Reading the op-ed columns in the New York Post usually sends me into paroxysms of laughter, or fits of rage, or a combination of the two. I can leave the Post behind feeling all kinds of things except informed but this excerpt from a disingenuous oaf styling himself Michael Goodwin has set a new level of low for one of the most reprehensible non newspapers in print today.

Nobody could really be this stupid or know less about a subject on which they are opining so I assume the ignorance he displays is false and designed to provoke.

For those of you lucky enough to miss it the first time .

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It's raining.  Hope to see you next week.

Overview
This will be a two-day trip that covers the entire D&R Canal Towpath.  Once an important commercial transportation route, it is now a state park, featuring 70 miles of fine gravel and dirt trails.  The first day will comprise of over 50 miles on the trail, and is mostly flat.  The second day will be 20 miles on the trail, almost 40 miles on the roads, with a fair amount of climbing.

There will be no luggage transport, so you need to carry all your gear with you.

Escape New York takes place this year on Saturday, September 20. As always, it's going to be a great day for all the riders (1,700 or so last year). However, we still really need volunteers to help us put on the event, doing all sorts of things such as rider registration, traffic and food at Sakura Park, staffing the rest stops, riding SAG, and marking routes on the day before the ride. We are particularly keen for volunteers who either have cars and are willing to do some driving (marking, SAG, and ferrying folks to the rest stops), or are comfortable driving a van.

I'm planning a long ride on Long Island for Sunday Sept. 14th. The start point is 179th St. on the F. The end is a friend's home in Hampton Bays. I plan to list this as an official NYCC ride for a modest size group,. The route includes a rest stop at my Mom in Dix Hills. and we are invited to BBQ dinner (glatt kosher) at the Hampton Bays home of dear friends of mine. The train home is the 8:27 PM out of Hampton Bays.

The decision that I need to make PDQ is whether to do this the long way or the longer way. The long way is to ride out along the LIE then the North Shore turning south to take Flanders Rd. to eventually get to Hampton Bays. This way is about 89 miles with 2682 feet elevation gain.

As NYPD’s latest bike ticket blitz — “Operation Safe Cycle” – rolls into its second week, here at my law firm we’ve been getting more than the usual number of phone calls and emails from cyclists with questions about summonses. Usually the big question in these discussions is whether to plead guilty, not how to plead guilty. But now it appears that if you pay your fine online for a moving violation while cycling, you’ll probably be paying an $88 surcharge that you shouldn’t be, and getting points on your license that don’t belong there.

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/New+York,+NY/Ananda+Ashram,+13+Sapphire+Rd,+Monroe,+NY+10950/@41.0031155,-74.3272917,9z/data=!4m

I am interested in beginning and ending a ride as listed above.  How can I figure out the most bike friendly route for an "overnight or two" round trip?

I did find this route on RidewithGPS.  I guess that this should do it, at least one way.

http://ridewithgps.com/routes/5716527

Never tried these before so I don't know how these are, but it seems like a good deal.

http://slickdeals.net/f/7142256-cycling-vittoria-rubino-pro-slick-iii-ro...

Note. Thier website seems extremely slow..

Does the NYCC still do a Columbus day weekend of riding in the catskils?