Hello, hello,

I am currently enrolled in an MFA program at The School For Visual Arts called Design For Social Innovation. It's a new program (first graduating class was this year), and essentially it takes the processes and methodologies of design, but instead of creating a new logo, we try to come up with solutions to social problems.

Just an hour and a half ago, running west (with traffic) on the bike path on 9th St at 1st Avenue, a cyclist rode by me. He shook his head, saying what I was doing was dangerous. I told him I do it all the time. 

Last I saw him, he made a right turn on 2nd Avenue, salmoning into bike traffic on the bike path, heading north.

http://gothamist.com/2014/09/26/no_charges_for_van_driver_who_kille.php

Does anyone ride one of these or know much about them? I can get one with Ultegra components on end of season sale for what seems like a steal. Should I be concerned about it being aluminum? Weight wise, it is comparable to most mid range carbon frames. Thanks for your help.

Hi NYCC members!

I'm going to be in Colorado from Oct 1 to Oct 13 and I thought it'd be a good opportunity to bag some high-altitude miles.

Does anybody have a hard case bike travel case that I can borrow or rent for those days?

Or... does anybody know how well bikes fly sans box? I've flown with a box before but I was thinking of just doing as the airline says, turn the handlebars and take off the pedals. 

With 5000 riders from all over the place, just checking to see if anyone else is headed down there this weekend?

http://www.seagullcentury.org/

Former NYCC member Evelyn Stevens finished  third, 21:25 behind winner Lisa Brennauer of Germany, and 2.57' out of second place in the worlds ITT in Spain Tuesday.

October 4 (Saturday) River Road will be closed from the south entrance to and including the Ross Dock from dawn until noon.  (I'm not sure if it's to prep for the MS Bike Ride the following day, but it could be.)