My local bike shop, Campus Wheelworks, organized a 200km brevet to be ridden on the day of the solar eclipse. Seeing as the route came within a couple miles of my house I rode out of my front door, picked up the route, then rode to the shop to meet up with the other randonneurs for the day.
The route took us south through the city, eastwards through East Aurora, eventually turned north towards by Six Flags Darien Lake, then through the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge where we stopped to watch the eclipse. From there the route continued through Lockport and picked up the Erie Canal Trail to head back into Buffalo.
This was my longest ride to date at just over 130 miles! Special thanks to Claudia and Pat for riding with me, and extra thanks to Pat again for building such a great route and organizing the whole ride.
Link to activity: / strava
0:00 Crossing the Tonawanda Creek onto the Empire State Trail
3:19 Leaving Campus Wheelworks towards City Hall
5:51 Through Prospect Park
11:58 Arriving at City Hall, Control #1
12:31 Seneca Street past Transit en route to East Aurora
16:09 Passing Knox Farm State Park
18:34 Entering East Aurora
20:41 Roycroft Campus Turret, Control #2
20:55 Leaving East Aurora
25:10 Starting Lapham Road Climb
32:31 End of Lapham Road Climb
33:06 Up and down Centerline Road
36:55 Descending then climbing Warner Hill Road
38:51 Descending towards Buffalo Creek
40:58 Wyoming County
43:22 Strykersville onto Dutch Hollow Climb
49:53 Descending to Schoellkopf Road
50:41 Gravel road to the covered bridge
54:36 Cannon Covered Bridge, Control #3
55:04 Leaving Cannon Covered Bridge
58:41 Splitting from Claudia
59:18 Alleghany Road towards Six Flags Darien Lake
1:03:21 Six Flags Darien Lake, Control #4
1:03:40 West on Lewiston Road near Alabama
1:08:12 Action camera dies, Cayuga Marsh Overlook, Iroquis National Wildlife Refuge, Control #5, Totality Photo
1:09:33 The birds think it's morning (Eclipse video)
1:09:47 Flight of Five, Lockport, Control #6
1:09:59 Erie Canal Trail near Pendleton
1:13:31 Nearing the final control
Filmed on April 8th 2024 with an Insta360 Go 3.