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Hey all

I was wondering if I could get a recommendation on a goof location to spend a weekend camping and mountain biking. I exclusively ride road and some cross, but I was hoping to take a mini-vactaion and go upstate (or somehwere nearby with a similar bucolic setting) while doing same car camping and mountain biking. Crucially, I do not own a mountain bike, and would be looking to rent a couple for a day or two days. 

I was hoping to get a good recommendation and lead from someone on the boards.

I've put in due diligence on Google, but individaul websites are very vague and at times misleading. Additionally, it is hard to tell what quality bicycle I would be confronted with once I arrived.

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Please note that I have revised this ride to change the start time and location. We are now starting from the Statue of Civic Virtue in Queens at 6:30 AM. The mileage is also revised to 107 miles. There is one planned stop about mile 37. The Strawberry Festival site is about mile 85. The remaining miles are to the LIRR home.

We have a train to catch so our departure from the Strawberry Festival is accordingly scheduled for about 3PM or so. If we make good time on our ride out, we get to hang out and go on some rides and such. There are food vendors at the Festival. 

My Friend's, FSA K-Force crank's drive side pedal bolt has become loose and there is some play.
The Crank is most likely 5 years old, but I will guess less than 6,000 miles on it.
Obviously out of warranty so that gives him no recourse.
Any idea if this can be fixed or re-glued?
I read about issues like this but no fixes on line.

Thanks

Rob

I don't have permission to post Keith's, the Kissena rider's, contact information but I can certainly direct him to your responses to the situation he and his training partner encountered.

<Keith's Report>

If you haven't seen this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzE-IMaegzQ&feature=player_embedded

It is quite possible that you may spit out your beverage of choice while viewing this. You have been warned. ;]

The video Darren (dortsman) posted takes your breath away. Thank you, Darren.

The video linked to it of police videotaping cyclists while parked in a bike lane and, seemingly, ticketing cyclists for not riding in the very lane they are blocking, is upsetting. 

But, this, THIS, is appalling! http://blog.ronconcocacola.com/2011/06/02/nyc-goes-three-ways.aspx  Most appalling of all here: the cyclists!

See reference to it in this article from Crain's about traffic deaths: http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20110608/FREE/110609878