A great ride for all to enjoy and maintain is the Jones Beach bike path. It's about a 19 mile (round trip) ride from Cedar Creek Park out to Tobay Beach and back again. Cirlce the parking lot 2-3 times to push it past 20 and then go again. It's newly paved with awesome scenery. Cruise or ride a pace line ... ride 2 abreast and have a conversation if that's what you need. Hardly any incline other than the 3 bridges you pass over. Depending of the time you head out, it's fairly easy to get to (35 minutes) and I'm from Brooklyn ... so it's ideal for those that live in Queens or Long Island. Just putting it out there for everyone to see and possibly take advantage of. 

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This just in from the Port Authority: The GWB South sidewalk will be close on Saturday 3/5/16, for repairs. The North sidewalk will be open. 

Did a ride with Signature Cycles in Greeenwich this past Saturday. It was only one ride, but the area struck me as pretty good for getting rides in. I just looked at the ride library and didn't see anything. Has the NYCC done any rides there?  It's literally a 45 minute train ride on Metro North starting from Harlem.

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The link at the bottom of this note is to a disquisition by a professor at the Glasgow School of Art on Leonardo's supposed invention of the bicycle...debunking it. The passage here is at the very end of it. It's wonderfully droll which is why I post this here. Share this putdown of Italians' pride with all your Italian friends.

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So what was the motive of the forger(s) or the uninitiated discoverer and maintainer with a bad scholarly conscience? Perhaps the following passage, written in 1949 by the Italian literate Curzio Malaparte gives us the answer:

Citi Bike is excited to announce that we're hiring a Bicycle Fleet Operations Manager. Details follow below. Interested applicants can go to http://www.citibikenyc.com/jobs to apply. Candidates must answer all questions within the application portal, submit their resume, and a cover letter explaining why they think they're a great fit for the position.

About Citi Bike:

Anybody have a solid suggestion for a LBS with an air hose available 24 hours outside the store?

Can anyone recommend a good sports acupuncturist, preferably one who takes insurance.

Thanks in advance.