http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/30/sunday-review/to-encourage-biking-cities-forget-about-helmets.html?pagewanted=1&ref=opinion

(Posting does not imply agreement)

I'm off to Monsey to pick up challah and other goodies from one of my favorite bakeries: Zishe's Hiomemade Bakery of Monsey and I invite interested riders to join me. I've got a route planned which will take us on some nice tree-lined streets through Bergen and Rockland. The return route is fast, with a long section (miles) of a mild downhill and few traffic lights. 

I'm going to have a rack and panniers on my bike so I can bring home stuff (experience shows that a backpack doesn't work well).

There is a kosher deli across the street from the bakery if you want real food rather than pastries for lunch.

This route is 64 miles round-trip and has about 3400 feet of climbing.

On 9/30 expect to return about 4PM; on 10/7, about 5pm.

For those that cycle in CP this is progress.

http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/09/28/central-park-roadways/

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2012/09/28/sports/cycling/28reuters-france-cyclist.html?hp

(You don't have to be a geriatric to appreciate this, but in my case, it sure helps.)

Ride and movie commemorating the 25th Anniversary of when Ed Koch tried to ban cycling from Fifth, Park and Madison ...

http://battleofthebikeban.com

http://www.facebook.com/events/451306484904260/

http://commuteorlando.com/wordpress/2011/07/07/i-am-not-a-bicyclist/

http://commuteorlando.com/wordpress/2011/03/07/bicycling-apocalypse/

A great explanation of why taking the lane makes so much sense!

I saw this on the Baltimore Bicycling Club's page.

http://commuteorlando.com/wordpress/animations/lane-control/

Rain. 

Considering between two clincher wheelsets:

2012 Mavic Cosmic Carbone SL vs. R-Sys Clincher Wheelset.

SL a bit heavier and thus slightly behind R-Sys on steep climbs. Whereas extremely well on flats, downhill and said to be excellent on turns and on breaking power.

Anybody can reflect from their own experience describing pro & cons of the above wheelsets?

This went live on Tuesday night, but that's certainly well after the weekly e-mail goes out. ;-)

http://nycc.org/node/59390

The route actually starts in Tarrytown, and winds around a bit, so total distance to Croton Falls is about 45 miles. Some version will go rain or shine, barring really horrible rain, though moderate rain will prompt a shorter version of the route.

This also goes over the Croton Dam, but in the early going, likely earlier than the A-19 riders hit it.

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Also, if numbers are low, I may ask the group about whether it'd be convenient to meet up at 125th Street Metro-North instead; just be advised.