Come try one on.  They're fabulous!

I have a picnic to go to in Smithtown, Long Island and would like to ride there. I can get to Oyster Bay and was wondering if someone could recommend a route from there to Smithtown. I realize I can use a mapping program but I don't know the roads at all. Would prefer something pretty and not heavily trafficked.

Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.

Interesting article on a study being done at Columbia on the air we breath in NYC while bike commuting. It was written by a Richard Schiffman (any relation Hank?)

They are looking for participants to wear various monitors while commuting (click link in article to participate).

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/06/well/move/on-your-bike-watch-out-for-...

Sadly, the two of us are rarely available for the NYCC organised rides... so need to explore on our own. I am really only familiar with:

- CP loops

- Over the GW, river road, 9w

- The trail up to brewster

Beyond these, what are other low traffic rides accessible from the city? We are happy to jump on a train from GC if needed.

If a map or gpx is available, that would be great!

Thanks all!

https://www.youtube.com/embed/doN4t5NKW-k

The entire 25 minute tape is fascinatig but if you want to scroll right to the cycling, it starts at 3:27 and goes to 4:36

Summer car-free trial just announced, July 17 - September 11.  Enjoy it while you can, lobby to make it permanent.

We need volunteers to promote Escape New York and the New York Cycle Club at Summer Streets on Saturdays  August 5th 12th and 19th.  If you can spend a few hours manning the NYCC table any of those days, please pm me.

Claire

A good section of the Grand Concourse has been milled - sorry I didn't note exactly from where to where, but probably from the mid 170s to the mid 180s. Don't know when it will be repaved.

The really good news, for those B & C riders who enjoy going to Scarsdale, is that most of Parkview has been repaved. There's a short section in Bronxville north of Pondfield that hasn't been redone, but the rest of the way up to Scarsdale Rd. is really sweet. It's been hideous for so long, it's a real treat to have it smooth.

Hi:

I'm just getting back into riding.  I'm 53.  I'm looking for company on the weekends to do loops around Central park.  I consider myself a "C" rider, but with hill issues.

I tend to like riding early in the day.

Thanks

-marc

"A Slovakian rider took down a British rider and then a Swiss organization suspended him from a French race. "

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/07/opinion/the-tour-de-france-peter-sagan-mark-cavendish.html?