The club's "lockdown" programming will continue this Tuesday evening at 6:30 p.m. with a presentation by Peter Flax.  The event page should be up on the NYCC website by tomorrow, but in the meanwhile you can register to attend the virtual presentation by clicking on this link: 

The pro cycling team just released a genuine “feel good” video on their prime sponsor’s quick action to help protect medical workers in the UK. Ineos is a vertically integrated petroleum producer, which attracted intense negative publicity (dirty fossil fuels) when it took over sponsorship of Team Sky. The company is now producing its own hand sanitizer in high volume exclusively and at no cost for British hospitals. The sanitizer is being delivered by the logistics staff at Team Ineos - very much a “Grand Tour” winner in my eyes.

Please read this article on how much distance to keep from other riders. Hint: it's WAY more than 6-feet.  

https://medium.com/@jurgenthoelen/belgian-dutch-study-why-in-times-of-co...

https://medium.com/@jurgenthoelen/belgian-dutch-study-why-in-times-of-covid-19-you-can-not-walk-run-bike-close-to-each-other-a5df19c77d08

What are some interesting cycling-related documentaries, movies, or whatnot that you've come across that are available through your TV?

Here's one:  https://www.netflix.com/title/81130094

and another: https://www.amazon.com/Eat-Race-Win-Season-1/dp/B07DX687Y5

Looks like river road is now closed

https://www.njpalisades.org

"the Red Lotus" a new gripping  mystery novel by Chris Bohjalian is about a couple from  New York who go on a commercial bike tour in Vietnam, get separated and the man disappears.  I could relate to it because on a bike tour in pre-modern China in 1994 a woman and I got lost big time in a giant labyrinth of dirt paths without electricity for about  4 hours including sundown(pre-cell).  Obviously my story had a happier ending.  I was recently in touch with my guide, Linda, and she still remembers me!  The book is available from Amazon.

Concerns have been raised about the security of the Zoom sharing platform. The NYC board of Ed is dropping it. My work has banned it. Should we switch to another platform? I claim no expertise, I'm just asking.

I've been using Google Hangouts to hang out with friends. I don’t know if it would suit our purposes but it is free. I also use WebEx and Skype at work. I think there’s a free version of Skype but I don’t know if the free version is limited.

Key smart keys found approximately 66 on east side of Central Park road. Message me if they are yours,

I know very few people in the club. The only (M.D.) doctors who come to mind are Ed Fishkin, Daniel Labovitz, Laura Kent, and Christine Chen. Undoubtedly there are many, many more. Will you who read this please write here any ideas you have how we as a club might  support our members who are, frankly, putting themselves at risk.