A thousand thanks to Derek, Jen and the other members on the  ride on the 12th who were so helpful and caring after my crash. 

I got good medical care and now I'm at home recuperating. 

NYCC people are the best people!  I'll see you all on the road in January!

Jim

You're fourth from the left. You leg is damn near straight, maybe even straight, and you're not even at the bottom of your stroke. You want a slight bend in it at the bottom of your stroke.

By my guestimate, I would put this at 60 miles r/t. I think I could manage a 12 mph average. Would anyone care to join me for a 8:30 depart  / 3:00 return? I would like to do this on Thursday, Nov 24th (Thanksgiving day)

They have finally completed work on N. Woodland St. south of Johnson in Englewood Cliffs.  You can now ride comfortably on Summit to Lyncrest to Woodland, or the return up Churchill to Woodland to Lyncrest to Summit (or up Walnut to Woodland to Pershing to Summit).  Now, if they would just repave the rest of Woodland....

The weather forecast for tomorrow morning is kind of "iffy".

If it's raining at 5:30 AM - or the roads are wet - the ride's cancelled.

I hope it's not raining and the roads are dry!

This is totally speculative, but it appears that the DOT is checking speeds at the bottom of the hill in Prospect Park right now. I assume that they are doing so in advance of this Wednesday's task force meeting on what to do with the loop road to ensure that it is safe for all users.

Perhaps everyone can exercise extra caution while they are monitoring us?

Join us for some fun and challenging After Dark Laps (with Surprises!)

http://nycc.org/ride-detail/54318

Jim, hope you're getting well and recuperating quickly from your accident yesterday!   Hope to see you out leading rides again soon.

Be well!

Derek

I've been shopping around for a bike computer but they all seem to have something missing which seems very useful to me.

Oftem when following a cue sheet, a slight detour or perhaps miscalibration of wheel size can lead to a difference beteen distance recorded and the cue sheet total. It would be nice to be able to enter or adjust the distance travelled. Most computers I've seen can only reset to 0. While many have on odometer, the interntion si to record total distance ever travelled and it is often a hard setting to get to. 

If a sheet is a lot of long legs then, you can just reset on each leg but many routes involve 0.5 0.6 0.2 mile segments so that's not always practical.

My thanks to all those who took a ride with me to Nyack yesterday. In addition to myself, fifteen (15) other 2011 A-19 SIGlets and leaders, and a 2011 A-Classic leader came out and shepherded some thirty-eight (38) cyclists for a sixty mile ride on a gorgeous day.

I saw many tired but satisfied smiles as we rode back into Manhattan, and received a dozen e-mail notes, and several Facebook hits about how much fun it was.

I'm looking forward to seeing many of you in March.

Cheers,

George