In the past the NYCC has organized a Tour de France party at a sports bar. Is anything like that planned this year? Maybe I missed an announcement -- or the party!

A shout out to New Paltz leaders and volunteers Peter Storey (C14 leader), Miriam Wycoff (C14 leader and Saturday Dinner Coordinator) Michael Roth (B17 leader and Luggage Transport), Paul Friedman (B15 leader), Stephanie Chang (B17 leader), Stephanie Miller (Room Assignments) and Lynnette Chiang (Yoga Classes).  

Note: Posting this comprises no endorsement one way or the other by NYCC.

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This is the text of a ride listing for next weekend

Predictable and self reliant riders only. I hate to have become one of those but yea, sig style does it. Scan the road ahead and go around the hazard Smoothly.

Stops will be short.

Whiner and "pothole magnet" will be clubbed and left in the ditch to rot, everyone else, lets have fun.

Sent to the club:

Join us in New York City’s Upper East Side at Bicycles NYC for a captivating multimedia slideshow by author and intercultural adventure cyclist Jamie Bianchini. He’ll share stunning photos, videos, music and inspirational stories captured on his epic 8-year, 81-country expedition around the world piloting a tandem bicycle solo while leaving the rear seat open to invite total strangers to join the journey!  This talk is receiving rave reviews all over the country so you don’t want to miss this!

I'm jealous...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdSEaXaItq8

I'm following a post on Facebook promoting a new cycling gadget. Among the comments are a few posters who are expressing rabid hate toward cyclists. One of them has gone as far as posting a YouTube of a cyclist getting hit by a truck and citing it as "nice...for all you a***oles". Based on his profile, it's apparent that he drives for one of the major bus companies. Any suggestions on how to bring his dangerous attitudes to the attention of his employer? I've taken screenshots of his posts and have considered wriring a letter to his company, CC to the League of American Bicyclists. Any thoughts or ideas?

Later this week, I'm taking my Bike Friday on a Northeast Corridor train from Penn Station. Any tips for getting to the track amid the hordes, stowing the bike, etc.?

Thanks,

Hannah

Here's an analysis of the federal transportation act now working its way through Congress.  You can guess how bicycle unfriendly it was when first introduced - its acronym is "The DRIVE Act."  Amendments have made it more friendly.

Dana Hudes, an NYCC member, has been hospitalized for the last two weeks with serious head trauma after crashing on a ride.  Dana was apparently riding solo and was discovered at the side of the road, unconscious, by local police.  Details are limited, but the injuries are rather serious – he is in a coma at Hackensack Hospital in NJ.