Preparing to Bike the Empire State Trail - Champlain Valley Q&A

We ask and answer some basic question about bike touring the Champlain Valley portion (Rouses Point to Albany) of the Empire State Trail, a 750-mile bike trail across New York State.
0:00 Welcome
0:47 What is the trail surface like?
1:33 Is there a better direction to ride?
2:45 Is there a better time of year to travel?
4:26 Who would you recommend this trail to? What experience level is needed?
8:09 How would you describe services and amenities along the trail?
10:31 How do you get to and from the trail?
11:49 What was your overall experience?
13:53 What tires or bike setup would you use?
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[@jimtaggart455]

Thank you. Your videos were helpful when evaluating this section as a possible future bike trip.

[@NobleInventionBikeTouring]

Thanks Jim!

[@pbrown239]

Thank you for this informative video, the heads up about Westport to Ticonderoga is really appreciated. I also wanted to mention that the newly reinstated Amtrak Adirondack line that parallels the northern leg of the EST does not accommodate bicycles. It makes no sense.

[@TravelingThru222]

Very helpful, great channel. Rouses Point to Albany is a great stretch, I did that route reversed a few years ago.

[@NobleInventionBikeTouring]

How difficult was the route travelling south to north?

[@TravelingThru222]

@@NobleInventionBikeTouring That was about 7 years ago, so i'm sure 'im forgetting the pain, I remember some decent sized climbs in there, but always felt as If I was mainly going downhill. A couple years ago I rode up The Hudson Valley Thru Albany up to Whitehall, where I branched off and went to Vermont. Its always nice to ride up there.

[@frankducett9]

On the road is not a trail.