Hi, I hope everyone is well and healthy. Has anyone had any terrible experiences with bike lanes that switch sides mid-block? I know there was one of these mid-block changes on West 30^th Street and between 8^th and 7^th Avenues. I found it very confusing and not sure what the City was thinking, anyone else?

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Thanks!

Hi All,

After weekly video programs in the first month of the pandemic and then an extended absence for illness, your VP of Programs (me) is back!  Sorry for the gap in programming.

This may be for weekend traffic control, but a friend reports today on River Road there are white & orange plastic barriers (which weren’t there Friday). The first one is just beyong the traffic circle with the ramp down to Ross Dock, and the barriers block the width of the road with a slender, nearly imperceptible chain placed a foot off the ground so that it blends in with the asphalt. So be attentive there not to run into it.  There is room to get around it on a bike so this barrier is apparently for cars not cyclists.    

The pandemic mandates that we re-design Escape New York 2020 ride to be to be healthy, safe and socially distant.  Accordingly, our volunteer roles will be different from years past.  In addition to helping on ride day we need your help with some immediate VIRTUAL volunteer opportunities over the summer to help us prepare.  If you help prior to the ride you can ride for free on September 26.

The weather forecast for Saturday is grim so we're postponing.  We're also changing it from a B15 to a C14.

Not such a good idea IMHO.  Cyclists apparently must slow and speed up +/- 33% several times.  There have been many more children (riding tricycles, etc.) than on other area bridges.  Instead they could have had special early daytime hours for youngsters.

Happy Friday, I have a twofer:

1) Does anyone have any experience with the "deluxe tune up" from NYC Velo? The price seems fair for the services in that package deal.1

2) I've typically done my own adjustments, but I can't seem to dial in a comfortable position on my bike lately. I'm not sure if I may need to eventually move to a more modern, compact frame geometry, or if this is something a "bike fitting" can alleviate. Any anecdotal advice is appreciated.

Thanks!

We've created a fairly comprehensive list of the various forms of public transportation that allow bikes, and where you can get from/to: https://nycc.org/cue-sheets/bike-public-transit. You can also find the link to this page in the Ride Library on the "Getting out of NYC" page or under the "Info" button at the top of any NYCC.org page (click on Guides & Guidelines). We've included links within the list so you can easily get more information about traveling with your bike.

We know you may not be interested in taking public transportation right now, but there's no time like the present to start planning all the places you can go once things clear up.

Your Ride Library Team

We're in the parking lot of the PIPC HQ at the end of River Road. I very carefully place my bike in front of and mostly between two private vehicles, both of which have window decals announcing to (other) police they shouldn't be ticketed for illegal parking, et al. because they are in some fraternal police org. My front tire is touching the bumper of a truck, the rear tire is touching the bumper of a car.

Here comes Cop #1 telling me to move my bike. I do.

Now, 5 mins. later, here comes Cop #2, in his patrol car, turning up and into us. He alights in his battle fatigues (I think bullet proof vest) and remonstrates me over and over and over for leaning my bike against his truck. I ask, "You come in from the highway for this?"

Liviu G. says it was a woman. I thought it was a man. In either event s/he is walking, pushing his-her bike with one hand, holding an open umbrella over his-her head against the heat of the sun with the other hand, and walking, eyes down, focused on reading an open book as s/he walks...holding the book with, what?, a third and fourth hand?