Today was our "court" date.  Three of the 7 people ticketed for not fully stopping at a stop sign showed up (2 had already settled, 2 others deferred until December) at the firehouse on Depot Place at 5:00 p.m.

In August, I posted a message about being ticketed for running a red light in Central Park. This morning, I appeared at the Criminal Courthouse at 346 Broadway in Manhattan.

There was an initial check-in process which took about forty minutes. Then, there was what I take to be an arraignment process that took about fifteen minutes.

Ad hoc A/21 paced morning lap ride tomorrow, Tues., 11/6, 6:00 AM from Engineers Gate.  3 laps, no sign ups required, no suing allowed.  If enough people show up, we'll split into two groups, one a little faster than the other.  Be there on time, ride is gone by 6:01 AM. 

Anyone seen a preview of this:

http://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-gear/gear-of-the-show/Garmin-Vector...

Across 59 Street Bridge.  Through Queens and out to Long Beach.  Food stops in Valley Stream and Hewlett.  Back through Queens with some of opting out of the last ten miles via the "F" near Jamaica.

Route was challenging for a number of reasons -- trying to avoid power lines or fallen trees, staying off main roads and not wanting to appear like a bunch of neopreening ninnies meandering through a war zone.    And it was a navigational headache, but I think we threaded the needle with some good runs and water views to boot.

Hurricane Sandy Donations 

Does anyone know why the arrow showing proper direction of rotation has been removed? (I use only red tires...not sure that matters.) 

After the abortive ride through Westchester yesterday, we tried the Great Swamp ride today (one of Mitch's cue sheets).  We fared a bit better than yesterday, but lots of trees and powerlines down, we got scolded by some official in the great swamp, and did need to divert through Morristown, losing 9 miles of the route.  Still alot of power outages there.  A nice day to ride, however.