Bidding wars were in evidence on March 26 at the Kids Ride Club Benefit as auction hawks counted down till the 8 PM silent auction close.

To City Council Member Diana Reyna, the Crosby Street Hotel and manager Jakob Hansen, Crumpler, EMS, REI, Bike Habitat, Grace Pineda, Liane Montesa, Ed Fishkin, Laurie Chittenden and the host committee...and the numerous NYCC members and friends and businesses who contributed goods and services to this wonderful silent auction and those who made outright generous donations to KRC.....thank you for making this a huge success.

Hopefully this is viewable by all.

Ironman U.S. Championship (aka "Ironman NYC") will use these steps as part of the "run" on August 11 and just published this guide to crossing the GWB.

http://www.facebook.com/notes/ironman-us-championship/ironman-us-championship-george-washington-bridge-stairs/279135968830929

Anyone interested in joining me to a ride to rockland state park tomorrow.  Plan is to start at NJ side of bridge at about 9am.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHF4wfkQcF4

... courtesy Joe Lertola

Do you have a 27.2 seatpost that I can use for 2-3 months? If the price is right I could purchase it.

Seatpost should be about 250MM long with a 20-30mm setback.

I am working on breaking in some saddles  and I like to swap them out WITH the seatpost

once I dial them in. Makes for a faster easier job (for me).

I am able to pick up in the 5 boroughs or maybe NOrth Jersey.. Ft Lee -Nyack etc.

Thanks all.

Robert

The 5BBC has just added more content about the 2012 Montauk Century to our website: http://5bbc.org/montauk/. It has details about tour day, training rides, volunteering, merchandise and other info.

Registration is quick and easy at Eventbrite: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/3128161415?ref=ebtnebregn

Peter Engel, Communications Co-Coordinator
5BBC

Does anybody know what kind of "race" was happening in CP yesterday morning? I saw a lot of slower riders, not all on road bikes, wearing numbers.. 

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/03/23/renewed-calls-to-add-tolls-to-eas...

Hmmm..wouldn't they make more money by just giving out tickets for:

Cars using cell phones with cordless mics

Cars running red lights

Parking in Bike Lanes

Cyclists riding aginst traffic IN BIKE LANES

J-Walking

Honking when not needed

Cars with a Tail light out, maybe both

Cars that make illegal U-turns on Broadway, Park Avenue, Jamaica Avenue.. just getting started

Please add to this list

I checked out the Red Hook Criterium on Saturday night.  What a blast!  A 20 mile fixed gear race on a .77 mile course set out in the Brooklyn cruise ship terminal.  Not bad for something that started 5 years ago as a birthday party activity by a bunch of friends.   And, yes, there were crashes.  I don't think anyone was seriously hurt, but one bike had both of its carbon fork legs snapped off just below the top of the wheel. 

I mapped out this weekend's STS ride using ridewithgps.com.  You can export the route from this page in whatever format works for your unit.  Enjoy!

Andrew