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http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/01/04/508213332/105-year-old...

Marchand started to cycle again as an "adult" at the age of 75. He became a vegetarian last year at 104 for health reasons, I guess.

My Garmin 705 from 2009 is on life-support. Some functions still work, but require a lot of fiddling, and battery life after many cycles has gone to near-zero. Plus the whole UX is so ancient.

I recently acquired a new Android phone, a Moto-Z Play, and have been pleased with improvements to the open-source OSMAND+ app (I think people are also happy with the ridewithgps app too, but haven't tried it). I get offline maps, including nice features like contour lines and hill shading, can download GPX for turn by turn directions, record my own rides, and these are real easy to upload to whatever platform, and so on. No complaints, other than the app learning curve is a little steep.

Maybe it's the availability of complete wheelsets that fewer and fewer people have wanted to learn how to build a wheel so those wanting to learn just wheel truing will be accommodated this year. 

Wheelbuilding class will be from 9:30 - 2:30 on a Saturday or Sunday in Jan. or Feb., the actual date to be determined by vote of those signing up. Wheelbuilders will start with their own rim, spokes, and hub and leave with their own perfectly built wheel they'll have built themselves.

It's vanity, I know, but I presume to think the, then, new president's "last message," now twenty-five years old, is still relevant. http://rosenthaladvertising.com/25_yr.html

I just noticed a White Bike at the Tallman cut-off on 9W in Sparkill. When did this happen?

This message from Port Authority at 9:15am:

"The GWB Sidewalk is closed due to icing conditions. Updates will be posted as they become available."

http://www.velonews.com/2016/06/news/chris-horners-bike-throw-stack_409157

MAY MMXVII BE BETTER THAN MMXVI

AND NOT AS GOOD AS MMXVIII!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Geo Carl Kaplan

Last Sunday Piermont Avenue was full of black ice Sunday Morning. Considering a ride this Saturday but don't want to repeat the black ice experience.  If anyone is riding today(Friday) please report on the road conditions. around there.

She must have taken the A-Classic SIG!

http://www.velonews.com/2016/09/news/ca-woman-rides-her-bicycle-147-mph-a-new-world-record_420507

Happy holidays to all,

Susan