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My daughter has clearly outgrown her starter bike, and is asking for a new road bike for her birthday.  I have started to look at a few LBS as well as Frog Bikes online.  Does anyone have any advice on what to look for (or what to avoid)?

I've postponed the C-14 Bedford ride to Sunday. There's still some space on the ride. The listing should be back on line this evening.

Fall Foliage B rides Moved from Saturday (Oct 13) to Sunday (Oct 14)

It looks like it’s going to rain most of the morning so I am going to move the rides to Sunday.

Please withdraw if you can’t make it.

If you are a leader please let me know if you can’t lead on Sunday.

If you are going to ride on Sunday and you are also able to lead please let me know.

The train information (train numbers and times) for Saturday remains valid for Sunday.

I apologize if this offends anyone, but I'd like to remind leaders of fast, and long, paceline rides to take into account their wide berth.

Important note: I don't know if the specific instances I'm mentioning below are NYCC rides.

Twice in the past week I was nearly strafed by the tail end of a fast group in Prospect Park. The second time was this morning, Thursday 10/11 at around 6:20AM, near the water fountain on the southeast side of the Park. I was in the slow lane, about as close as you can get to the median line separating the runners. 

It's not hard to imagine why. Most peoples' focus are on the wheel in front of them. The sun hasn't fully risen. The paceline is about 20 riders long.

Tomorrow's club meeting includes these valuable raffle prizes:

"UCI socks (8 pairs total; 4 black and 4 white, all in XL/XXL)"

Call me an ingrate, but, uh, thinning out inventory at great cost...?

Had a great experience at Talent Bikes on 139th off Broadway after a tear in my tire on riverside.

The owner, Edwin, knows his stuff and charged me very little for the work he did including adjusting my brakes without charging me.

I highly recommend him if you're in a pinch(no pun intended) or need servicing.

https://talentcyclesny.com/

 Does anyone have recent information on the plans to pave the mud trail onto the South Country Trailway? It's been a long time since I've seen anything about the discussions around the type of surface on that section.

I passed a sign on Hudson Terrace today (10/4) that said: "River Rd. will be closed next week." However, I assume that refers NOT to Henry Hudson Dr, which we call River Rd., but to the continuation of Hudson Terrace/Main St. south of the GW Bridge, which New Jersey calls River Rd.

Looking for a non-bike shop bike fitting option?