If you'd like to join a small group ride to Dobby's Ferry/Irvington from Washinton Heights on December 25th - 10 a.m. (Yes, that's Christmas morning). B-17 level.  Please let me know if you're interested.  Thanks.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cycling/16231501.stm

 Bob Cowin's Holiday Party pix.........

A fun photo of cycling on Riverside Drive, circa 1896

Excellent!

Is a screensaver available?

It the roads are dry and you are in the mood, meet at 6:00 AM at Tavern on the Green for 3 late season easy going "A" paced laps of the park.

In the interest of giving a little more time to plan holiday ride schedules, here's what we'll be doing for the next 3 weeks:

1) Sat 12/17--We're going climbing. 29 miles, no lunch stop. Using Tim McCarthy's saucy local NJ cue sheet called "Dead Presidents" we'll climb to stay warm and get a really solid hill workout in before the holidays. It's a climb at your own pace and regroup at the top kind of thing. Plan a relatively early return, the cue sheet is in the ride library. 

SUNDAY 12/18, B/55, Social Climbers #13 “Hopewell Junction”

START: Meet 8:30 AM in Grand Central Terminal

FINISH: 4:35 PM in Poughkeepsie

LEADERS: Michael Notaro, Fred Harris, Neile Weissman

WHAT: A north-from-Westchester route that features back roads, reservoirs and the new Dutchess County bike trail -- including a look at the restoration-in-progress of the original Hopewell Junction Train Station, hub of the defunct Central New England Railroad.

http://www.kinglyheirs.com/CNE/CNEHopewellJunction.html

NOTES: 

- We break out into two groups.  Slower and faster.

- Terrain is fairly hilly until the bike path.  Couple miles of hard pack.

- Two food stops - at miles 15 and 37

I thought I was doing pretty well at about 3750 miles then Adrienne told me this morning she is nearly at 7000 miles!

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http://www.npr.org/2011/12/13/143648659/ntsb-recommends-ban-on-cell-phon...

Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wPsnZ95B9OQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player