http://nymag.com/news/features/bike-wars-2011-3/

The ride is posted on the Ride Schedule, but the following details will clarify our meeting point:

Meet at Grand Central Station Information Booth at 8am. Train for Fleetwood departs at 8:20. The plan is to cycle back to the city after the ride.

Tomorrow's B SIG ride to Ridgewood will start 30 minutes later than originally planned.  We will start at 9:30, not 9:00, in hopes of catching slightly warmer temps at start time.  The start location is the Ramble Shed, the same location as the last two weeks. 

Please arrive early, so that you can be signed in and ready to go when class starts at 9:30.  We want to minimize the amount of time we stand around in the chilly air before hitting the road.

Since the weather will be cold, dress appropriately - you will probably want one more layer than you wore last Saturday, and if you have a pair of booties to wear over your cleats, wear them.

See you in the Park!

Wayne, and the B SIG Leader Team

Why do we need a password to sign up for a ride if anyone is permitted to join a ride? Both, Tom and I keep having to get a new password to get into the system. Personally, I would love to keep things simple and get rid of the "Login" procedure.

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2011/03/quit-picking-on-the-bicyclists-city-councilmembers-tell-nypd

The leader is a Weather Wussy. Tomorrow will be cold. Therefore this Weather Wussy won't ride.

However, if you intended to come and want to learn wheel truing instead of riding, I'll give each of you a one-on-one, forty-minute class tomorrow if you contact me directly—see that little envelope icon on the lower left?— before 8PM today, Friday. Write, include your phone number.  -Richard

Too cold to ride, too cold to sign. We'll wait for a warmer friday.

thx

hw

After a close call in bumper to bumper traffic on the Grand Central Parkway, watching a car in my rear view mirror come a bit too close to my bike hanging on a trunk-mounted rack, I've decided to save the rest of my nails and get a roof rack.

I've looked at the Thule and Yakima brands, but am not convinced about which system would be best.  I have a carbon bike (Trek Madone) and am concerned about damaging the frame.  I contacted Trek Support in the hope that they would be able to guide me, but received a non-commital response (as expected).  I've copied and pasted their reply below.

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