Check out these upcoming workshops from Bicycle Habitat.

Both are free but require online registration.

May 10: From zero to 60+: How to train for a distance ride

http://trainfordistance.eventbrite.com/

TD 5 Boro Bike Tour! Charity Partner, The Hereditary Neuropathy Foundation has a couple spots left!  Please visit out website at

http://hnf.donorpages.com/BikeNewYork/ join us in riding for a cure! 

[Update below] A cyclist from the Bronx was killed outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art last evening after the pickup truck he was holding onto stopped for a red light, sending him flying underneath. The NYPD press office says Daniel Martinez, 27, was riding south on Fifth Avenue while holding onto the back of a black Ford F-550 truck.

As of this morning, I have now seen for the fourth time in two years the painful aftermath of riders down by the wet S turn descent in CP along the northeast edge of the loop (by the ice rink).   Some of our members have their own painful experiences with this.

Be careful out there.

And, can you ride your bike from the train stop to Sheffield and if so, how far is it?

Thanks

Dave

Weather looks bad, why not get something to work on

http://www.copakeauction.com/bicycles/pages/2012.html

I appreciate the hard down / soft up technique for rollers and I’m all for hill repeats as good training. I even don’t mind well behaved pacelines in CP.

That said, if you are pacelining hill repeats and you’re leading 10 or so riders off of the Great Hill down to the transverse road, you may want to throttle back a bit. The left onto the transverse takes you across the running lanes, past/thru slower traffic that is holding (appropriately) to the left, and potentially head-on into 2 wheeled and foot traffic using the transverse to skip the hill. Remember you’ve got a 50’ snake trying to hold your wheel, better make sure you have 50’ plus clearance around that corner.

http://www.podiumcafe.com/2012/4/18/2957094/fleche-wallonne-femmes-2012#...

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Is out of commission (as of Sunday 4/15) for the foreseeable future.  It has a sign and a heavy bolt on the door. The water fountain and "W" is still operational.

Have a backup plan for your group dehydration regiments.

Last year I was able to find a Garmin file for the route.  This year I can only find a cue sheet without any uploadable file.  Does anyone have a route file for this year's Gran Fondo or can direct me to it's location, if any?  Thanks!