Before starting our ride today, I explicitly told one of the riders he could not crash. He disobeyed me.

His injuries were minor but it was a first crash for him, he having started riding only 3 mos. ago. (It's always good to get that first one out of the way.) I think he was more unnerved by it than in any great discomfort but he welcomed the proposition of getting him a ride. We flagged down a driver in Piermont and asked would he take the rider and his bike. He did.

That, itself, wouldn't necessarily be noteworthy but for the fact the driver took him to the GWB...when he, himself, was going to Northvale! And the further fact he used to be mayor of Piermont!

"In attendance (at a speech hosted by a lobbyist were) representatives of real estate and energy companies, along with a group that want to buld a velodrome in the city."

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/05/nyregion/with-focus-on-affordability-crisis-de-blasio-offers-his-vision-for-new-york.html

(I assume the unnamed person we're interested in is the wealthy philanthropist (and part owner of a Greenwich Village bike shop) Joshua Rechnitz who got ink last year for his proposed Brooklyn velodrome.)

The DOT is looking to reconfigure Morningside Ave. This will slow traffic, which is great...but it leaves out cyclists. This petition calls for the inclusion of bike lanes in the new design. Please consider and sign!

New bike proto-type, with no chain! 

Wadjda is about a young Saudi Arabian girl who dreams of getting a bike so she can ride with the boys, but is stymied by religious bans on girls' activities, etc.  The movie which has English subtitles has won some awards and I think it is fairly good.     I am planning to see Bike America soon.  It is about  a 27 year old woman who deserts her boyfriend to join 4 cyclists on a marathon charity trek.  The Post gave it 2 1/2 stars and said it makes "a fairly entertaining journey"  It is playing at Theatre at St. Clements on W 46th St.

Cycling in the US from a Dutch perspective:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2THe_10dYs

Gino Bartali 2x Tour de France Champion has been recognized by Israel's Yad Vashem as
"Righteous Among the Nations".
 

http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/righteous-sportsmen/bartali.asp

A Real Mensch..... VIVA BARTALI

"And whoever saves a life, it is considered as if he saved an entire world." Talmud

In view of NYCC's announcement this evening (October 2), we have to change the start time again.

We will start from the NJ side of GWB at 9:30 a.m. on Sunday.  For anyone who wants to leave from Manhattan, Jerry will pick up a group at Eleanor (RSD/72) at 8:45 a.m.

This should get us to the Market to start the cleanup project at the NEW announced hour, 11 a.m.

The ride listing is being revised and should reappear shortly.

I got this picture today while on my way back from Henry Hudson Drive... there was a lot of road-redesign activity on Cabrini Blvd up at the NYC entrance to the GWB. This picture is not the best, but if you squint, you can see the new road markings. The west half of Cabrini had its parking shifted eastward, leaving room for a small outline for a bike lane, which may finally legitimize our trips over to Haven Avenue

FYI

25% off all EMS brand items
20% off all else

Oct 4-5 at the 2 EMS stores in NYC (SOHO/Bway; 76/Bway)


It's "for members, supporters, and participants of outdoor events and organizations"

I've used a bike club card in the past.

Have fun!