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Where the Bike Lane Ends - An intro to NYC riding

Wednesday, Sept 25, 2013, 7 to 9 PM

Hosted by RIDE BROOKLYN, Williamsburg

Hey all, I'm going to do a little beginner mountain biking this fall. I'm nervous about wrecking.

Does anyone have reccomendations for some basic, not super expensive protective gear? I will be wearing a long sleeve jersey and tights or knickers, and using my normal road helmet and normal road half-finger gloves. What else should I get to be confortable, mobile, and have the best protective bang for my buck?

Knee/elbow pads? (Foam or plastic?) Hip-padded shorts?

Thanks!

-Erica

Horner now just 3 seconds off. Fun race to follow.

At the forthcoming Interbike, Greg Lemond will have a new series of his bikes in conjuntion with the French frame company, Time.

For starters, there will be 3 limited editions of several carbon fiber road bikes celebrating his Tour de France wins in 1986, the thrilling 1989 and 1990. He'll also have some bikes with Campagnolo 80th Anniversary Record components.

Hi everyone-  Bill and I are settling in, the aspens are starting to turn yellow, and the puppy and kittens are getting bigger.  I've been writing short updates on our life on the ranch, and I thought that some of you might enjoy them as well.  Attached below is the first installment, written a week or two after our arrival in June.  I'll post the next two installments in the next day or so.  Please keep in touch, we miss you all.

HOME, HOME ON THE RANGE

The Hither Hills New York State Campground sits off Old Montauk Highway between Amagansett and Montauk.

Each site is allowed one RV and one tent or two tents holding a total maximum of six people. The grounds include showers, bathrooms, and a coin op laundry. Reservations are made online. One must reserve an entire week Friday to Friday at midnight online exactly 9 months in advance. The cost is $204 for the week. 

http://www.nysparks.com/parks/122

I haven't been over the bridge in awhile. Are we now relegated to the north side and steps?

I thought the changes included a cap on the length of the waitlist such that the length of the waitlist is equal to the size of the ride. Currently there are 13 waitlisted riders for 10 spots on the ride for the "Gambol around Greenwich" with Fred Leffel on Sunday 9/15 (http://nycc.org/node/66092).

Thanks very much to all the club members that joined Lesse and me during the 12 weeks of our ride series on Staten Island.  Just because the ride series is over that doesn't mean we'll no longer be riding on SI.  Quite the opposite as we plan on being there every Sunday morning just as long as the roads are clear and dry and the wind chill is above freezing.  (For the record we were able to ride on SI in every month last season.)

A little about our rides:

1. You need a sense of adventure since we don't use a cue sheet.

2. Our rides are a combination of climbing up short, steep hills (think 16-18% grades) and long stretches of urban roads.