4 Rochester

This past Wednesday was a tricky one for my commute to the RIT campus, which is nestled on what should have remained 1200 acres of beautiful farmland, woods, and wetlands in once-rural Henrietta. The seven-mile trek felt like it was about a quarter-mile deep in slush - what had been actual ice was beginning...

A couple weeks ago, when we were in the first major melting phase of this muddled winter, I found myself on a partially submerged road near Cobbs Hill. Apparently all of Cobbs’ snow was melting and pooling on the street. I stopped for a couple minutes to take pictures of motorists as they pondered...

I picked up some studded tires from Towners about a month ago, and have been tearing up the roads with them since. I’ve experienced and seen my fair share of wipe-outs in past winter seasons, and after reading about Ethan’s experience this morning, figured that I’d share some thoughts...

Yeah, so how about that ride in this morning? I took a spill turning the corner from New Scotland onto Myrtle. No damage. Just shook me up a bit. If I’d had studded tires (yeah yeah I’m working on it) it might not have been an issue. I’m just happy to be riding my bike again.

I rode my bike to work yesterday knowing there was going to be a big storm, because I wanted to ride in the snow. I’ve never done it before and I wanted to know what it was like. I will think twice about doing it again. I lucked out, because they sent us home early. This [...]

I went out to Bathtub Billy’s this weekend to meet up with some friends I used to work with. This particular sports bar is out in Greece, a sprawling suburb of Rochester with limited cyclist accommodations. Here’s a map of my ride there: iMapMyRide Nov 29, 2008 5:51 PM Find more Bike Rides...

More Bike-Car Conflicts in the news, this time from our neighbors to the North (and here I thought Canadians were much so more reasonable and rational than U.S. citizens): http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/11/toronto-cycle-car-confict.php

Election Day here was a beautiful near 70 degree day, so I took the opportunity for a nice bike ride along the Genesee Riverway Trail through Genesee Valley Park. Although I have mixed feelings about graffiti, I have to admit that I love this one. I wasn’t the only one who decided to take in [...

We write about it often here at RocBike, but that’s because it’s such a treasure. You must get out to the Genesee Valley Greenway, if you live anywhere in western New York. These scenes are from portions of the Greenway between Rochester and Scottsvills. On a separate trip, we took Zoe, who...

A little while ago, Jody over at that which rolls wrote about biking in the Finger Lakes National Forest. Here are a few great spots in nearby Burdett for cyclists. I’ve never been here when it’s open, but it looks like a great place for service, and they had some new bikes in there as [...