As the proud new owner of a Cyclocross bike, I now want to get off the smooth roads and paths I ride my road bike on, and get some gravel riding in. 

Any recommended routes / areas to check out?

Aug 16 Rockland Journal-News page 3A.  a 53 year old NJ res, not a NYCC member was cycling down rapidly with a small group a steep section  of Buckberg in Tomkins Cove Saturday.  I assume he was braking hard as he approached Mott Farm. Apparently no car or other biker was directly involved in the accident. Earlier this summer a prominent NJ dentist and a personal friend of mine lost his life  on a downhill near Old Tappan and Rivervale. No car or other cyclist was involved in that accident either.

Recently JMONROY posted a message on this board regarding a "Bothersome Rider"  and what are the leaders to do in that situation and what is the clubs and boards position on the subject.  All of this and other issues that came up are valid for us discuss but because the thread singled out one person specificlly and degraded in to personal insults amoung people posting responses I decided to unpublish the thread.

This is a valid thread and should be discussed without singling out individuals or being insulting.

As a point of reference please read the Ride Leader Ride Leader Information section under resources, specifically number 5:

It's raining.  We hope to see you Thursday.

If you have a car—heck, if you can DRIVE a car— or a van—Escape New York needs you. There are still openings for licensed drivers to help with provisions on Friday as well as Saturday. (Work Friday, ride Saturday).

We need drivers to shuttle volunteers to the rest stops so everyone gets fed on time! We’ll even provide the van!

And we need cars to patrol the routes as S.A.G vehicles. If you’ve ever had to call an Uber, here’s your chance to beef up your karma.

So, baby if you drive a car, ENY will make you a star!

Once a month, I write a President’s Message that is posted on the carousel on the main page of the Club Website.  Some of my messages are better than others.  This month’s the best ever – it’s about NYCC cycling style. I copied the message here thinking perhaps placing it on the Message Board would make it more available to more members. 

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Escape New York. . . . .

Our big event, Escape New York – “ENY” - is around the corner. It is our showcase event of the year. This one day, September 16, 2017, is perhaps the single most shining day of the year for the New York  Cycle Club.

Dear Members,

For the lucky Gran Fondo NJ FREE entry raffle winners, who have not as yet entered this beautiful and challenging one day ride/ event, on September 10, 2017, please use it and register at: granfondonj.com, for Team NYCC ASAP. The free entry expires on August 28th. It has been called to my attention, by one of the generous donors of the free entries, that there are still outstanding raffle winners who have not taken advantage of the prize they won. In order to join Team NYCC, please shoot me a quick email requesting our team's password at: [email protected].

Does the NSA flag the use of the word "bombing" on the Internet? If not...

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...so Saturday we were bombing down 9W, on a fast down slope headed to the rise that crests at the state line and the turn-in into Columbia's Lamont laboratories and we pass some doofus with a shovel, shoveling the road. Huh? What? How's that? There're no horses leaving dung up there.