The cicadas, all having found true love, have gone home.

A month from now I'm riding from NYC to Montreal with my younger son. Alex, age 15, is a strong cyclist so long as conditions aren't too adverse (rough weather, scary traffic, getting lost).

Day 2 of our adventure is from the Bear Mt Inn to my cousin's house in New Paltz. I know there will be heavy-duty hills/mountains, esp'ly toward the start.

I've mapped out a few routes but am not confident of my ability to stay on course (virtually the entire terrain will be new to me). If someone has a reasonably no-brainer turn sheet, please send it my way.

Many thanks.

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I went for a quick River Road ride today and saw three cyclists getting tickets between 90th and 165th(?). Not sure if there were more cops south, but rest assures, the Po Po were out in force. I took the Greenway back, didn't want to risk the temptation to blow a light and get a $190 ticket.

Be alert weekend warriors!

I'm seeing a lot of bad reviews of this tire regarding its durability.  Any opinions? 

(I ride Gatorskins and am happy with them.  The Hutchinson tires come standard on a new bike and I'm wondering whether to accept them or swap for Gatorskins.)

I notice that the B level rides are quite full for Saturday. I will be doing a short ride out over the GWB early, leaving the Lower East Side around 6:00 and hope to be over the bridge by 7:00 latest. I need to be back downtown by 11:00 so the ride distance and difficulty will be tailored to that with consideration given to wind direction and general energy level. Not an official ride but happy for company if the speed and early hour works for you. A quick stop somewhere but not for more tha say 15 minutes. Mostly just riding. email rjs515 at aol dot com if interested.

Just looked at the site for River Rd and looks like there's a motorcycle event tomorrow that may preclude biking. Anyone heard if it's closed?

Thanks!

I'm building a Bike Friday for touring and the sales rep is suggesting using a SRAM Dualdrive internal gear hub instead of the triple chainring which on this bike would only give me max about 87 gear inches, whereas the internal hub would bring it up to about 105.  I'm not sure if I really care that much about the additional gear inches for the type of riding I'll be doing on this bike, but it would be nice to have...

My concerns are - how reliable are these hubs, how easy to get reliable repairs done if needed? If I'm overseas and the hub needs repairs am I out of luck?  Will I have to learn to fix a flat rear tire all over again?   

Any advice, help with the pro's and con's would be welcome.

"Newcomers Ride to Piermont" Prep Crew Volunteer ride is now listed:

http://nycc.org/node/63349

We will meet at Grant's Tomb and split into groups according to riding style and speed.

Volunteer and have a great time helping out the club for the Newcomers Ride!

If you are interested in co-leading the B and C groups please contact me.