Ryan Abshire and his wife are the proud parents of a newborn daughter.  Ryan was my siggie in the A19 class of 2008 and went on to become a skilled racer.  Besides a good cyclist, he is an amazingly sweet man, and I personally wish him and his family lots of good health and cheer!

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Finally giving beer the respect it deserves.

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/11/08/runners-who-love-beer/?hp&_r=0

Dear members, Due to the necessity for the eagerly awaited announcement of the elections results, we are slightly altering the start times of the meeting's segements.

The new start times are as follows:

• 6:00 PM - Beer/Schmooze time
• 6:30 PM - Buffet Dinner (optional)
• 7:00 PM - Program
• 8:15 PM -  Election Results Announcement
• 8:30 PM - Raffle

http://www.ranssurplus.com

700c plus 26" slicks and knobbies.  Also CO2 cartridges and Crank pedals.

One of the things I like about my NYSC is that is it full of people who are a class act. Last night at the ENY party many of us witnessed that. Elyse Rothenberg brought swag for all of us, a usable back pack, with goodies inside including socks. But she didn’t stop there as they were all taken by the time some people arrived. She simply created a list so to get them for those people. Elyse, you are all class and one of the reasons I love my Town. Thank you. Hal  

Thank you so much to the ENY Committee for a great Volunteer Party last night! Was fun to see friends and meet new ones, relieve that great day, and indulge in some seriously yummy food.

And totally unrelated but very exciting, I finally got to see my first Banksy on the way home!

Rain forecast postponed to 11:00 AM. The ride is ON

At 11:00 PM Wednesday night the forecast is 40% chance of showers at 6:00 AM. I will e-mail those who signed up at about 5:00 AM with a final "go or no-go" decision and post an update here.  Jerry Ross