Prospect Park attracts cyclists of all levels and abilities. Bicycling is permitted on the Park Drives, including the 3.35-mile loop, which hosts a range of cycling events throughout the year. Interested in racing? Kissena and CRCA are the two largest bike racing clubs in the city.  NYCC is a great resource for beginner and non-competitive cycling.

"Cars Only": New motto for Central Park...

http://www.streetsblog.org/2014/12/01/eyes-on-the-street-central-park-traffic-calming-still-feels-like-a-highway/#more-336141

Cycling northbound on 9W this morning I observed, on the southbound side, three police cars with flasher lights, several bystander cyclists and what appeared to be an injured person prone on the pavement under a yellow heat blanket. This was less than a mile south of the turnoff to the Lamont Geological Observatory. The time was probably around 10:30 a.m.

Synedoche is a figure of speech in<

A few weeks ago I noticed a low rear tire as I was cycling from Penn Station after a ride. It turned out to be a hole in the tube on the rim side. I could find no source of the problem. After I replaced the tube there was no air loss riding a week later (last Saturday on rocky trails). 

http://nypost.com/2014/11/27/husband-begs-city-to-stop-speeding-cyclists-after-wife-dies/

This part caught me by surprised "Witnesses told cops that Marshall, 31, was speeding the wrong way down West Drive, yelled at Tarlov to get out of the way, and then tried to swerve around her instead of braking."

Speeding the wrong way? Has that been reported already and I just missed it?

I have emailed all participants as well as the waitlist folks.  Too much snow on the shoulders of 9W...it had been snowing all morning here in the Heights and tomorrow it will be ice.  Ride cancelled.

We'll meet at 9:30 at the NJ side of the bridge, ride Henry Hudson Drive, Next Day Hill and Walnut.

Here's the route: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/6544967

I realized recently that the Garmin 510 has nav capability and that courses can be overlayed over a routable map similar to the 800/810. The problem, however, is that the 510 only has 20M of memory and no sd slot.  The size of each map file from openstreetmap is about 9M and several are needed to cover typical NYCC riding area.  I found the following site that allows users to create a custom routable OSM map in various formats.   http://extract.bbbike.org/.

http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/tappan-zee-bridge/2014/11/24/south...