I was looking at the NYCC group on Strava. It seems to me the group is wide open and there seems to be many people in this group who are not memebers of NYCC. I notced rides in the netherlands, India, etc.  This group should be for the NYCC members. I think the administrator should make the group private and look thru the group and delete persons who are not members. I adminster my company's group on strava and if someone want to join I get an email to approve. 

We were able to sit with them at lunches and dinner during this event.  Greg rode with Joan on our tandem and wearing NYCC apparel.

Photos and souvenirs of that experience are on exhibit in our mini bike  & travel museum in Piermont

go to NYCC.org  then INFO Members Archives  print bulletin May 1999

The thing that stands out is how different Manhattan was not so long ago. 

Elevated trains on avenues that today are open to the sun made the difference of night and day, literally. As anyone who has cycled on Broadway to its bridge knows, the world around elevated trains is always in your face. Real estate alongside and for some distance away is now open and airy. This has a bit of the feel of trying to imagine what the world was like when dinosaurs walked the earth, but in our own city.

2nd, 3rd and 6th Avenues, now upscale, were dominated by massive infrastructure. This is not the same city is once was for the abscene of it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_3F32mPZvY

https://www.bicycling.com/culture/a31913269/cyclist-diagnosed-with-coronavirus/

Hello humans!

To maintain camaraderie during these dark days, the club will present virtual webinars, similar to the monthly club meetings with guest speakers, question & answer, and a raffle conducted over the videoconference software Zoom.

The first webinar will be held this Tuesday March 31, at 6:00 p.m.  Guest speakers will be the "War on Cars" podcasters, who will be discussing New York's City's response to the coronavirus lockdown in terms of transportation and public space, as well as the broader implications of the virus for biking and urban life. You can learn more about the War on Cars, and listen to their podcasts, at this link.

I've noticed a bunch of electric mopeds now sitting on the streets of the UWS from some company called Revel. They have licenes plates so I would think they would be operated by a licensed driver, but looks like this will be one more thing we'll have to deal with on our streets, but hopefully not on the bike paths. There are already plenty of similar vehicles being used illegally on the west side greenway

The next time you put on your cycling shades, clip in to the pedals, ride on your carbon frame, turn on your computer, and pedal in circles- take a second to think about the guy who made modern cycling what it is. 

https://www.bicycling.com/repair/g20041902/summers-coming-have-you-prepped-your-bike-yet/

ENY. YES! Escape New York.

I've always thought that a dumb name for the ride since it ends in...New York. But it does have some cachet now, doesn't it?

So here's my (not serious) logo idea for it this year: A bike whose wheels are that circular corononavirus.

Title is not what you think; completely and totally unlike the youtube video of the same name.

http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/February-2019/Bicycle-Bank-Ro...

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Back story and follow-up, but read the article first:
https://www.bicycling.com/news/a26081001/cyclist-turned-bank-robber-tom-...