SUNDAY 11/6, B16/17+/75, Social Climbers #7 "The Orchards of Concklin”

START: Meet 9:15 AM in Fort Lee - Note the start of Daylights Savings Time.

FINISH: 5PM at George Washington Bridge

LEADERS: Ellen Jaffe, Neile Weissman - B16, Fred Harris - B17+

WHAT: An excursion up to the historic Orchards of Concklin to pick up some seasonal treats, then down the Hudson past Nyack Beach back to the GWB.

http://www.theorchardsofconcklin.com/html/home.html

TERRAIN: One climb up South Mountain Road and another at the Palisades.  Rolling otherwise.  Couple miles hardback.

BRING: Liquids.  Layers.  Tubes.  Lights -- the sun sets before 5PM

Does anyone have an update on 9W or 501? I'm thinking of riding tomorrow, supposed to be 57 and sunny. (And if anyone wants to join me, send me a message).

That about says it: when I click on this I get a screen that says "page not found".

Does anyone know what the road conditions are in terms of ice/debris?

just not sure of debris situation, esp in the dark....

It's amazing what a snow belt Englewood is.  I noticed last winter how they always had more snow piled up than just west of the town.  I decided to take 501 to Piermont today, as I feared 9W would have little, if any, shoulder to ride on.  I was correct.  However, the sides streets we usually take to get to East Clinton (Summit, Lyncrest, Lydecker, Pershing, etc.) were SLAMMED.  There were thousands of branches down, hundreds of old trees, and several power lines as well.  I have to hand it to the Tenafly township, though; there were STOP signs up where the main traffic lights were not powered, and all in all it was an okay ride.  Piermont, as Jay said in a separate post, was fine.  It was GETTING to Piermont that was the issue. 

Being in the news business, which tends to be a bit depressing, I've recently taken to scanning our AP offerings for what I'm calling "Happy News" to post through Facebook and Twitter. Today my selection involves bikes and kids, which makes it extra happy and also, I think, worthy of posting here.

People who commute to work by car, train or bus are more likely to have health worries than active commuters who walk or cycle, a study found.

Sounds like the survey deals more with the Stress of commuting and then on your personal life rather than the fact that excersise helps control, weight, stress and helps you feel younger.

http://gma.yahoo.com/commuting-linked-health-problems-203800730.html

Everybody (but me) probably knows all this, but I am posting it FYI -- from Bicycling magazine:

http://www.bicycling.com/training-nutrition/training-fitness/bicyclings-50-golden-rules