It's seems like it's going to rain tomorrow so the Dirty Pie Lady ride is postponed till Sunday.

Same start place and time. Grant's tomb at 9:30

Stay dry and I'll see you Sunday.

Pres. Weiss is going home from the hospital today.

The first hospital he was in was Valley Hospital, in Ridgewood, NJ. He's going to the Valli Care Center, as in Valli Weiss, his wife.

Hi - I am looking to rent a carbon road bike (size 56/57cm) for a week or weekend (depending) when I am there in last weekend of June/early July. The places I have contacted are giving me daily rental rates of $100-120 for a carbon (seems high!) and $60/day for aluminium bikes. I was wondering if anyone has any specific stores they recommend in the Dublin/Livermore area which may have better deals or give discount to NYCC members? Thanks.

As many readers know, the New York State legislature failed to pass a law extending the use of safety cameras at New York City schools. Speeding drivers are a major cause of motorist-cyclist crashes. Along with street redesign, we need serious enforcemnt of the speed laws we have including the proven tactic of safety cameras for drivers who go over the limit by more than 10 miles.

Governor Cuomo says that he favors the safety camera bill. So far so good. But he has not put anything like enough energy into getting the legislature to pass it. The legislature adjourned yesterday but can go back into a brief session to pass the bill as it did in 2017 to pass other laws. Please come out and let Governor Cuomo know that safety is an important concern for New York voters.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/veteran-tv-journalist-elizabeth-brackett-dies-after-a-bike-accident/

"Ms. Brackett was found Wednesday in a grassy area about 30 feet off a lakefront bike path near 3900 South. At least one neck vertebra was fractured, according to WTTW.

Though authorities still aren’t sure what happened, her family believes it was an accident because there was damage to her helmet. She often biked for training."

B-18 laps are CANCELLED due to rain.

Escape New York 2018 is offering $30 off Escape New York jersey + ticket bundle until June 30.

The jerseys, designed by Alex Ostroy and available in Women's as well as Men's fits will be manufactured by Hincapie. '

Bob Schmon sent this to me. I couldn't persuade him to post it in order to get what credit is due for finding it, so I will.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/18/books/review-we-begin-our-ascent-joe-mungo-reed.html?

Had a nice visit with Eden on Sunday. He's walking around the halls of the hospital, mostly without a walker, talking, joking, complaining about the hospital food, the poor TV reception in his room and how he's itching to get home and back to work for the club.

He's still quite weak and clearly has a ways to go, but it was encouraging to see how much progress he's made already.

I was at Bicycle Habitat to pick up my leader's incentive gear. It turns out they didn't have the item. Could be a mistake (they believe it was stolen from the box of NYCC apparrels). 

But I was a little surprised there's no extras. Every item had a list of names attached to it. 

So, if one were to order (BUY) any of the jersey and shorts etc, one would have to wait till the next production run?