Looking for a great way to start your early Spring?! Any interest in a scenic ride from the Upper West Side to Nyack!

Details:

Bit of a multi-part question here so aplogies if this isn't the place.

Skippable backstory:
I graduated the B-18 Sig a few years back but have been off the bike for a while. I'm 48 and a few pounds the wrong side of 200. For some insane reason me and my brother-in-law have signed up for the GFNY (I've done it twice and have rolled home in the final thousand). And thanks to this awful weather, I am already behind in my preparation. 

So...

I want to do a pretty robust 12-week training program starting March 1, with the aim to be ready to go on May 18th.

My questions:

Sorry for the late notice. We'll try again another time. 

Here's the listing. https://nycc.org/node/216010

We'll meet on the UES at 9:30am, ride a loop around the Bronx through lots of parks, and lunch in the Wakefield section at a Jamaican restaurant for dumplings and other foods. Indoor bike parking. Subways nearby after lunch. See the ride listing for the full story.

For its 2025 Roll it Forward!

https://nycc.org/node/214657

Ravioli and Gnocchi are dumplings.

Meet Upper East Side at 9:30, ride around the Bronx through the parks, lunch at MichaelAngelo's on Arthur Ave, then train bailouts. About 26 miles or a little more.

Tour da Gnocchi - https://nycc.org/node/214657

I was in an accident and had to replace a brake caliper.  Ever since, I need to replace the hydraulic brake fluid on a regular basis, for which I go to a bike shop.  I either need a bike shop that can figure out how to fix it once and for all, find a class to teach me how to deal with hydraulic disc brakes so that I might maintenance the problem, or sell the bike to a handier person than myself.  A fourth option is to replace with mechanical disc brake set-up.  Any suggestions?

The weather gods strike again.  Sorry to cancel.  I'll relist it soon.

Alfredo passed away on Monday, and there's an open visitation in Manhattan this Sunday afternoon.

He was a member of both NYCC and 5BBC, participated in many bike related volunteer activities, and was a consumate gentleman and nice person - - a gentle and kind soul.

Many may recall him from (what used to be) NYCC's annual pre-Marathon Ride.

Details are on 5BBC website

         https://5bbc.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=5&club_id=511565&item_id=110259