Have you seen or been involved in a cycling crash caused by a dog off its leash on the Drive in Central Park?  

Off the chain! City slams bicyclist with $1,500 in fines for running red lights (NYDailyNews, August 21, 2011)

Manhattan bicyclist Juan (JC) Rodriguez didn't learn his lesson after running his first red light. Or his second. But the third time may be the charm - because it came with more than $1,500 in fines.

"It's absurd," complained Rodriguez, 45, who's also a pedicab driver. "When you look at the fines leveled and the actual offenses, it makes no sense."

Some bicycling advocates agree fining two-wheelers the same as tractor-trailers is overkill, while others say bikers should stop at red lights.

See you at the Central Park Boathouse Parking lot at 8:30 AM.....with the exception of the C12s who meet at Woodlawn(last stop of #4 train). 

If you are riding one of the C12s be sure to leave plenty of time for the subway ride to Woodlawn....and doublecheck any service advisories that could slow down your trip. Remember getting anywhere by subway on a Sunday morning at that hour takes twice as long.

Rain info: the chance of rain increases during the afternoon.

Bailouts if necessary......

Rye train station is less than 3 miles from lunch.

Woodlawn Subway Station and the #4 train is 18 miles from lunch. 

If you're planning to join, please sign up online at link below for tomorrow's A20 All-Class ride.

Signing up online and requesting cue sheet from leaders (Basil or Christy) prior to scheduled ride start (8.30 am from Boathouse) will guarantee you a cue sheet.

You can also download and print one from link below.

We're maintaining our optimism regarding weather so bring bathing suit/towel if you'd like to swim ($10 charge for swimmers only)- you never know!

Oh, yea.........did we mention LUNCH IS FREE for members - courtesy of your New York Cycle Club?

See you tomorrow (Sunday).

Sign-up available here.

TA has advised me that they are close to raising the funds  for it & hopes to have new tarmac this fall.  In the meantime take care descending--it is very shady there

Cyclists should avoid or exercise extreme caution over loose pebbles.  Fortuneately they waited until after R Rosenthal's ride this weekend.

NYDaily News, Aug. 19, 2011

Man dies after being crushed under cement truck

A man died Thursday after he lost control of his bicycle on a Manhattan street and was run over by a cement truck, police said.

The 52-year-old went through a red light and made a right turn on Delancey St. from Chrystie St. on the lower East Side about 5:30 p.m., cops and witnesses said.

The rider, who lived in Brooklyn, lost control of the bike, smacked the rear end of a moving tractor trailer and was pulled under the rear wheels, crushing him to death, cops and witnesses said.

if completely (or even partially) true, this is terrible:

http://bit.ly/qQx4xa

In anticipation of the all-class ride this sunday I wanted to start a thread to explain my plan for the Gimbel's/Beach ride. This should answer some questions, but if you have others please feel free to email me directly or to the thread. First off, here's the cue sheet from the ride library:

http://nycc.org/sites/default/files/not_gmbls_rd.pdf