http://www.nycc.org/ride-detail/50428

Weather will be great and there are better things to spend $260 on then funding the New York City budget shortfall. Meet at Eleanor Roosevelt statue at 72nd Street and Riverside Drive.

Henry Hudson Drive to Alpine then 9W onward to Piermont. Short coffee stop , then back via 9W. A20 out and A21 back.

Clip in and roll out at 7am sharp. Bring supplies for self sufficiency. RSVP's appreciated.

NiteRider Road Rat 1.0 lighting system

Good working order. Cash and carry. Pick up in Chelsea.

http://www.niterider.com/prod_roadrat.shtml

The “Flashing Yellow Light” bill of City Council Members Rodriguez and Gentile will be submitted at the next City Council meeting this coming Wednesday, March 23.

The steps of City Hall have been reserved for a Press Conference at 1:00pm (sharp).

The bill's sponsors have asked us to be there in the largest numbers we can possibly muster. 

If you at all can, your presence will be valuable. 

Arrive at 12:45pm on Wednesday so the conference can begin at 1:00 pm.

The council meeting itself begins at 1:30....so it'll be short.
 

Our friends from the press will no doubt be there....NY Post, NY Times, the blogosphere. 

Waiting at TOG at 6 this morning, a fast group sped by on the park road, maybe about 10 cyclists, couldn't tell which team. When my group was riding around the turn heading north, a police van was parked perpendicular to the road, flashing lights, and it appeared that all of the cyclsits in that fast group had been stopped and were being asked for IDs. Does anyone know what happened there? As a counterpoint, a police car was stopped at a light on the next loop, and the policeman told everyone to go through the red lights, he didn't care if anyone went through red lights when there was no traffic in the park. One of the riders with me pointed out that he was a transit cop, which is different than a regular NYC cop. Just a heads up.

Awesome!

From this week's RoadBikeRider:

"In the Netherlands the principle of "Strict Liability" is legally enforced. In insurance claims, strict liability apportions blame to a vehicle operator, not the victim of a collision. So, a driver who rams a cyclist is automatically deemed to be at fault unless the driver can prove the cyclist was negligent. And a cyclist who rams a pedestrian is automatically deemed to be at fault unless the cyclist can prove the pedestrian was negligent.

The expectation is that drivers should be aware that they are in control of vehicles that can kill, and to therefore behave responsibly and appropriately for the driving conditions at the time.

Scott Stringer Responds to DOT re: Central Park Cycling 03.16.11

http://www.scribd.com/doc/50898327/Scott-Stringer-Responds-to-DOT-re-Cen...

SUNDAY, 3/20, B17+/60, USTS #2 - Aunt Hack

START: Meets 8:30 AM at Grand Central Terminal

FINISH: 6:13 PM at Southeast Metro North

LEADERS: Michael Notaro, Neile Weissman

WHAT: A sister act to last week's Big W run. Nature preserves, lakeside communities and hilltop vistas. Sensible portions at Mr. Zagat's guilty pleasure, then a digestive trot (not!) to Southeast.

TERRAIN: Very hilly. 5000' climbing. Some hardpack.

thanks to those who came out to last weekend's recovery birthday ride.  thanks to mindy for leading the c-ride to join in on the fun.  thanks to eugene for bringing the candle and party blowers.  thanks to eugene and phil for pushing me up east clinton.  and of course thanks to harry for organizing.

heard on the ride:
"if you're ever looking for a girlfriend, john."
"oh it's hard."
"is it in tight, harry?"
that's all i can remember (old age), but there was definitely more.

until the next fun ride...