Saratoga is the place to be.

**corylewandowski** · 06-01-2008 09:38 PM

I just got here. Im living with my friend for a good part of the summer and I decided to bring my longboard and I seriously have never even seen roads this perfect. It's all rich people's horse farms so all the roads are wide, brand new, and hilly. Though I digress... I have nobody to ride with around here. If anybody is from the Greenfield area, hit me up, otherwise this is a public service announcement to anybody near Albany that the roads here are gorgeous.

**circle** · 06-01-2008 09:43 PM

Originally Posted by corylewandowski

I just got here. Im living with my friend for a good part of the summer and I decided to bring my longboard and I seriously have never even seen roads this perfect. It's all rich people's horse farms so all the roads are wide, brand new, and hilly. Though I digress... I have nobody to ride with around here. If anybody is from the Greenfield area, hit me up, otherwise this is a public service announcement to anybody near Albany that the roads here are gorgeous.

Find me a hill that is 40mph or over and i will bring a crew and we shall do some down hill lovin'

**paymi** · 06-01-2008 09:45 PM

Originally Posted by circle

Find me a hill that is 40mph or over and i will bring a crew and we shall do some down hill lovin'

hahaha circle i dont think hes talking about the saratoga around us.... i think hes on the EAST coast

**worldridr768** · 06-01-2008 09:45 PM

circle, you realize Saratoga is in New York, right?

**circle** · 06-01-2008 09:46 PM

orly?

There is a saratoga 10 minutes away from me too

**jeremyheuser** · 06-01-2008 09:51 PM

there IS a saratoga in california a few minutes from san jose.

**paymi** · 06-01-2008 10:02 PM

Originally Posted by jeremyheuser

there IS a saratoga in california a few minutes from san jose.

but he mentioned albany. but there's also an albany in california....

but nowhere near saratoga. so hes talking about ny

**Ian** · 06-02-2008 10:44 AM

My dad's been on a few buisness trips up there and he syas there are crazy roads.

**kjc6** · 06-02-2008 11:08 AM

Originally Posted by paymi

but he mentioned albany. but there's also an albany in california....

but nowhere near saratoga. so hes talking about ny

Damnit, I thought he was talking about NorCal, too...

**corylewandowski** · 06-09-2008 09:07 PM

Haha no, sorry circle. But there are 40+ hills. Lots of them. I bring my tomtom with me cause I get lost but it also says how fast Im going and while I enjoy comfortably 36-38, Ive well passed 40 a few times. I digress, I am talking about Saratoga Springs on the eastern edge of NY.

Also, these roads are never driven on, so we go night riding a lot. Have a car with it's brights on follow us around and pull us up the hills. I have seen one single car since I started night riding here.

**Alpha06** · 06-10-2008 09:37 AM

How cool would it be to DH a hill with nightvision gen 6 goggles...

**fabio** · 08-18-2008 04:23 PM

i live in sartoga...i dont know where your talking about...let me know where about this is.

**cheese12365** · 11-04-2008 06:34 PM

Originally Posted by corylewandowski

I just got here. Im living with my friend for a good part of the summer and I decided to bring my longboard and I seriously have never even seen roads this perfect. It's all rich people's horse farms so all the roads are wide, brand new, and hilly. Though I digress... I have nobody to ride with around here. If anybody is from the Greenfield area, hit me up, otherwise this is a public service announcement to anybody near Albany that the roads here are gorgeous.

hey im from saratoga. greenfield is sick!!! especially if you go way deep into it. even though it is huge. there are not cars and steep steep hills. like locust grove road if youve heard of it. i have never ridden greenfield though. but plank road looks sick too.

**cheese12365** · 11-04-2008 06:39 PM

Originally Posted by corylewandowski

Haha no, sorry circle. But there are 40+ hills. Lots of them. I bring my tomtom with me cause I get lost but it also says how fast Im going and while I enjoy comfortably 36-38, Ive well passed 40 a few times. I digress, I am talking about Saratoga Springs on the eastern edge of NY.

Also, these roads are never driven on, so we go night riding a lot. Have a car with it's brights on follow us around and pull us up the hills. I have seen one single car since I started night riding here.

what roads have you done the mid 30's on? and in what part of saratoga are they?

**cheese12365** · 11-04-2008 06:43 PM

the saratoga state park has some very nice hills. you just have to explore the depths of the park. i would say they are mid 30's to mid 40's. there are no cars either, even during the track season. just a lot of joggers and walkers and bikers, you may see a few groundskeepers but they dont give you any trouble.

**GravityRider15** · 11-04-2008 08:53 PM

I remember some guy on SF talking about Saratoga Springs in the past and said much pavement is butter smooth in the area.

*Correction*

It was you corylewandowski lol

**Rustyfriend** · 02-11-2009 09:51 PM

Sorry to dig this back up. I just never realized how much this scene has grown and now there is more riders in NY state. For the past few years it has just been a few (3) guys around Albany as far as upstate goes. Nice to see more guys.

Hit me up if any of you guys around the Albany area. Also, make sure to hit up Munnsville at the end of July....very nice DH race.