Hi all, I am a roady down in Gainesville, Florida.  I am writing a novel about a roady living in NYC.  As a setting, I am looking for any suburban neighborhood or community *inside* one of the boroughs, where a roady can hop on his bike and find open roads without driving.  Roads where a double pacelines are common. I am thinking maybe somewhere out in Queens.

I am sure there are plenty of places to choose from, so let me know your ideas!

Thank you very much for your help.  Oh, the community would have to be middle class or higher, preferably middle class.

Mark

The weather is playing with us. Hope for something better on the 22nd. Same details. Current ride list has been moved to the new date. Cancel if you can't make it - but hope you all can!

Pearl River Ride cancelled for tomorrow and will take place on Sunday March 2nd instead. The listing should appear again soon. Everyone signed up should be transferred to the new listing and notified by the system email already. If the date does not work for you please withdraw to give somebody else a chance .

Thx. Victor.

For anyone interested, I just saw that Times Up is having a bicycle swap meet next Saturday, Feb. 22nd from 12pm - 4pm in Williamsburg.  Free to buy or sell though a $2 donation is requested. 

http://times-up.org/node/1513/1393088400/event

And if that weren't enough, 9W between East Clinton and Hillside is also temporarily closed for flooding, as seen on traffic reports today.

Stay safe out there!

I didn't ride today.

Yep, you read right. A kid writes to the legislator after his mom was hit by car. Legislator says: too bad, cars rule.

Via reddit. Then picked up on CBS.

Barraga's letter:

Thomas F. Barraga Legislator, 11th District

new member here, trying to assess if I can join the Prospect Park rides (B16-18) in the mornings.

Can I just time 8 laps on PP and compare to the Central Park table or doing this is comparing apples to oranges. In that case how would be a fair way to self test without going to CP?

Thanks.

Seeking some advice (without a specisic question)...

I'm in the market for a new bike, and have compiled a (rather long) short list of contenders. I just called the only NYC dealer for one the the brands I'm considering, and was told that the shop, in it's 40-some years of business, has never allowed buyers to take bikes for test rides. (Part of this reasoning is understandable; doubting a buyer can really evaluate a bike in under 100 miles.)

But I can't fathom the idea of paying an obscene amount of money (I'm ashamed to even say the cost... It's equivelent to about 70 monthly unlimited MetroPasses)  for a bike I haven't even taken around the block.