Hi - anyone know much about FOCUS bikes. I am looking at one in size 56cm. Its 2016 closeout with DISC Brakes. I am also told DISC is the way to go. I currently use calipers/rim brakes and am looking to upgrade both my bike and groupset.

Any suggestions on the bike and disv vs calipers welcome. Thanks.

Hello,

I would like to offer a quick update regarding NYCC's outreach efforts.

In recent months, NYCC made new efforts to strengthen its outreach to club members, prospective members, and the larger local cycling community. 

NYCC's membership growth rate rose sharply in recent months versus the same dates last year. The results of the past five months are as following:

Looking for opinions:

I'm building up a bike. (Yay!) Can source most of the components online for cheaper than a bike store can sell them to me. More than one bike shop has now told me that it is hard for them to compete with the prices I can buy these components for. More than one has also told me that it is not thrilling to them to have customers buy groupsets off the internet rather than getting them through them. 

Hi everybody. The revised, final Berkshires announcement is now up, in the Events calendar (click the drop-down Events button at the top of this page). It's high time to start making your lodging reservations for a weekend of excellent cycling and fun in the Western Massachusetts hill country.

Also, please sign up for the weekend at the bottom of the Berkshires announcement page, so we can keep you in the loop. Every individual who is riding should sign up, so we'll have an accurate head-count and we'll be able to send you bulletins as needed.

Rides will be posted in the Ride Listings as usual. More rides will be appearing weekly, so keep checking back. Sign up in the usual way for the rides you're interested in.

Occasionally, on my Garmin Edge 1000, when I load a course that I have imported from Ridewithgps, the unit starts loading, gets to 99%, says “route calculation error,” and starts again from 0. Gets to 99%, does it all over again. Endless loop, forcing me to shut down and use Garmin without route.

I have scoured the Garmin and RWGPS forums and found various suggestions, none of which help. The thing that seems to be mentioned frequently is some discrepancy between the maps on the Garmin and the map used to create the route, notably Google.

The last RWGPS route/course I had this issue with was the B16 Westwood route, here:

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/26988378

Sent to me via email:

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This is probably old news to most of you, but there is a great documentary on Netflix about the history of cycling in Britain. Very good. 

It seems to have closed suddenly, recently, and the sign in the window fell down so there's no information to be had.

https://pedalpusherbikeshop.com/articles/meet-the-staff-pg125.htm

FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE PRE-REGISTRED FOR THE C-SIG:

The C-SIG Classification Ride will take place tomorrow, March 10. Please arrive at 10:30. If you don't know the location, please check the email you were sent when you first registered. That email has a link to a document with all the details about the ride, including a map of the start location.

It will be quite chilly tomorrow morning. Dress in layers with a good windbreaker on top. Make sure your knees, hands & ears are fully covered and that you wear warm socks or use chemical toe warmers (over your socks, inside your shoes). The information document referred to above has more details on how to dress.

Anyone know how things are looking on River Road, 9W and the various side roads to the north?  Trying to figure out whether this weekend will be long spin sessions, or whether it makes sense to ride in the real world.