FreshNewbie,

Glad to see you here again. I am riding the Montauk Century on May 21st. Since my shoulder fracture in Sept, I have been riding the trainer all winter and the only outdoor rides I have road so far this year is 20miles (Hawaii in Feb) and an 11 mile ride through my developements a couple of weekends ago to get me feel back with my clippless pedals outdoors.

This will be my first century. If the weather will break to sunny spring weather we plan on going to North County Trailway Path in Westchester. Is that very far from you. It is a great asphalt path, beautifully kept up. We go on Thursdays (my husbands day off) so there are not very many people on it. From Pleasantville to Briarcliff Manor (the end) is 25 miles so there and back you get in a great 50 mile ride. I think it is off route 9. The parking is down the way from one of the Pace University campus's.

Riding with a club sounds like a great idea for you. My girlfriend rides the service road to the Long Island Expressway during the week and says we can get in a 50 mile ride, but that is near me on Long Island.

I am not very familiar with Staten Island except for a ice rink that I use to bring my son to when he played on a travelling ice hockey team years ago.

~ JoAnn