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COLD SPRING, NY – Built in 1884 as a passenger and freight terminal, the motorcycle-friendly Cold Spring Depot was an active station until 1954 and has been an eatery since 1972. In-between it was a car dealership and repair shop. If you dine outdoors on the patio, you can expect to …

(Update: Big W’s closed its doors on May 16, 2021.) WINGDALE, NY – The next time you feel like “pigging out” while out on a ride, check out Big W’s Roadside Bar-B-Q, 1475 Route 22. The restaurant’s proprietor and namesake Warren Norstein has been in the ribs business since 2003. Back …

POMFRET, CT – Opened in 1989 as a small eatery with a simple food menu and ice cream, “The Bean” has been expanding ever since. The menu is extensive – from eggs benedict for breakfast to

FALLS VILLAGE, CT – This is the “official hangout” of RIDE-CT.com / Ride-NewEngland.com. Owners Greg and Annie Bidou gave up the corporate life and commuting daily to New York City by  train in 2001 and opened the cafe in 2002. They now serve up English banger platters, sweet potato waffles and …

By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com RIDE-CT.com is shifting its blog to a new location. It’s the first change in what will be a full makeover of the web site. It may take a few weeks to accomplish all of the changes, but the goal is to present more comprehensive and more timely news …

New York native and Waterbury-area resident Steve Smith is a nationally-certified Motorcycle Safety Foundation rider coach and an instructor with the Connecticut Rider Education Program. He has two decades of motorcycle safety experience and during that time has provided training to thousands of beginner and experienced riders. Smith is a graduate of …

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Having learned to ride at age 10 on a Rupp minibike,  Zandonella is the founder and organizer of the Northeast Dualsport Riders. Her passion for riding unpaved roads brings exciting added perspective to the website, taking readers where many riders never venture. Zandonella is a native of Trumbull, CT and …

“Arlo Mudgett” is the pseudonym used by a Chester, VT resident for the columns he writes for the “Brattleboro Reformer” and “Springfield Reporter” newspapers and for daily reports on WKVT and WKVT-FM in Brattleboro, VT.   A lifelong motorcycle enthusiast, who owns a ’93 Honda Nighthawk 750 project bike, a …

Sidecar enthusiast and former Connecticut Rider Education Program instructor Paul Siciliano of Rockingham, VT joined RIDE-CT & RIDE-NewEngland in October 2016 as a columnist. A native of West Harrison, NY, Siciliano has been on two wheels since age seven when he began riding Rupp and Sears minibikes. He was competing …

John Schnabel is a retired financial planner who has been riding motorcycles for 50 years. He is a high performance driving instructor for the Porsche Club of America, Ferrari Club and BMW Car Club at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut. Schnabel is member of the Connecticut River Valley BMW riders, …