Hello Everybody, My name is Richard and I'm new to the message board. 

I was just curious how everybody here would feel safety wise about riding on Rt 340 from Peirmont to the Joseph B Clark Rail Trail.

May 12 - Be one of the first to greet newly minted B-SIG graduates as a front door greeter helping people check-in, find a place to sit, answer any questions they may have, etc... 

Its not really any work and you get to join in the festivities of cheering on the new grads!

We need just one more volunteer for the evening. Let me know if you are available. 

Spring has sprung, the leaves have finally unfurled, and the cyclists flit insouciantly about....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxV4Ds1Sv7Y

The drop-out rate of those who sign-up for my rides before they show up for them this year is close to 50%. I don't take personal umbrage since most don't even know me. (It would be understandable if they did...in which case the question would be why they signed up in the first place.) Proposal: A 99¢ (or 1¢) fine payable to the club treasury for dropping out after signing up.

Nah, here's a better idea: A $10 fine but reducible to 99¢ (or 1¢) if the malingerer writes the ride leader(s) when s/he drops out explaining why.

May 16th, starting at 7:00 a.m. the run will block Prospect Park, Ocean Parkway, and parts of Ocean, Parkside, Flatbush, Washington and Surf Aves. You will not be able to cycle on the course or cross over it. The Ocean Parkway greenway will probably be crowded with spectators, too. The event should be over by noon.

Course map:

www.nyrr.org/download/file/47017

Event site:

http://www.nyrr.org/races-and-events/2015/airbnb-brooklyn-half

Hi folks, I'm curating the official cue sheets and RWGPS routes for the Berkshires weekend.

The existing routes are available here:
http://ridewithgps.com/groups/NYCC-Berkshires-Rides

A sample of the paper cues, generated by a beta variant of Roboviva, is available here:
http://snuggl.es/betaviva/pdfs/2387270.pdf

If you have any adjustments to existing cues, please let me know ASAP.  

If you are a leader and you plan to do a variation or a new route, and want it in to go out with the Berkshires Info Packet, please get me a RWGPS link ASAP.

http://gothamist.com/2015/05/07/citi_bike_locations_ues.php

If you're interested in Citi Bikes coming to the UWS, the Dept of Transportation is having a Community Board meeting to discuss placement, etc.

May 12

7pm-9pm

Goddard Riverside Community Center 593 Columbus Avenue at 88th street

Transportation Alternatives is looking for bodies to fill the meeting: apparently there's a group that wants to restrict the docking stations and where they'll be placed. 

http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2015/May/06/Fatal_Taylor-06May15.htm

Too bad the driver was high, otherwise he would've got off simply by having not seen the cyclist.