5 of us were on mountain bikes, riding from Graham Hills to Tarrytown Lakes on Sunday. We turned off 117 and took the Trailways south. I found myself out front; no one gave instructions, yet everyone snuggled up into a paceline. After I took my pull, I fell back to end, Sylvain was now out front and we were flying, moving faster than any of us expected. All but one of us had gone up through the ranks of NYCC A riders. I remarked to Gabe, the one who had not, in front of me, that this was an example of NYCC culture. 

Hank Schiffman

I have used 23 mm tires on my road bike forever.  Since the current trend is wider road tires and lower pressures, how wide is the widest tire I can use on my old rims.  Mavic Aksium Kysirium.  How wide can I go on the tire, without upgrading the rim?  25, 26, 28???  I know there are limits because of fork width, brake width, but this is a rim/tire compatibility question.  Can u go too wide???  What happens if u do?  It rolls off the rim and causes a crash?  I have no idea.

Has ayone tried riding River Road of late?

Near-certain forecast of rain.

New September 5 ride should appear in the listings soon.

We had a bad accident at mile marker 5.5 on 9W last weekend.  I won’t go into the gory details, but it was serious.  Alpine police were great.  An ambulance took forever to arrive, but they were great too.  Our injured rider hit his head, cracked his helmet.   Needs a new one.  Should we look only at helmets with MIPS technology?  Or is this just hype?  https://road.cc/content/feature/all-you-need-know-about-mips-252931

I'd love to join all the calendar events but they are all so early in the morning. Are there any afternoon or dusk riders/events?

100 feet off trail and a football field north of Sparkill playground it's hidden/"tucked away"---"taco dreams come true" behind DVine Bar restaurant.  owned by Joe Printz who also owns Piermont's Dvine Pie: go to: tacocatny.com

Which trainer do you recommend? Not really looking for a smart trainer/ don't need endless data. I just want a good workout indoors when it gets colder. Love spin classes and am looking for an indoor workout to replace them.

The work on the esplanade by the river just above 59th Street has diverted pedestrian traffic onto the greenway under the Miller Elevated Highway. Park officials, in their wisdom (not) have divided foot and bike traffic unevenly. Bikes need more room to pass each other in 2 way traffic, witness the current GW Bridge multiuser path. Most of us who have some degree of proficiency handling a bike will do just fine. My concern is passing the novice going the opposite way in this confined space. The barriers really need to be moved over to take room from the walkers and give cyclists more bandwidth. Getting behind a slow moving line of cyclists isn't horrible as the seciton is not very long. The issue is safety.

Hi,

I am trying to get into the NYCC kit store (https://ostroy.com/collections/nycc) to get a jersey (because why not?). But the site gives me an incorrect password error when I use the code on the kit store page. (NYCCne*********19). Is anyone else experiencing the same? Or Has the password changed?

Thanks,

Rexon