Bob Schmon sent this to me. I couldn't persuade him to post it in order to get what credit is due for finding it, so I will.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/books/review-we-begin-our-ascent-joe-mungo-reed.html?

Had a nice visit with Eden on Sunday. He's walking around the halls of the hospital, mostly without a walker, talking, joking, complaining about the hospital food, the poor TV reception in his room and how he's itching to get home and back to work for the club.

He's still quite weak and clearly has a ways to go, but it was encouraging to see how much progress he's made already.

I was at Bicycle Habitat to pick up my leader's incentive gear. It turns out they didn't have the item. Could be a mistake (they believe it was stolen from the box of NYCC apparrels). 

But I was a little surprised there's no extras. Every item had a list of names attached to it. 

So, if one were to order (BUY) any of the jersey and shorts etc, one would have to wait till the next production run? 

Know someone who is giving away about 10 bikes "in good condition." I haven't see them myself. You would need to pick up the bikes yourself. They're currently residing on the UWS. Let me know if you can use them and if you have any questions you need answered before committing.  

I am looking to ride to New Paltz from Manhattan. I've leveraged the ride library/previous STS rides I've been on to create a route to as far north as Newburgh and then Strava's route plotter with Heatmap overlay to come up with this: 

https://www.strava.com/routes/13796826 

I have not ridden in the area north of Newburgh and would be very interested in some suggestions. 

Thanks!

For those who won, I do have everyone's name and we will contact you once Eden situation allows us to see what he has in his apartment.  Please be patience. 

For those who did not win anything, come to the next meeting on Tuesday July 10 when Steve Vaccaro tells us what is new in cycling law.

As some of you already know, Eden Weiss had a medium to severe stroke while attending the New Members event this past Saturday.  He actually was driven up because he wanted to participate and make a speech to all riders.   He was found near the bathrooms by by-standers who had already called 911 when club members found him.  Dr. Ed Fishkin was summoned who cared for Eden until the paramedics arrived.  He was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood New Jersey where he underwent surgery to remove blood clots in his left carotid artery and a branch on the left side of his brain.

At tonight's club meeting I asked Gerry Ross where was Eden.  He had a stroke on the Newcomer's ride Gerry said.  He will be at the Rusk Rehabilitation center Thursday or Friday.  He is doing well.

why are we allowing a for-profit bike shop to repeatedly post on our "Marketplace" forum?

"friend of the club" or not -- that should have its limits.  A very occasional special is one thing but there is nothing special about most of these posts.  Would we want every bike shop in the city posting their inventory?  Luckily our other "friends" know better.

As you can easily see by looking at the Marketplace, one bike shop repeatedly advertises there (its been going on for years previously under a different name) and I don't think its appropriate.  The "marketplace" should be for individual club members, not commercial establishments.

Does the club still rent bike boxes?  Model?  Price?  How does one reserve and obtain it?