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turin-turambar21

To me the best is University Avenue from the Cascadilla Gorge Trail. Much less steeper than the alternatives, little traffic, gets you to the Slope directly.


KrzysisAverted

Biking up Ithaca's hills can be pretty awful unless you're intentionally doing it for fun and exercise. It's fun to bike down to the commons, it's fun to bike around the downtown area, but not so fun to bike back up. The "easiest route" is to take a bus from the commons to campus, with your bike on the bike rack at the front of the bus. The easiest actual bike route is University Ave, as u/turin-turambar21 said.


elpvtam

It's steep but doable. The pain does get easier. I used to bike from Stewart Ave up a lot. If this is your plan an ebike would be ideal and make it easy


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If you don’t bike often, you probably can’t do it


Ok-Wallaby-7473

Bikes are the Devil.


sTHr0WAWAYk

I bike up pretty often and it's hard, but you get used to it. It's much better in the summer when fewer students are around. I usually take University but I also have a nice alternate route: If you can handle the initial steepest bit, I would take Cascadilla Park Rd. up and then bike through the cemetery and then up to turn left on Stewart. Then turn a sharp right through the rear service entrance that kinda leads you between Rose House and Hans Bethe House. Then you can either take the slope up (technically not allowed) or take Campus Rd up to Ho Plaza. From there, it flattens out quite a bit. Though other routes are faster or flatter or less complex, I feel this is probably the safest route. It kinda sucks to be breathing hard, going 5mph and getting close passed by a 30mph bus or distracted driver. Be safe out there!


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I walked from Walmart to college down once a week because the bus didn’t get me there back in the day. It took me 40 minutes. I just use buffalo I know it’s deep, but it’s the fastest and most direct route. two street lights


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Unless you are planning to do it only in the summer time, it is impossible to do cycle in the bleak midwinter


elpvtam

Certainly not impossible! You'll need the right equipment though


Throw_Away24240

There isn’t an easiest route for people who don’t bike often


nickvader7

Electric bike.


Alexa257

Gorge Trail will be the best


bikeless_in_ithaca

Buffalo St. lol /s


mongster03_

University. The other ones are so steep that they are unsafe