New York State Bicycling Tour Guide Books
Cycling Books for New York State
Erie Canal Bicyclist & Hiker Tour Guide
Finger Lakes Bicyclist's Tour Guide
'Round Lake Ontario: A Bicyclist's Tour Guide
'Round Lake Erie: A Bicyclist's Tour Guide, 2nd Ed.
Long Distance Bicycle Touring Primer
It's fun cyclotouring!
Erie Canal Bicyclist
& Hiker Tour Guide, 2rd Edition, 2008-2010 revised ed.
Including the Hudson River Valley Routes & other NYS Canals
Remember the song you learned in kindergarten?
Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal, low bridge
everybody down!
Cyclotour along the famous Erie Canal tow path.
Duck!, as you ride under roadway bridges high above your helmet. Walk
on the original hand hewn stone locks. Visit Revolutionary War battle sites.
Travel from the western terminus of the Erie Canal at Tonawanda (11 mi.
(18 km.)) from either Niagara Falls, NY/ON or Buffalo to the eastern terminus of the Erie
Canal at Waterford near Albany. As the wheel goes it is about 370 mi. (595 km.)
Assuming you don't divert on to either the Seneca Cayuga Canal, or the Oswego Canal.
From Albany you can use this Tour Guide to travel to
Montréal, QC via the Lake Champlain Canal and Chambly Canal. The bicycle routes on
both the NYS & VT sides of Lake Champlain are included in the maps and text.
Or tour the historic lower Hudson River Valley by cyclotouring to New
York City, NY from Albany, NY! Both the eastern and western shores of the Hudson
River are fully mapped and described in this one Tour Guide!
Any way you cyclotour (the text contains directions in both directions)
its a scenic, historical and wonderful trip.
The total romping distance included in this Tour Guide is 1175
mi. (1890 km.) on the tow paths and parallel rural roads of the Erie, Lake Champlain,
Seneca/Cayuga, and Oswego Canals in NYS; the Chambly Canal in Québec; and now in the 2nd
Edition, the lower Hudson River Valley routes from New York City to the Albany (Waterford)
intersection of the Erie & Champlain Canals.
Side Trips: 80 mi. (130 km.) Top O’ the Finger Lakes; 70 mi. (110
km.) round trip to Lake Ontario via the Oswego Canal; and 156 mi. (251 km.) Vermont side
of Lake Champlain. The New York side of Lake Champlain is included as the main route to
Montréal.
Approximately 25% of the Erie Canal tow path is best traversed on Mt.
bikes with well touring patterned tires but not knobby tires. Perfect for Mt.
bikepackers!
Have no fear road cyclists! This Guide is complete. The
described route provides road cyclotourists with lightly trafficked parallel rural roads
to glide upon when the tow path has a dirt or rough gravel surface. You'll easily return
to the tow path when it has a paved or stone dust surface.
Erie Canal Bicyclist and Hiker Tour Guide, 2nd Ed., 2008-2010 Revision.
US $25.95
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Lakes to read about Tour Guides describing circumnavigation routes around
Lakes Ontario, Erie, Michigan, & Huron; and the celebrated Long Distance Bicycle
Touring Primer.
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Finger Lakes Bicyclist’s Tour
Guide, 2nd Ed.
64 routes covering 1186 mi. (1909 km.) A
circumnavigation route for each of the glacier formed 11 Finger Lakes in New York State
plus 3 connecting routes between each of the Lakes.
Two smaller erosion formed Lakes are included for your enjoyment.
The length of each of the Finger Lakes run North-South. The
longest, Cayuga, is 40 mi. (64 km.) long but only 3.5 mi. (5.6 km.) wide. The smallest is
3 mi. (4.8 km.) long.
Set in valleys surrounded by beautiful hills lined with wineries, farms
and forest lands; college towns, Ithaca with Cornell University; delightful small
villages; and State Parks preserving the glens, gorges and waterfalls, formed by glacial
action. History abounds throughout the area: The Woman’s National Historic Park,
Sampson WW II Museum (Seneca Lake was used as a Navy Training base during WW II, including
submarines!).
Clean clear lake water to swim in on a crystal clear hot summer’s
day.
Although some of the routes demand climbing as much as 1400 ft. (426
m.) in less than 3 mi. (5 km.) most have easily negotiated rolling hills. A few, such as
the circumnavigation route around Conesus Lake are down right level!
Elevation graphs are included with the Guide to help you plan your
cyclotour tooling along the Lakes.
The Finger Lakes are the site of "The most demanding
randonneur in North America, The QuadZilla;" numerous charity rides (see our
events page); and tandem bicycle manufacturers’ tours. Yet a touring bicyclist is
still a rarity along the wide well maintained rural roads and 10+ ft. (3+ m.) shouldered
State highways.
Finger Lakes Bicyclist’s Tour Guide, 2nd Ed.
US $24.95
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order Finger Lakes Bicyclist's Tour Guide, 2nd Ed.
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about Tour Guides describing circumnavigation routes
around Lakes Ontario, Erie, Michigan, & Huron; and the comprehensive but short
Long Distance Bicycle Touring Primer.
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books by credit card:
| New York State Bicycle Tour Guides | Price |
|---|---|
| Erie Canal Bicyclist & Hiker Tour Guide, 2rd Ed., 2008-2010 Revision | us $25.95 |
| Finger Lakes Bicyclist's Tour Guide | us $24.95 |
| 'Round Lake Ontario: A Bicyclist's Tour Guide, 3rd Ed., 2008 | us $27.95 |
| 'Round Lake Erie: A Bicyclist's Tour Guide, 2nd Ed. | us $24.95 |
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