Lacking Neile's confidence in my ability to ride in blinding snow, the ride to Teaneck for lunch far from reasonable bailout is modified:
Our new destination is Skyview Glatt Kosher Deli in Riverdale with the option to return via #1 train if appropriate or to bike home with the subway bailout available.
The start time remains 9:30 AM.

A yearly reminder to please include the mileage log on the website. Thanks.

Due to a particularly nasty flu that respects neither Die Hards or Christmas, I regretfully have to cancel tomorrow's Yule Ride. Damn your eyes, flu.

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Hi everyone,

I'm going to be riding in l'Etape du Tour this coming July.  For those of you who may not know, l'Etape is a "sportive" that is organized by the same people who run the Tour de France.  Every year, they pick one of the mountains stage of that year's Tour (usually the Queen stage) and allow amateurs to test themselves on the course.  This year, the route covers 109 km and climbs over 3400 meters, summiting the Col du Telegraphe, Col du Galibier, and finishing on the summit of Alpe d'Huez.

I've started a blog about the ride and my preparation for the ride which you are welcome to follow.
http://chasingwheels.blogspot.com

http://problemsolversbike.com/blog/comments/ride_2_recovery

this may be of interest to some: www.letapeducalifornia.com

Happy Holidays!

9:00 Jersey side of the GWB

May shorten ride to avoid those first few flakes of snow.

Looks like we might get lucky again this weekend and avoid the predicted snow. As of now, the ride is still on, but check back here for confirmation Saturday night and/or Sunday morning. If we get this one in that'll be 8 out of 9 weekends so far. Not too shabby, but of course I just jinxed myself and everyone else.

RAAM has published what they are calling a list of the largest clubs in the US, and we are not on it. Baloney!

I've heard the number 2,000 floated as a NYCC membership estimate. Dunno what it really is, but surely we are bigger than some of these puny orgs:

http://www.raceacrossamerica.org/raam/raam2.php?N_extra_id=2777&N_webcat...

1 Cascade Bicycle Club Seattle, WA 13,500
2 Potomac Pedalers Washington, DC 3,500
3 Central Indiana Bicycle Association (CIBA) Indianapolis, IN 2,000
4 Team Evergreen Evergreen, CO 2,000
5 Charles River Wheelmen Boston, MA 1,100
6 Cincinnati Cycle Club Cincinnati, OH 1,000
7 Los Angeles Wheelmen Los Angeles, CA 1,000
8 Quad Cities Bike Club Moline, IL 1,000
9 Gainesville Cycling Club Gainesville, FL 800
10 Davis Bike Club Davis, CA 600

http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2010/12/21/are-new-yorks-bike-lanes...

Click on the blocks of the writers to the left to read their essays. And read the letters at the bottom

Just wanted to thank the cyclist from the Major Taylor club who helped me with a flat tire on the west side path today after I had run out of CO2 cartridges. You saved me a long, cold walk home, and I have sworn never to depend on C02 cartridges again! Will pay it forward.