NYC commuters?

[Lil' Steve]

Originally Posted by Rectaltronics

Due to limited seat time tolerances I think I'll be restricting this to Brooklyn and Queens but if there's enough awesomeness in da' Bronx we might go out of our way. I'm looking for overdone lighting or at least tastefully overboard homes and businesses but if you know of entire blocks that are at least nicely done, that's great too. Please let me know.

While the Garabedian house on Pelham Parkway is certainly overdone, I'm not sure it's worth the trip to Da Bronx just to see it. There's a couple of houses along Pelham with nice lights, but nothing on the scale of the Garabedian home.

[thomas.tc.young]

hi guys, i'm thinking of picking up a bike in putnam county, going to rent a u-haul. wondering if anyone has tie-downs i can use or know the best way to stabilize a bike in their cargo vans.

thanks
tom

[Armydad]

Originally Posted by thomas.tc.young

hi guys, i'm thinking of picking up a bike in putnam county, going to rent a u-haul. wondering if anyone has tie-downs i can use or know the best way to stabilize a bike in their cargo vans.

thanks
tom

What did u go to Fordham for? (besides yankee games i mean!)

[thomas.tc.young]

Originally Posted by Armydad

What did u go to Fordham for? (besides yankee games i mean!)

finance/econ which makes me the new daylabors of the financial age. picking up my wrenching skills doing the books at a vintage motorcycle shop in brooklyn and crappy part time IT work. really just delaying life and saving to travel.

[wiseblood]

Originally Posted by thomas.tc.young

hi guys, i'm thinking of picking up a bike in putnam county, going to rent a u-haul. wondering if anyone has tie-downs i can use or know the best way to stabilize a bike in their cargo vans.

thanks
tom

If you've got a vehicle with a hitch, u-haul rents a motorcycle trailer for $19 per day.

[Rectaltronics]

Originally Posted by vfr870

While the Garabedian house on Pelham Parkway is certainly overdone, I'm not sure it's worth the trip to Da Bronx just to see it. There's a couple of houses along Pelham with nice lights, but nothing on the scale of the Garabedian home.

Thanks Steve. That home was always pretty awesome.

FYI folks just to add to the list, the area of Bay Ridge south of Owl's Head Park is fairly well-lit. I wouldn't say there were any houses there that were over the top but the neighborhood is certainly festive in terms of the number of homes that had nice lighting up, and is worth a few minutes of criss-crossing.

Sadly, Howard Beach is pretty much done. Christmas lights there have been declining over the last few years and recovering from the Hurricane Sandy seems to have sapped most of what few folks were left who might have still been interested in lighting up their homes for the holidays.

If anyone else has anything to add, feel free. One more day to go!

[Detale]

Originally Posted by thomas.tc.young

finance/econ which makes me the new daylabors of the financial age. picking up my wrenching skills doing the books at a vintage motorcycle shop in brooklyn and crappy part time IT work. really just delaying life and saving to travel.

What shop you working at man?

[thomas.tc.young]

Originally Posted by Detale

What shop you working at man?

Works engineering. Stop by and say hi to the Asian kid behind the counter.

@wiseblood: I don't have a car either, but next time Ill go that route and borrow a car that has a hitch. I dread hauling a bike up a wooden plank

[42]

Originally Posted by thomas.tc.young

hi guys, i'm thinking of picking up a bike in putnam county, going to rent a u-haul. wondering if anyone has tie-downs i can use or know the best way to stabilize a bike in their cargo vans.

thanks
tom

When are you planning on going?

[Rectaltronics]

Originally Posted by thomas.tc.young

I dread hauling a bike up a wooden plank

Find a good hill and point the van or pick-up downhill. Drive its front wheels up onto a curb and/or planks to level the vehicle. Net effect is to reduce the elevation of the ramp and improve ground clearance at the top of the ramp. Get one friend or neighbor to help get the bike up the ramp, or hijack a passer-by. Cover the front brake so the bike can't roll backward.

[thomas.tc.young]

Originally Posted by 42

When are you planning on going?

Pretty cool setup. The pickup is Done got me a cb650 nighthawk.

P.s. u-haul is pretty expensive

[Detale]

Originally Posted by thomas.tc.young

Works engineering. Stop by and say hi to the Asian kid behind the counter.

@wiseblood: I don't have a car either, but next time Ill go that route and borrow a car that has a hitch. I dread hauling a bike up a wooden plank

Is that the place down the block from Genuine Motorworks? This summer I went to the cyclesource show/party at GM and had a blast. GREAT custom bikes there. I'm almost never in williamsburg but if I happen to be around I'll look you up man.

[42]

Originally Posted by thomas.tc.young

Pretty cool setup. The pickup is Done got me a cb650 nighthawk.

P.s. u-haul is pretty expensive

Depending on when you're going, I'll drive you to get it. Just pay gas and tolls.

[thomas.tc.young]

Originally Posted by Detale

Is that the place down the block from Genuine Motorworks? This summer I went to the cyclesource show/party at GM and had a blast. GREAT custom bikes there. I'm almost never in williamsburg but if I happen to be around I'll look you up man.

Yup that's us. I was at that party too, pretty creative stuff

Originally Posted by 42

Depending on when you're going, I'll drive you to get it. Just pay gas and tolls.

thanks 42, I rented a uhaul and did it this morning. My combination of a useless friend, being unprepared and a helpful inmate made it a synch.

Thanks though. This is why I love this forum

[42]

Originally Posted by thomas.tc.young

thanks 42, I rented a uhaul and did it this morning. My combination of a useless friend, being unprepared and a helpful inmate made it a synch.

Thanks though. This is why I love this forum

That's me, a day late and a dollar short.