Wishing a very happy holiday to my NYCC family!

George

Hi All

A couple of months ago I was taken out by a car.  Car insurance has accepted 100% liability for the accident. 

After a lot of back and forth between the insurance company and my LBS the adjuster appears to have finally accepted that a cracked carbon frame and cracked carbon wheel cannot be repaired with the same finish, guarantee and performance expectations as a new part.

Various other parts were damaged or require repair (e.g. helmet, shifters, derailluer) and the insurer is OK to replace them.  However they appear to want to apply depreciation.  The majority of the parts are less than 2 years old and were in excellent condition.

Okay, I've crossed the line!  Been Citibiking about town and decided I should have a Citibike-specific helmet, so bought one of those cute but slightly dorky Bern round helmets, for which one can also purchase a winter liner with knit earmuffs.  Since my regular cycling glasses with small mirror don't work well with this helmet, I also bought a HubBub helmet mirror.  So now I'll be trundling around town on a Citibike with my dorky helmet with dorkier earmuffs and even dorkier helmet mirror...but boy, will I feel warm and safe!  Wave to me as you zip on by.

Jody and Marjorie have concluded their excellent Fall Easy A laps around the park. I am a little slow on the uphill sections of the park to keep pace with the regular FOBO riders but I still want to keep riding so I am going to post laps at the Easy A pace for the next few weeks at least and try make it to Christmas anyway. I would prefer start at 5.45am as it gives me a little more time to make it to work. If anybody is interested in joining me for a rotating leader pool a la the FOBOs please post here or hit me up off list.

Thanks.

Vince.

Sixth cyclist fatality in two weeks in London, 14 this year. Some have proposed banning heavy trucks at certain times. 

Many fatalities were attributed to a vehicle turning left into an adjacent and unseen cyclist (equivalent to a car turning right and cutting off a rider here in the US). 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/20/world/europe/london-cyclist-fatalities-bring-calls-for-truck-limits.html

http://rapha.createsend5.com/t/ViewEmail/y/D7033C26312DFCD0/44C84616B6A3392CA4A88C2FAEAC43DE

(Why was this deleted from the MB earlier today when it was posted by someone else?)

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Summit Road from Palisade to Pershing is being repaved today.  Ride it this weekend and enjoy!

Hi all,  I work for Queens Law Associates and together with the Queens District Attorney's Office we are joining with "The D'Brickashaw Fergusan Foundation" to help kids from the low income areas in the Rockaways on Saturday, December 21st to "build a bike."  The program is looking for cyclists such as ourselves to show up in our full regalia and simply talk about cycling [essentially, all we have to do is show off] while other volunteers teach them how to build a bike.  The program is from 10 a.m. to 12 noon.

Anyone feel like going out for a ride on wed. it's supposed to be 61.