Hi,

  What is the best bike  route to ride from George Washington Bridge to Paterson,NJ to see the waterfalls and back?  In particular to the Paterson Great Falls National Historic Park at 72 McBride Avenue, Paterson, NJ. Even though I'm a NYer ( grew up in the Big Apple ), sad to say I'm not familar with NJ at all, not much beyond GWB. My family never had a car and we never had a reason to visit NJ.

I am a B-SIG rider and a new user of a Garmin 800. I am having a crazy experience with the directions given on some of the SIG rides and wonder if anyone has any suggestions.

As an example, when we ride on a Westcester ride and head out of the Park north on Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Blvd the Garmin will tell me to turn right onto each and every east bound street from 110th to 135th. I get simlarly plain wrong turn directions once we were out near Bayville. It seems like the turn signals are only correct about 20% of the time.

I don't know if I have a setting wrong or if there is a problem with my unit. Any suggestions? Thanks, Richard

Weird thing happened...the lower pulley wheel on my rear derailleur cracked and the crack opened up, creating a gap between two teeth.  I was wondering why my shifting had gotten rough!  I'm having the pulley wheel replaced.  Has anyone ever had that happen?

WHEN: April 30, 2014
TIME: 6:15 to 8:00 PM
WHERE: Westbeth Performance Center
   55 Bethune Street [off Washington]
   Greenwich Village
SUBWAY: 1,2 to Sheridan Square or L to 8th Avenue
BIKE: Right off the Hudson Bike Trail. Parking is available.

Sometimes, even the best cyclist gets into an accident.  We will be discussing what you should do at the scene of the accident, and how to make sure that you have access to any available coverage.  We all know riders who have gotten tickets.  How do you avoid them?  What do you do if [or when] you get one?  Important info for all cyclists.

So exciting. . .  .Paula Froke and Tim (Timbo) McCarthy – engaged to be married!   Wow!  Paula took her career to Seattle, Timbo changed his career and is fast becoming a bicycle scientist (he’s always been a great rider), they buy a house, and now engaged.  I’m not sure, is that called “full plate”?  If anyone can do all that, Paula and Tim are the ones. 

How exciting!!!  Heartfelt congratulations to one of the NYCC’s coolest couples ever!

The NYCC, once again, a the center of a better life!

I witnessed a cyclist crash today in Central Park when a dog ran across the road and collided with the bike. I had saved the number for Central Park ambulance (212-585-0911) from a prior post that reccomended calling them over 911.  I called the CP ambulance, however someone else had called 911 and an ambulance from Lennox Hill arrived first. The cyclist was banged up, waited for the ambulance but ultimately decided to decline services. The owner of the dog stayed on site. 

Question- I thought the EMT or Paramedic normally would put a backboard on an injured rider, this wasn't their approach. Also- it was only at my suggestion that they examined the guy's helmet. 

" (M)y car is, like, pretty expensive and now I have to fix it. I’m kind of pissed off that the cyclist has hit the side of my car. I don’t agree that people texting and driving could hit a cyclist. I wasn’t on my phone when I hit the cyclist."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/16/texting-driver-hits-bicyclist-i-dont-care_n_5158966.html

Hello all,

We're contemplating some exciting features for our website, one of which is badging capability that will support the recognition of our members accomplishments & contributions to the NYCC community. Badges could include potentially include any accomplishment we want to recognize but the most obvious ones would the along the lines of:

• C/B/A/A-Classic SIG Graduate
• C/B/A/A-Classic SIG Leader
• 25/50/100 Rides Leader
• Current/Former Board Member
• Current/Former President