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Late ride posting for Sunday a.m., November 30, 2014
We'll meet at 9:30 at the NJ side of the bridge, ride Henry Hudson Drive, Next Day Hill and Walnut.
Here's the route: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/6544967
Custom OSM Maps for Garmin
I realized recently that the Garmin 510 has nav capability and that courses can be overlayed over a routable map similar to the 800/810. The problem, however, is that the 510 only has 20M of memory and no sd slot. The size of each map file from openstreetmap is about 9M and several are needed to cover typical NYCC riding area. I found the following site that allows users to create a custom routable OSM map in various formats. http://extract.bbbike.org/.
Is it our *cars* that South Nyackers can't stand? Our *bikes*? Or us, period? Hard to tell from this LoHud article.
"Let's Talk" event about Bike Safety on Monday, December 8
This arrived in my email. Not certain I can attend but thought others might be interested. Panelists include
DOT Commissioner Forgione
10th Precinct Deputy Inspector Irizarry
Recommendation needed for a Physical Therapist
A training partner of mine was seriously injured while riding to Central Park for laps and is in need of a recommendation for a Physical Therapist. Among her many injuries was damage to two tendons serving the right thumb. As she is a journalist and needs to recover her typing skills a PT that specializes in the hand would be most appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Rob
Cylist Accident on GWB This Afternoon
Just west of the pylon closest to the NJ side of the GWB this afternoon around 1pm, a female cyclist was being loaded onto an ambulance, with 2 police cars re-directing traffic. According to a police officer I asked a bit further on, she was involved in a crash with another cyclist going around the pylon. I have no idea if that information was accurate, but I am sure the officer was not happy with the speed some of the cylists were going at when the bridge was so crowded with both peds and cyclists.
Cheap effective lighting
I'm often asked for a good lighting solution.
One flashlight is fine for any Club ride. Two lights and a couple of spare batteries for extended night riding.
X2000 Flood-to-Throw Zooming Glass Optics LED 200lm Flashlight w/ Cree P4-WC (1*18650) - $7.28
Universal Bicycle Mount - $1.81
Ultra Fire All-in-One Batteries Charger w/ 2*18650 Li-ion Batteries - $12.49
FYI: Bikes on trains for the Thanksgiving weekend
NJ Transit: Bicycles are not permitted on trains: Thanksgiving Day, day after Thanksgiving, Sunday after Thanksgiving.
What do folks think about Gridlock Sam's proposed design-solution to Central Park's user conflicts?
In today's Daily News:
Central Park sanity for bikers & walkers -- Some simple design solutions can make the space much safer
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/sam-schwartz-central-park-sanity-bike...