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Interbike bike show videos
Youtube channel Bikeman4U. He has about a dozen videos up now and is doing about six new ones a day. The downside is that he is not into high end bikes and components.
Dumb question about Metro North bike rules...
Share the Putnam Trail - Bronx Ride to the DEC Hearing
People,
This is from Elizabeth Hamby of the TA Bronx Activist Committee.
FYI, I'm going up and will be speaking. We also have some statements that could use speakers.
Neile
Interbike bike show reports: don't read if you're looking for information
Report #1 - 2013
Yes, it's that time of year again when I teasingly rivet your attention to the annual bicycle industry trade show in, ugh, Las Vegas, only to, once again, as I have for many years now, completely disappoint you who expect to actually learn something about the show with, instead, a daily report that is utterly, wholly, and completely lacking in news of anything having to do with it--at least anything you'd like to know. Call it Impressionism. Don't you, club art historian Kitty Dare, call it Pointilism; there is no point.
Found a great fall/spring cycling jacket - Polartec Neoshell
Here’s an astonishingly simple trick that could keep you from killing a cyclist
Rider departure times for Escape NY
I am new to the Escape NY ride and can't figure out from the NYCC website the departure time for riders. According to the site, registration is:
Wind reduction = quieter ride
Okay, I'm already a dork cause I use a rearview mirror (on my glasses). It's a personal preference and I love it...can't live without it. Today I tried something called CatEars. Extremely dorky looking without a headband or hat, but I have to say it ROCKS! I did River Rd in very northerly windy conditions and all I heard was birds and crickets. If you put your index and middle finger extended in front of your ear, on your cheek, you will see how it works. Every now and then I moved them away and all I heard was whoosh in my ears. So, if you're all about comfort and enjoyment, give them a try! (They're cheap, too)
Saving GPX/TCX files
Having purchased and using a Garmin device [610 Forerunner, not a dedicated cycling unit although it gives me cycling speed and distance, but excellent for running], I can download my routes, most helpful off road for making sense of how one had gotten lost.
Now the trick is to export the routes to files so I can post them for all when I edit our Ride Library. I am adrift in a sea of suffixes. Garmin help says I can convert my files to GPX or TCX. Of course I haven't found software to read these files. As of now, the Ride Library will accept GPS files for download.
Can I just manually change suffix GPX to GPS and expect users to be able to access the file?
Am I reinventing the wheel and is there a better way for me to do this?
This time, I REALLY conquered Walnut Street
(For all the people who might be concerned: This sign was laying on the ground next to the pole when we climbed Walnut on our ENY scouting ride. I did not personally remove it from the pole. And I put it back when I finished taking the picture. There are witnesses to my proper and legal behavior! But I couldn't resist the photo op)
