Hi NYCC,

I just launched the website www.motorparkwayeast.com The idea is to extend the Long Island (Vanderbilt) Motor Parkway eastwards through State and City owned lands.

This would not involve the use of even one inch of private property.

2014 rings in an exciting new year for our club. We have high aspirations for the coming year, including:

• Refresh payment options (direct credit card billing, auto-renew options)
• Refresh overall look and feel of our site
• Introduce mobile-aware site for core functionality (rides, contact riders/leaders/members)

Marilyn and I hope to ride the Katy Trail across Missouri April/May/2014. Preliminary plans are to fly to Kansas City, spend 2-3 days in KC, transfer to Sedelia, bike to St Charles, transfer to St Louis, 2-3 days there, then fly back to NYC.

Anone interested in joining/planning this outing with us? Ken

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/08/chris-christie-traffic_n_4561448.html?1389194919&icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl2%7Csec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D427946

Hi guys, I'm hoping for some advice for a '1%er'... 1% tallest that is! At 6'6" I've found it hard to get a road bike with a good fit without attaching weird clunky stem extenders or other contraptions to my bike. Can anyone recommend a frame/manufacturer that makes 64cm or bigger frames? Are there any riders at the club of a similar stature that can make personal endorsements or even dire warnings? What materials are best at this size? Is it better to keep it real with steel when you're riding with the Clydesdales? Does anyone have any experience of getting a frame built to measure? Any advice gratefully received! If it makes a difference My price point is going to be around $1500-1750

Michael

Took a pre-dawn 30 mile ride this morning to check out my gear in the cold weather.  Roads were clear and everything worked great - bike, apparel, conditioning.  My clothing kept me nice and warm and the special triflow lubrication on the bike kept the wheels, chain, derailleurs, and gears moving.  Temperature was 5 degrees Fahrenheit with a constant 20 mph wind making the real feel temperature -15 degrees F.  

One additional learning from this mornings ride is that I cannot turn the pedals as quickly in temperatures below 15 degrees Fahrenheit so I need to budget a little more time for the ride as it took me 15 minutes longer than usual.

A message from the head of the Long Island Randonneurs - this is a great opportunity for anyone interested in learning about the fantastic world of brevets and other long distance rides.

(just as a note: when I started the C SIG two years ago, 30 miles in one day was a serious effort requiring at least a day of recovery. By that October, I rode my first century. The next spring, I rode my first 200K. You don't have to be fast, you don't have to be strong, you just keep going. It is a fantastic group of people, a wonderful way to see the world around us, and I can't recommend it highly enough.)

For those who might be curious, Richard Bernstein, the blind attorney from Michigan who suffered from a collision with a cyclist in Central Park and endured a long convalescence not long ago, participated in Reddit's IAMA series this week. The results are here: 

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1u60a7/i_am_richard_bernstein_blind_attorney_ironman_and/

http://engt.co/1f77knY

Going out for a nice 40 mile ride right now.  9 degrees Farenheit with ice rain.  Should be unique.  Got studs?

Report - got back about 10:30am.  Primary and secondary roads in Westchester and CT are clear with a little ice in some places.  Tertiary roads have one half to three quarters of an inch of hard packed snow with some icy patches.  Freezing rain started to fall just before 10am.  Froze on my goggles upon impact.  Lost all vision from behind the goggles in about 25 minutes as the water froze across the entire goggle lens and made it opaque.  Temp rose to 20 degrees F by the end of the ride.  All body parts were nice, warm, and comfortable during the entire 3.5 hour non-stop ride.