Biking The Empire State Trail - Buffalo to New York City
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- čas přidán 25. 10. 2023
- In June of 2023 I biked from Buffalo to NYC on the Empire State Trail. Here is a slideshow presentation showing trail conditions, some opinions on bike trail design, urban planning, landscape design, and general trail interest! More info with my diary here:
www.nybike.world/post/empire-...
I hope you enjoy my slideshow and comment!
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Thanks for taking us thru your journey. I did not know this trail existed. Nice to know.
Thanks for this! Planning this trip for summer 2024
I hope you get some good info here for your trip!
I am also. I am taking the two weeks after Memorial Day to do the tourist thing. I am from Maine and love upstate NY
Good I'm glad you found this informative.@@danalaine2403
Nice video. Planning on this trip in 2024. Thanks for the details!
if you are looking for detailed info go to my website at www.nybike.world
I appreciate the time you put into this overview of the EST. I have been considering it for my next multi-day ride (after RAGBRAI in a few weeks).
I just finished the C&O/GAP about 2 weeks ago, as well as riding on the Hudson - north from Jersey City, across the GWB, and through Central Park and around Manhattan this past weekend. Agree about water availability issues! There were a few multi-mode fountains near DC on the C&O, but potable water was scarce on several parts of the C&O/GAP trail system without having to detour into a town. Also, I could not find a single functional water fountain in NYC/Greenway Trail/Central Park, except for nice bottle filling spigots BEHIND the public toilets at the Pier 15 Esplanade on the East River Greenway, which I found by accident.
I like those tall pedestal type fountains, which can provide a "bubbler", water bottle filling station, as well as a wheelchair/child height bubbler, and a dog bowl thing. Amazed (or not) at the lack of infrastructure for non-auto transportation in so many areas. Given that those water fountains retail for $4-6K each, not including running the water line, plumbing it, mounting it, I can see why many areas wouldn't have them.
I do prefer bucolic, shaded single track gravel over over a paved path near a busy highway any day!
Thanks again for this very helpful info!
Nice breakdown. I would like to do Buffalo to Albany. Just finished the GAP/C&O. Great trip! I personally like the single and double track trails. Well done, thanks for sharing.
Buffalo to Albany is fun, but i Iiked the Albany to NYC leg more.
@@NewYorkBikeWorld I’ll have to consider that leg as well, thx.
Thank you for your help!
I hope it was informative. By far my biggest issue was chafing and saddle sores. Make sure to wear bike shorts and use chamois cream!
Great video, thanks for making the trip report
thank you very much. It means a lot to me that you looked through it and I hope you can get some insights. for more info go to my website at www.nybike.world
This video is n uch appreciated, I’m trying to go from NYC to buffalo, but trying to save some money by camping a bit. Did you notice any decent campgrounds along the trail itself?
there is a lot of camping along the canal. Parks and Trails New York has a nifty map which you should study if you try to camping/bikepacking along the trail
www.ptny.org/cycle-the-erie-canal/camping
i decided to not camp. i would budget at minimum $120 a night for hotel if you don't camp. I didn't do the camping thing but it looked like a lot of people were having fun camping, some of the campgrounds have bathrooms and I think showers.
Thanks for the info. I will be camping for the 2 weeks of my trip, first bikepacking tour
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Subscribed! Thanks for the great content!