The meeting place for the Sunday 3/5 Henry Hudson Drive ride will be Dinosaur Playground, 97th St & Riverside Dr. From there we will take the greenway to the 181st St ramp and Cabrini to the Northwalk. Reason: Ft. Washington Ave in the 170's will be closed on Sunday due to a running race and our original meeting place at 173rd could be inaccessible.

I might also use this route on future NJ rides as I find the left turn from Ft. Wash onto 179th to be difficult.

The following email was just sent to all BSiggies:

Hi All-
The Weather looks quite iffy for tomorrow, but good for Sunday. Therefore,
the Classification Laps will be Sunday at 10 am, in Prospect Park, Grand Army
Plaza. If that presents a problem for you, please do 6 solo laps in Prospect
Park or 3 solo laps in Central Park and submit your time by 6 pm Sunday.
Thanks.
The Orientation ZOOM call tomorrow, Saturday, remains unchanged at 4 pm.

Ron
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Let's make sure the results of this survey are not used to restrict "traditional biking" https://www.centralparknyc.org/drives

The club directory was removed from here, the NYCC website. Why? I get there's an e-mail link to a poster's post under his name but I used it to get e-addresses of members apart from their posts to, of course, write them.

I would like to write a poster on the FB page today to correct his very wrong use of a key word important to his post but don't want to do so publicly. Why embarrass him? Other times I've wanted to and have written members personal notes directly that would have been wrong to have made readable club wide.

So I again ask why was the directory removed?

At the same time, I note a page was created for one of the organizations the club supports but not the others.

NOTE: Since I first posted this I've learned that the DOT already recognizes the seriousness of this issue and is working toward a solution. Therefore, we don't need to flood them with messages. But I thought I'd leave this post up so you can see what a lobbying campaign might look like.

Our best bet with regard to safe access to the North Walk is to get the DOT to install safe cycling infrastructure at the intersection of Ft. Washington & 179th St., including repaving that block from 178th to 179th, painting clear lanes, making a left turn only lane and installing an advance left turn arrow in the traffic light. Improved lighting would be a bonus, but I suspect that would be way beyond the budget.

Expected in June before the Tdf.

https://twitter.com/Cyclingnewsfeed/status/1630930842590625792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1630930842590625792%7Ctwgr%5Eea2ba0a026da66d4561d1d52386f64c56abf5b8b%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cyclingnews.com%2Fnews%2Fnetflix-tour-de-france-documentary-trailer-reveals-drama-of-2022-race%2F

This Sunday is the annual Washington Heights 5K race, and Fort Washington will be completely closed from about 8am till 11am north of 168th. I think there’s a chance you could walk your bike on the sidewalk, but it might be frustrating. The race starts at 9, so the area will be the most busy from about 8:40 till 9:40.

When looking at the ride listings every week, I ask myself where have all the ride leaders gone?