Tomorrow morning's B15 ride is cancelled; let's hope for better weather next week.

Jerry Ross

Last year's pre-marathon ride was really delightful, but I'm surprised there isn't one listed for this year, and it's less than two weeks away.  Will there not be one?

Please find the Candidate Statements for the nominees of the 2015 NYCC Election at this link:

http://nycc.org/board-candidates2015

Reminder:

Online voting opens on October 28th, a week from today, and closes on Tuesday, November 11 at noon. Those who choose not to vote online will have the opportunity to vote in-person at the November club meeting, on November 11, from 6:00pm until 8:20pm. 

You may have noticed that the candidate statements promised to be available by last weekend have still not been published.

This mishap was due to miscommunication on my part and is being corrected as quickly as possible.

Under NO circumstances is this a reflection on the board, or any of the candidates for office.

I offer no excuses, merely my apologies... feel free to communicate any frustration you may have directly to me.

Sincerely.

George Arcarola

http://pagesix.com/2014/10/21/john-mcenroe-rants-against-lunatic-cyclists-in-central-park/

Be advised that there is construction on Saxon Woods Road in White Plains north of Saxon Woods Park. While you can walk around the barricade and resume cycling and ride past the 2nd barricade, the construction equipment has heavily damaged the road. It looks like the road is being rebuilt -- not milled and repaved, torn up and a new roadbed laid. I recommend avoiding the area.

I checked my GPS records. The construction is from just after the intersection of Black Birch Lane to Saxon Wood Park Drive, with broken pavement in many places until Rosedale Avenue. There is another "Road Closed" barricade at Saxon Woods Road and Rosedale; I made the left onto Rosedale Avenue, which wasn't in great shape but better than the construction section of Saxon Woods Road.

We had fun, light work and good fellowship cleaning up the NYCC stretch of 9W. Special thanks to:

Christy Gazzetta, Jody Sayler and Jacky Scalisi for organizing an A rider group:

Gerald Seppey, Andrew Finelstein, Fred Harris, Phil Jeffrey, Margaret Bania, Charlie Collins and Alan Resnick.

And to Linda Wintner and Brett Koven for organizing and leading a B group:

Julie Blackburn, Dawn Wheatley, Valli Weiss, Jay Jacobson, Michael Roth, Manung Han, Neile Weissman, Tim Schmutzler, Larry Ach and Scott Wasserman, who stood ready to lead a C group but none showed up.

Also thank you to Peter Storey for driving supplies to the site and to The Market for provding a CP and rallying/relaxing spot.

Now that I have relocated in France, one of my riding buddies, Xavier Lopez, is a former cat.2 racer who organizes tours and cycling training camps in the "pays basque" and the rest of the Pyrenees.  His camps are quite inexpensive compared to most. May and September 2015 are already fully booked, so I thought I would share this info with the NYCC for July and August 2015. There are also customized tours, but because of the weather constraints (roads are closed part of the year), the possibilities during other months are quite limited. You can contact Xavier directly at   [email protected] and check his website at http://www.bikebasque.co.uk/

http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/oct/16/copenhagen-cycling-innovation-lycra-louts-green-wave-bike-bridges

STORY LEAD: http://nypost.com/2014/10/13/model-riding-bike-brain-dead-after-crashing-into-bus-in-nyc/