FYI

25% off all EMS brand items
20% off all else

Oct 4-5 at the 2 EMS stores in NYC (SOHO/Bway; 76/Bway)


It's "for members, supporters, and participants of outdoor events and organizations"

I've used a bike club card in the past.

Have fun!

This is from the NYCKayaker mail list. He'll be doing it tomorrow. I hope it's faster than any pedal boat I've used.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cycling/sir-bradley-wiggins-is-like-t...

http://gothamist.com/2013/10/01/breaking_multiple_people_stabbed_in.php210

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/01/nyregion/motorcyclists-assault-suv-dri...

Lappy Hour: Wednesday October 2nd      A20/21                                                                                                                         &

I thought my wash was "running"...the whites of my jerseys, mostly on the chest/neck area (where, of course, I sweat the most probably) were coming out orangeish-brown after being washed.  Then I remembered a thread by another club member a few years ago, thinking that the new NYCC jersey colors were running in the wash.  I called her, and it turns out it's the sunscreen.  I just got off the phone with Coppertone and she advised me that under the peel-off rear label, in fine print, it says that it may "stain or damage some fabrics or surfaces."  Well, I asked what kind of marketing it was that puts the word "SPORT" in a #30 font on the front of the bottle, but hides that fact UNDER the label on the back, which I needed my strongest r

I rode in the Kensico Lake area yesterday.

The Dept. of Environmental Protection has blocked off one segment of the Westlake / West Lake / W. Westlake / W W Lake series of roads that used to form the southbound route down the west side of the lake.  You have to leave Westlake, go down Columbus for a bit, and then get back on Westlake.  The road closure is not visible on Google Maps.

Specifically, you'll ride westbound on Westlake through the DEP area, then left on Columbus for a short distance, maybe 0.2 mile, then left to get back on Westlake.

Not a big deal, but you'll have to adjust your cue sheet and/or be careful if you're leading a ride up there.

Two young Japanese men (ages 22, I think) are flying in from Tokyo Oct.

Today, while circling the park on a C training ride, we were slowly overtaking a couple riding together. I said "on your right", since we were going, however slowly, faster than they, and instead of acknowledging this as the polite caution that it was, the woman and then the guy launched into an obnoxious, self-important tirade -- "Do you know who you are speaking to? He's a Category One (blah, blah, blah)"; which the guy followed with "I have never had someone say that to me going 10 miles an hour" (which, of course, was faster than he was going) --, and then he continued to rant on and show how he could ride without hands, take one foot off the pedal, etc. , etc..