Greetings All!!
Ian (ifitsfreeitsforme) and I went for a quick bike ride the other day. We were on a two missions:
1)to find the grave of Charles Goodyear. He who invented Vulcanized rubber and made it possible for us to ride (semi-) comfortably around on these silly bikes we make. He is buried at the Grove Street Cemetary in New Haven, CT. http://www.grovestreetcemetery.org/ There are many many famous people buried there.
B) to see if it would be fun to have a group ride in New Haven.
We threw our bikes on the back of my car and off we went. I parked and we got on our bikes and made it to the grave.
While we sat and toasted Mr. Goodyear with a Miller, we discussed riding the streets of New Haven with 20 other guys and girls on our rat bikes. It still seemed like a good idea, but we needed to ride around a bit to explore. Off we went.
We rode by Toad’s Place http://www.toadsplace.com/, through Yale University campus
all around the Green
and then over to Richter’s. My absolute favorite bar ever. It’s was the old Taft Hotel Tap Room.
So after a Guinness and chatting with the cute bartender and a patron who is a bike rider too, we decided to have a go at organizing a group ride. Riding around the green will be really cool. The Yale campus is great with lots to look at architecturally and umm … well let’s put it this way: Ian fell in love 14 times. There are plenty of fine establishments for us to visit.
As a meeting point there is a parking lot pretty much in the center of Yale that would work well. http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&safe= ... 8&t=h&z=18
The only thing Ian and I didn’t do was go here: http://www.louislunch.com/. We should try and fit that in, perhaps after the cemetery and a quick ride around Yale, Eat there and then head to Richter’s then to the Green for some fun and then Richter’s and/or any other spot to imbibe.
We have a tentative date set of October 10th meeting at the parking lot 2PM.
So there you go. A longwinded invitation to any and all who wish to take a fun and loosely scheduled bike tour of New Haven, CT. Who’s in?
Ian (ifitsfreeitsforme) and I went for a quick bike ride the other day. We were on a two missions:
1)to find the grave of Charles Goodyear. He who invented Vulcanized rubber and made it possible for us to ride (semi-) comfortably around on these silly bikes we make. He is buried at the Grove Street Cemetary in New Haven, CT. http://www.grovestreetcemetery.org/ There are many many famous people buried there.
B) to see if it would be fun to have a group ride in New Haven.
We threw our bikes on the back of my car and off we went. I parked and we got on our bikes and made it to the grave.
While we sat and toasted Mr. Goodyear with a Miller, we discussed riding the streets of New Haven with 20 other guys and girls on our rat bikes. It still seemed like a good idea, but we needed to ride around a bit to explore. Off we went.
We rode by Toad’s Place http://www.toadsplace.com/, through Yale University campus
all around the Green
and then over to Richter’s. My absolute favorite bar ever. It’s was the old Taft Hotel Tap Room.
So after a Guinness and chatting with the cute bartender and a patron who is a bike rider too, we decided to have a go at organizing a group ride. Riding around the green will be really cool. The Yale campus is great with lots to look at architecturally and umm … well let’s put it this way: Ian fell in love 14 times. There are plenty of fine establishments for us to visit.
As a meeting point there is a parking lot pretty much in the center of Yale that would work well. http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&safe= ... 8&t=h&z=18
The only thing Ian and I didn’t do was go here: http://www.louislunch.com/. We should try and fit that in, perhaps after the cemetery and a quick ride around Yale, Eat there and then head to Richter’s then to the Green for some fun and then Richter’s and/or any other spot to imbibe.
We have a tentative date set of October 10th meeting at the parking lot 2PM.
So there you go. A longwinded invitation to any and all who wish to take a fun and loosely scheduled bike tour of New Haven, CT. Who’s in?
