The Official Argue About Where Upstate NY Is Thread

[huckbucket]

That's right ... let it flow

[huckbucket]

shit, i will defer to huckbucket

On day 2,158 of flip flops man. Come as you are.

[wooley12]

I drove 500000 miles on 55 mph rural two lanes in Upstate without any problems. Takes some skill. Pro tip. Mornings and evenings back off when you drive down hill into a small valley. That's where and when deer are moving. Driving smart saved me more than a few times.

[hatchgreenchile]

Drilling a deer is a right of passage for WNY drivers.

[riser4]

Drilling a deer is a right of passage for WNY drivers.

You allowed to keep the deer you hit in upstate NY if you report them? In VT we can, as long as you don't touch it until the police or game warden arrives. Mm, mm, do love me some roadkill.

[BmillsSkier]

[Benny Profane]

Drilling a deer is a right of passage for WNY drivers.

Fuck, now that I have to do early morning rides in this heat where I live, I take it down a notch or two on my downhills. Almost t boned a young buck Sunday morning at 35 mph. That will wake you up faster than a double espresso.

[Benny Profane]

Carrey was catching some shit in another thread recently, but, damn, at times he makes me laugh.

[hatchgreenchile]

You allowed to keep the deer you hit in upstate NY if you report them? In VT we can, as long as you don't touch it until the police or game warden arrives. Mm, mm, do love me some roadkill.

It goes right to the buffet line!

[BmillsSkier]

It goes right to the buffet line!

That says suburban Buffalo, are we sure the Canadians weren't behind this?

[ötzi]

Carrey was catching some shit in another thread recently, but, damn, at times he makes me laugh.

I said he's not funny. But that was funny.

[RShea]

I noticed today that I hear a ton of DUI lawyer radio commercials upstate. I don’t ever remember hearing one on a metro area station. Is that an upstate thing or just a rural thing?

It is a drive to a bar and drink thing- not a take a subway or public transit to a bar and drink thing...

[Toadman]

Fuck, now that I have to do early morning rides in this heat where I live, I take it down a notch or two on my downhills. Almost t boned a young buck Sunday morning at 35 mph. That will wake you up faster than a double espresso.

I had a squirrel bounce off my front wheel yesterday morning. But I was only doing about 19-20. The squirrel was okay, thanks for asking.

[Benny Profane]

My fear is getting one caught in the spokes, and getting squirrel parts and blood sprayed all over me. Ewwww.

[EWG]

Upstate NY drivers are not super kind to bikers in my experience.

Or maybe it’s that they aren’t kind to guys in Lycra, generally.

Or both.

I can think of other places I’d rather road ride based on personal experience upstate car dodging whilst wearing Lycra.

[Brownski]

My fear is getting one caught in the spokes, and getting squirrel parts and blood sprayed all over me. Ewwww.

Thanks for he visual, Benny. I’m picturing a squirrel’s insides getting squeezed out like a toothpaste tube now.

[Benny Profane]

Road bikers are quite familiar with road kill. We see it every ride. I try to avoid thinking, well, that's what I would look like if crushed by a truck.

[Benny Profane]

https://www.timesunion.com/news/arti...photo-19741949

$180 million buys you 36,000 acres and 22 lakes.

Wow, I did not know one of the great camps still existed and was used. The fucking driveway is eight miles long! That's not a bad price. Shows you how worthless ADK land is. I wonder what the property tax bill is.

[retirwntm]

That’d make a hell of a hippy commune. Now just need a private equity consortia to fund it. [emoji6]


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[glademaster]

Road bikers are quite familiar with road kill. We see it every ride. I try to avoid thinking, well, that's what I would look like if crushed by a truck.

So it goes.

[DBdude]

Upstate NY drivers are not super kind to bikers in my experience.

Or maybe it’s that they aren’t kind to guys in Lycra, generally.

Or both.

I can think of other places I’d rather road ride based on personal experience upstate car dodging whilst wearing Lycra.

I used to ride my bike home from lake george to queensbury late night as a kid after working as a dishwasher

I had a few really close calls and jumped off my bike once because the car got so close. It was fucking scary - I was in great shape though - laughing

[Benny Profane]

There's a bike trail for that these days.

[DBdude]

i lived off of west mountain road and yes the bike trail was there but not the spur that goes by the high school when I was a kid

so it was riding from 149 to where I lived

[Core Shot]

Wow, I did not know one of the great camps still existed and was used. The fucking driveway is eight miles long! That's not a bad price. Shows you how worthless ADK land is. I wonder what the property tax bill is.

I had the same thought about N.Y. property tax.

I also liked how they sold another 10,000 plus acre parcel to the state and were pissed about how it was developed and the trout decimated by stocking ponds with shitty fish.

Wish I were a billionaire, but only to buy and preserve that place.
And maybe heliski a hundred days a year

[wooley12]

Buddy and me hiked 8 miles with a canoe on a home made cart up to Camp Santanoni. Back then it was just an abandoned group of old really cool buildings. Cart broke on the way in but a old dood in a horse drawn wagon showed up on the day we were leaving to pick up another group. He came back a few hours later to take us out. We opened and killed bottle of Jack D between the 3 of us on the ride.

Satanoni in it's heyday had a farm, dairy and 200 employees to keep it running. Trickle down.