It recently occured to me that I've been chewing up my non-cycling shorts by going on long rides, and that needs to stop  (the chewing up part, not the ride part).  So assuming that cycling shorts are more durable, where in NYC can one find a solid inventory at reasonable prices?  A few years ago I'd have thought of Paragon Sports, but on my last stop over there, the sheer quantity of cycling related goods on sale seemed much reduced from what it was a few years ago.

Folks,

Just an FYI - there are a large group of riders taking part in a ride from New York to Niagara Falls (Empire State Ride - Ride to End Cancer), starting this morning. I’m part of the group and we take the 8:30 Staten Island ferry on-masse, then head up the greenway to the GWB, up through the Palisades and then 9W to Stony Point for the first day.

Obviously with such a large group of riders, many from out of state and learning to ride together, this will be a bit of a challenge for the already congested routes.

If you see us, please be patient and also give us a wave!!

Many thanks

John

The last hill in the ClimBathon is Eisenhower (16% for a moment at its first pitch; 17% for a moment at its second pitch). As we reach the top, I tell the group, "We are embarking on an area of homes [Rio Vista] each of which is a shrine to excess and an altar to bad taste." They are breathtakingly expensive and even uglier and tackier than they are expensive. We often stop at the one most recently finished that is a study in the grotesque and the riders line up in front of it where we have a group photo taken. Today a woman, clearly with an ownership stake in the place, was gardening out front. As I picked up my phone to take a picture of the group (she would not have been in the picture), she stated it (i.e. I) was rude to take a picture--seeingly of the house.

Our favorite stop at the top of Walnut is for sale again.

https://www.sothebysrealty.com/eng/sales/detail/180-l-828-nym58m/gloria-...

If you are considering the All Class Ride for next Sunday (with the free cookout), please sign up soon so we can get a count for lunch.  Thanks again.

Great menu:

Can anyone recommend a shop that provides bike-fits at a reasonable cost?

Thanks

Take a look at the video we just published on the NYCC's Facebook page... Click here to watch now

Make sure to turn on the volume. Depending on your settings, you might need to click on the speaker icon to hear the sound!

To Richard!

Gil

Nice report, Bruce!

E-hail vehicles are choking our city streets.  If you regularly in the city, you see e-hail liveries without passengers, driving around and sometimes trolling for and taking illegal street hail fares (while not paying attention to cyclists).

Summary and link to report here:  https://nyc.streetsblog.org/2018/07/25/uber-and-lyft-are-overwhelming-ur...

I have posted a ride to the Fort Lee crit taking place this coming Sunday. Here is the web site for the race: https://www.bikereg.com/tour-de-fort-lee-criterium.

This will be a casual ride, up Riverside Drive and over the bridge, then south a few blocks to the race course. We'll decide once there how long we want to watch the race and whether we want to take a run up River Road or just head home.

We're leaving Eleanor at 7:45 (yawn) so we get there when the main events start. 

Sign up for the ride if you want to watch the racing. The nice thing about a crit is that we can watch most of the course from one or two spots, almost like in a velodrome, except it's on city streets.

Jerry Ross

A friend, fairly new to cycling, wants to purchase a bike and develop a relationship with a local shop for maintenance and repair of same. He will not initially be able to do any of his own maintenance. Not a roadie, at least not yet, and interested in a hybrid at this time. He lives up near the GWB. Any thumbs up (or down)? It should be a shop that stocks a quality line of hybrid bikes.