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City Island

Submitted by rherschkopf on Mon, 05/27/2024 - 11:38pm

I'm having trouble navigating the library.  Does anyone have a cue and/or RWGPS link for Johnny's Reef Restaurant in City Island? TIA.

Anyone Ever Done a Long Weekend in Maine (w/lobsters)

Submitted by [email protected] on Mon, 05/27/2024 - 5:16pm

A friend of mine and I want to spend 2-3 days riding in Maine. Neither of us has been up there. Any suggestions on a nice place to stay for a few nights and do 50-60 mile loops (routes?) during the day? (Someplace that's near a good lobster restaurant!)

Thanks.

Steve

The convergence of war and bike racers

Submitted by RRosenthal on Sat, 05/25/2024 - 9:51pm

 

Saturday's stage of the Giro (twice) climbed Monte Grappa (55 miles NW of Venice.) At the top of it is an ossuary containing the remains of 22,950 soldiers (fewer than 3000 identified) in three battles there between the armies of Italy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in World War I. 

Sprinting Through No Man's Land: Endurance, Tragedy, and Reirth in the 1919 Tour de France by Adin Dobkin is a historical novel about the Tour through the warn torn wreckage of WWI. Actual names, race results, and descriptions of the hollowed out landscape 

A telling of those killed in WW1 and 2:

"Next time I lead a ride, don't sign up"

Submitted by Howard on Sat, 05/25/2024 - 11:48am
Thanks so much to ride leader Jacqueline Gikow https://nycc.org/node/81575 for making me feel so welcome on my second ever ride with nycc. Beautiful day, about five miles into Bronx Shore Parks ride https://nycc.org/node/194201 we made a wrong turn, and as we regrouped on the sidewalk, apropos nothing, she came up to me and said "The next time I lead a ride, don't sign up". "Why?" I asked, dumbfounded. "I don't like that kind of bike." I ride a recumbent (high wheelbase, bicycle, not electric). In no way does this bike impede my ability keep up, follow, signal, etc. My first ride was fine. This was a C level ride! Truthfully, I didn't feel much like following the leader after this reception, so I took my chances with Google Maps and headed home.

5/22/24 Berks Update--Leaders, Dinner late sign-ups, Restaurants etc

Submitted by [email protected] on Wed, 05/22/2024 - 11:01am
The following was just posted on Discord under #Berkshires. Here's a link to the PDF. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FdIshpULBSw2JRpOXkVem9KzYnx2LZM7/view?usp=sharing
 
Update 5/22/24 - *Restaurants etc* Attached is a PDF which lists Berkshires restaurants and other general information about the area. There are also links on the main Berkshires page https://nycc.org/Berkshires2024 giving information about the area.
 
*Leaders* Don't forget to bring your sign-in sheet, with blank space for late sign-ups, and an insurance incident report on your rides.

knee warmers without silicone grips

Submitted by HBorgeson on Mon, 05/20/2024 - 9:32pm

It's time for a new pair of knee warmers. Can anyone recommend a type that does not use silicone? Silicone grips give me a rash.

Thanks,
Hannah

Berkshires luggage

Submitted by [email protected] on Mon, 05/20/2024 - 8:52pm
A comment about luggage from Elizabeth Wu:
 
"By the way, I came up with a tip about luggage transport in case you would like to bring some extra clothes/stuff but don't want to carry those while riding to the train station. I mailed my stuff directly to the hotel where I'm staying via UPS and contacted the hotel to receive it before arrival. If you worry about things getting lost/delayed, maybe carry a few items that are most valuable with you (e.g., cycling jersey & bib, etc.). When I return, I will call UPS to pick up the box from the hotel so I don't need to carry my dirty clothes while riding to the train station. 
I hope it helps :)
Liz"

Why is NYCC storing so many of our credit card numbers?

Submitted by April on Mon, 05/20/2024 - 3:07pm

I was in the process of renewing my membership, was astonished by the long list of of my past credit cards this web site kept on file! (And presented for me to choose from to renew my membershipwink)

Some of those credit cards must have gone back quite a few years! Sure, they were all cancelled due to being "compromised" while stored in other merchant's casually managed unsecure database over the years. So it's of no practical problem for me personally that NYCC kept all of them for so long.

car ride to Great Barrington this weekend?

Submitted by Rebecca Birnbaum on Mon, 05/20/2024 - 8:52am

This is a last minute request but....

Anyone with space in their car for at least my bag? Or further, a bike and me?

Pls message me directly if so. Thanks!

-Rebecca

 

 

Berkshires update 5/17/24

Submitted by [email protected] on Fri, 05/17/2024 - 3:11pm

Hi everybody - a few updates:

*Lime Rock Church*
All rides stop at the Lime Rock church bake sale on the way to Lakeville on
Saturday. This year the church will have: EXCELLENT Cookies, Whole fruit,
packaged nuts and dried fruit, cold drinks, water and ice. And of course the
use of bathrooms and refilling of water bottles.

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