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Prospect Park will be car free starting Jan 2, 2018

Submitted by JRinNYC on Mon, 10/23/2017 - 11:22am

Prospect Park will finally be car free!

http://gothamist.com/2017/10/23/prosect_park_car_free.php

Need a space for a showing of bicycling art

Submitted by bergbrains on Mon, 10/23/2017 - 10:19am

My sister represents twin artists, who would like to do a showing of their work in NYC. We need a venue that can support showing 10-20 paintings.  This would be during the week of 

Anybody have any ideas?

Here's the artists' web site.

Thanks for any help in making this happen.

Eric

Riders on West Side Highway yesterday

Submitted by DWiener on Mon, 10/23/2017 - 6:59am

Anyone know what the ride was that came down the west side highway with a police escort around 11am Sunday morning?

Statistical oddity of the names of our incoming board members

Submitted by RRosenthal on Sat, 10/21/2017 - 2:56am

26 letters in the alphabet.

14 members of the board.

4 of their last names start with the same letter.

That's 26%.

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As it happens, the name of the candidate who withdrew also started with that same letter.

According to NY Post Oct 20 piece, Hearst who purchased Rodale Publishing, may sell  it & Runner's World

Riding from the Boathouse to Tour de Bronx start anyone?

Submitted by April on Fri, 10/20/2017 - 7:47am

I’m registered to do the 42 mile version of TdB. I’ll be riding up from near Centeal Park ( Columbus Circle or the Boathouse). 

Anyone else going up to the TdB and want to ride up together?

Probably leaving around 8:45-9’ish...

 

Anyone up for Bear Mountain ride on Sat/Sun?

Submitted by [email protected] on Thu, 10/19/2017 - 7:17am

Hi everyone,

I’m a cyclist from Finland, spending this week in NYC. I rented a road bike and would love to ride to Bear Mountain and back. Since I don’t know the area or routes, it would be nice to join an organized ride, or at least someone who knows the routes. I’m a midpack rider, can ride in paceline and can hold 20 mph on flats for longer trips.

Anyone planning to go on this weekend (21-22 Oct) ?

Elections: Ballot Preview

Submitted by PStorey on Wed, 10/18/2017 - 8:50pm

With nominations having closed at our October meeting and Michelle Gordon having withdrawn, this year's ballot will show the following candidates:

As of 2:42AM Saturday, the day of the ride, the sign-ups are down to 80 with 14 leaders. There's another ride listed that starts at the same place that has 17 riders plus 3 leaders. However, inasmuch as 2 of those 3 leaders also listed themselves among the 14 leaders of that larger ride, and this other ride has a different start time, a different route and, by description, wouldn't seem to integrate with the other two clubs, which I gather is the point of the overall ride, the NYCC-ABC total is likely 92. Still, adding 92 to all the people coming from the Westchester Club headed across the bridge at the same time, plus miscellaneous others going on other rides should make for a tie-up on the bridge.

Looking for someone to help me scout a "C" ride this weekend

Submitted by mhsimkin on Mon, 10/16/2017 - 9:57pm

Hi:

I'm looking for a few people that would like to help me scout a "C" ride this weekend, with the goal of posting the ride for either Sunday, October 29th or Saturday, Nov 4th. Your more than welcome to co-lead the ride with me when it is posted.

I've picked 3 rides form the library that seem interesting. All the rides I picked are in Westchester. The rides are:

cycling trips