Does anyone else use Continental Grand Prix "black chili pepper" tires?  I was checking mine for glass tonight when I noticed what I would call stress tears.  There are very fine lines on the riding surface, most less than 1/8th inch long, where the rubber seems to be splitting.  The splits are not at all deep - just on the surface - and run mostly parallel with the riding surface.  They are consistent around the entire circumference of the tire, in some places as many as 3 or 4 across the tire surface.  It's a relatively new front tire still with good tread. 

Has anyone else experienced this?

Hip-hip-hooray for the Bergen County road crew that was out today clipping and clearing the overhanging branches on the north-bound side of Hudson Terrace.  I also saw a crew on the north-bound shoulder of 9W.  It looked like they were clearing brush.

A Queens-based group is working to create a greenway along an abandoned LIRR line from Rego Park to Ozone Park (paralleling Woodhaven Blvd.).

Please sign their petition to be submitted to the city council (linked below).  Even if you hate Queens and don't think you'd ever use it, consider the recreational opportunities it would provide for residents in this area of Queens that have no bike lanes nearby.

Petition is here.

The weather man says 48 degrees and clear/dry at 6:00 AM tomorrow.  If that really does happen, I’ll be at TOG for more year end laps.  Please come!

Unless of course Gil has a ride.   If he does, let's go with him!

Ride heads out at 6:20am from Grant's Tomb for yet another RR adventure. Should be a beautiful morning for a quick out and back. Please email me at [email protected] if you are interested. Direct link is: http://nycc.org/node/54644.  

Geoff Cohen and I invite you to join us for a 9:30 AM departure from the Eleanor Roosevelt Statue for our New Years Day ride to Coney Island where we'll cheer on all the swimmers going to freeze in the water including our own Tiger Ellen.  In order to make this accessible to a wider range of riders, it's a C/14 ride.

Those of you looking for a more relaxed pace C ride with a late start this Sunday are welcome and invited to join Jim Zisfein and myself for our annual 5BBC ride to Teaneck for lunch followed by a Chanukah party at my place (which is across the street from the finish).

The route is about 38 miles. It leaves from the Eleanor Roosevelt Statue @ 10:30 AM. Expect a casual pace of 12-14 mph. I'm riding my hybrid.

As some of you may know, the ramp to the Greenway from the West Side Highway has been unavailable for some time. I called 311 then followed up with Community Board 7. I was informed that the infrastructure under the ramp had collapsed making it unsafe. I have just received a follow-up e-mail from John Martinez passing along the news that the ramp has been fixed.

Aloha,

I'm going to Oahu, Hawaii for the first time early next year and I'm hoping to do some riding on the island.  Can anyone offer some recommendations on routes, local clubs, road bike rentals, or other experiences?

Mahalo,

Kevin

Anybody interested in a Queens/LI ride this Sunday morning?
Will start from Forest Hills, around 9AM with pace between 18-21.

Final pace/time/distance dependent on my fellow riders, I just want to ride (not alone).