Rivendell Meetup, NY! May 17th in Kingston, NY

[Bryan Dalik]

Hey folks!

Along with some friends and Utility Bicycle Works located in Kingston, NY, we are throwing a little celebration of all things Rivendell and we invite any and all of you to please join us! Here are some details but expect a very casual ride with a lunch stop.

- Meet at 10am at Utility Bicycle Works in Kingston, NY

- Tentative roll out time is 11am from Utility

- There will likely be coffee and snacks at Golden Hour Grocery, which is set to open up next door very soon

- We are making a lunch stop about midway through the ride at Ollie's Pizza in High Falls, NY (the pizza is great and there is a very big courtyard that can hold a good bunch of people)

- The ride will be mostly on the O&W Rail Trail starting from Kingston, which is almost entirely gravel

We're hoping to see as many Rivendell bikes as possible, but all steel bikes are welcome. Please feel free to reach out to me (Bryan, bryan...@yahoo.com) for any questions or additional details. Come on out! We hope you do.

Bryan

[Minh]

Hey Brian,

sounds neat, do you have a rough schedule mapped out yet?  I'm checking the train schedule from NYC and Amtrak to Rhinecliff gets in at 10AM with 1 hr ride to Kingston, and Metro North to Poughkeepsie gets in at 9AM with a 2 hr ride to Kingston, so both would be a little tight for an 11AM start (at least for me!)  I would try to catch up mid-ride or at lunch and finish the ride?  

[Bryan Dalik]

Hi Minh,

As of right now, we are trying to be wheels down at about 11am. But if you are planning to come, perhaps you can text me your ETA on the day of. If it's only going to be 5-10 minutes or so, it should be fine. We're using the first hour of the event as a bit of a meet and greet and an opportunity to grab some coffee and snacks.

Hope that helps!

Bryan

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[Maeve Gately]

Thinking about coming to this as well! I'm only seeing an Amtrak train arriving in Rhinecliff at 9 though .So may be on that one

[Minh]

Maeve, make sure you book soon, when I checked a few days ago only a few bikes reservations were remaining and the price at the time was  $46 each way (26+20 for the bike)

I can't commit that far ahead so I think i'll take Metro North to Poughkeepsie and then ride the 2 ish hours to Kingston and try to catch the group at mid ride or at lunch.   Someone did inform me that there is a UTA bus (that has a bike rack) at the Poughkeepsie station that goes to downtown Kingston, but there is only a bus at 9 or 11AM, and first train into Poughkeepsie is 9AM so iffy if you could catch it.  

[Dan Dunmire]

We are in! Looking forward to meeting, greeting, eating, and riding with you all.

Dan and Claudia

[Bryan Dalik]

Great to hear that Dan! Looking forward to it as well, I can promise a good time and a nice casual ride.

[Bob Ehrenbeck]

I'll be there, as well!

Bob E

Cranford, NJ

[Bryan Dalik]

Great to hear Bob! Looking forward to it. As of right now we have around 20 or so people joining us. Keep em coming!

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[Spencer Robinson]

oh Boy! I have a real dilemma now…I signed up for the Farmers Daughter Gravel Ride on the 18th, months ago…If I go Riving on Saturday and Gravdad on Sunday…I don’t know 

[Bryan Dalik]

Rest assured Spencer, this is as casual as it gets for riding on the 17th. We knew about the Farmer's Daughter, but the 17th worked best for other Bryan, owner of Utility Bicycle Works. I think all together it will be 24ish miles of rail trail with a little bit of elevation. The idea is for this to be friendly to rider's of all capacities. I will be going slow enough to snap photos along the way, in my eyes.

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[Spencer Robinson]

Oh…heehee…I’m not worried about the miles…

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[Minh]

Hey Bryan,

Do you have a route identified, with maybe rough timings?  I don't think I can make the start taking the train+bike ride from Poughkeepsie, but was hoping to meet up mid ride and ride to the end!

[Bryan Dalik]

I can try to get you a definitive route, but I am almost positive we're going to be taking the O&W Rail Trail from Kingston down to Ollie's Pizza in High Falls. I'd guess we'll be at Ollie's at around 12-1230 and will be there for an hour or so, maybe longer. Any more questions, let me know!

Bryan

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[Minh]

Bryan, 

thanks, thats good to know because it would make more sense for me to ride to High Falls from Poughkeepsie!

[Bryan Dalik]

Yeah for sure. If you want to ride from the train to Ollie's in High Falls, that works and then you could join us back to Kingston if you'd like. Totally up to you. We're keeping an eye on weather but as of right now, it looks like a slight chance of rain but I don't think that will be enough to postpone.

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[Spencer Robinson]

Looks like about 21 miles from Poughkeepsie Train Station to Ollies. A bunch of the route is on rail trail. 

Ollies address is 4 Bruceville Road, High Falls, NY.

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50741421

[Jeffrey Zelevansky]

I recently rode from a few miles east of POK up to Rosendale using much of this route. It's lovely. The cinder surface can be a little squishy but nothing bad at all. As much as I hope you have awesome weather, if it were postponed to a date I could make it...well...

Have fun!

[Bryan Dalik]

For those thinking of/planning to join us Saturday in Kingston, we're still on! Weather is calling for a possible storm here and there but that won't deter us. We're still doing a 10am meet at Utility Bicycle Works and we'll hang there for a while and make a decision on best roll out time based on weather reports. If anyone needs to get in touch, here is my number. (Seven32-567-4260). Feel free to reach out and hope to see you all there.

Bryan

[Earl Grey]

Thanks Bryan and everyone for a wonderful ride today. I am sorry we didn’t get to say goodbye to most of the riders as we rode ahead because of the long drive back to NJ. If anyone has photos from the ride, I’d love to see them. 

Gernot

[Bob Ehrenbeck]

Hi Gernot,

It was nice meeting you today. I took a bunch of photos; I'll post a link to them in the near future.

And yes, thanks Bryan for putting this together, and to all who took part.

Bob E 

Cranford, NJ

[Bryan Dalik]

Thank you guys! This was a great time and we plan on doing it again so keep in touch. It was great to meet everyone and see so many different Rivendells. Here is a link to a google drive for anyone who wants to throw some photos in there to share. 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17-bbeZxiCFAdpsFOwILyydEfEO-t9lDZ?usp=sharing

Thanks again! Hope you all enjoyed.

Bryan

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[Earl Grey]

Thanks, Bob. Looking forward to them!

[Bob Ehrenbeck]

I just uploaded some of my photos. (Better late than never!)

These are also on my Instagram: @reehren

Enjoy!

Bob E

Cranford, NJ

[John Rinker]

Thanks for the photos Bryan, Bob, and whoever else contributed. Looks like a fun day with some really lovely sections of trail and some cool spots visited. What a gorgeous Spring day!

Cheers, John

[Earl Grey]

Thanks Bob! Great photos. Looks like you all took a different route back? That would explain why you never caught Andy and us on the return leg. :P

Gernot

[Bob Ehrenbeck]

Thanks, Gernot!

We started heading back the same way, but then went on a road that took us to the Wallkill Valley Trail, with a detour to the Rosendale Trestle. It was a superb loop!

Bob