I've been helping my friend complete the gut restoration of a 100-year-old home that's right on the  Putnam Trailway  in Mahopac. It's 1,200 sq. ft, 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, modern kitchen with granite counters, hardwood floors, skylight, deck that overlooks the bike trail, which is Putnam's extension of Westchester’s North and South County trailways from the Bronx border to Brewster.  The home is the perfect place for biking enthusiasts ,especially those with children. About an hour’s drive from Manhattan and served by the Croton Falls Metro North station, which is six miles away, where you could ride from, or take a taxi.  $299,500. Call Dave Wilson at 914-217-5600. 

How about just making a STRIDE.

American Cancer Society is hosting its annual "Making Strides Against Breast Cancer" walk and  we are currently looking for a few good cyclist to represent in this walk.

I ordered a women's large but should have ordered a medium. If anyone ordered a women's medium but would prefer a large please contact me about an exchange at betsyhafkin at gmail dot com. This is for the NYCC Ride Leader jersey.

Thanks.

A BIG Congratulations again to all of this year’s SIG grads.  C’s… 70+; A19’s… 46;  B’s… 100+!  And the A-Classic …with a record 42.  Over 250 grads in all.  WOW!!  What great spirit, what a great club!  What a great program… thank you for giving us this wonderful gift Christy!

As Timothy mentioned, “Producing Great Wheels” is our A-Classic motto.  Here they are; our 42 rock stars who worked their tails off to become great wheels!  We are very proud of them and what they accomplished!

As a new member of the NYCC it was great meeting everyone tonight in Manhattan - congrats to all the new grads of the SIG programs.

Just wanted to let you know that I am promoting the first Gran Fondo NJ on August 28th, and that there is a special 20% discount available to all NYCC members and friends until July 1st. 

There are 3 great rides: a 103 mile Gran Fondo, a 63 mile Medio Fondo, and a 43 mile Piccolo Fondo taking you through some great roads in Western New Jersey.

You can register for either of the three rides by clicking on the following link
Gran Fondo NJ which will take you to the Active.com registration page.

I'm watching the weather for this evenings 7:30pm ride in Central Park.  Currently 50% chance of rain for our start time.  If actually raining, high chance of rain or wet roads at start then I'll cancel.  Please check back between 5pm and 6pm for a final call on whether we roll.

Susanne

Manhattan bike riders face a host of obstacles using the borough's bike lanes, from double-parked livery cabs and delivery trucks, to oblivious pedestrians, to NYPD vehicles using them as parking spaces, a recent survey by DNAinfo found.

DNAinfo reporter Ben Fractenberg rode many of the city's bike lanes starting downtown and traveling north all the way to Washington Heights, and tracing his way from the east to the west side. One of the worst stretches, he found, was directly behind an NYPD precinct in Harlem.

Twenty seven out of 44 marked and unmarked NYPD vehicles parked behind the 28 Precinct on St. Nicholas Ave. between 122nd and 123rd Streets on a recent Monday jutted into a stretch of bike lane on both sides of the two-way street.

Please join us for this fun and different ride on Saturday-  sign up on-line please.  You can email me with any questions at [email protected]