378926567244.post-31377780308514548012009-02-02T08:15:00.000-05:002009-02-02T08:15:00.000-05:00De.Corday, you should ride with Floyd!My folks hav...De.Corday, you should ride with Floyd!<BR/><BR/>My folks have a place in the southern Catskills (Ulster County). Where are your folks?Harryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02731815508918636273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6189289378926567244.post-41173027519931859482009-02-01T21:00:00.000-05:002009-02-01T21:00:00.000-05:00My folks have a farmhouse in upstate new york wher...My folks have a farmhouse in upstate new york where the terrain is just absolutely gorgeous for just about everything, including cycling. Lots of 10mph climbs and 40mph descents, all past rolling fields full of cattle and waves of corn. So often I'll just take the bike out on these roads and get lost on purpose. One day I was feeling particularly ambitious and took the Raleigh out for a many-mile loop with a 19mm tubular up front at 160psi (I *love* descending). After a few solid climbs I ended up on the home stretch, about 3 miles from home. I took a turn down a road that I knew let out near the house, and almost immediately it turned into a single-track-esque series of climbs, with rocks the size of my helmet, losing traction with regularity at every ripple in the terrain.<BR/><BR/>While it convinced me that cross might be my calling, I felt it in my shoulders all week.De.Cordayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01096055303330927430noreply@blogger.com