The ride signup/ride leader/volunteer thread has become quite interesting.   

I am fond of the notion, in an idealistic way, that there "should" be a moral obligation strongly felt by all members to "give back to the club", but I won't hang my hat on it, because it's a road to frustration and disappointment.   It's also a little naive.  

A minor fall did unlucky major damage to my Scott CR-1 team over the weekend. I am heartbroken.

However I was thinking of getting a frame on eBay and wondering how much flexibility I have in transferring components to other brands of frame ? I was thinking of trying to find a decent steel or aluminium frame, move over the Ritchey head, seat and the 105s and make that a stiff bike for laps. Or should I just try to hunt for another Scott ?

Any advice to someone who wants to learn some mechanics ? What am I getting myself into ?

We rode by there today: a sign outside says that someone else (forgot the name) is taking over "soon" but not clear when and what it will be.

Yehudit

Schedule Change Details available at mta.info/mnr and posted at all train stations. More specifically at: 

http://web.mta.info/mnr/html/planning/schedules/schedules.htm

Printed timetables will be available after Labor Day.

The schedules for trains on the Hudson, Harlem and New Haven Lines will be adjusted between two and ten minutes to more accurately reflect travel times.

http://www.parkwaypolice.org/news-media/news-events/88-injured-cyclist-flown-to-hospital.html

I am guessing that, since we didn't hear about this from other sources yet, it wasn't a prominent club member, but I wonder if a name will be released. Very terrible news.

There's no indication that it was anything but a loss of control by the cyclist, as she ran off the road and suffered a severe injury that required a Medevac. 

There was another injury today, this one involving a car hitting a cyclist - quoted from Twitter:

Firstly it was a great time!  Thanks Jerry and Antonia for leading!  

Unfortunately my phone died just as I got home, so I lost all the yummy Strava route data.  If anyone Strava'd the ride, can you let me know if I could get your Strava handle, follow you and review the route?  Still learning, and it really helps!  Email me at [email protected] - thanks!

Colin Taber

I'm headed to Poughkeepsie next weekend to take a friend on a ride. He's not used to long distances, so I was thinking we'd do Poughkeepsie > Beacon > Newburgh > Poughkeepsie. Since I don't have time to scout, I have a few questions.

1) What are the road conditions like? Generally decent on both sides? I've ridden 9D from Bear Mtn Bridge to Cold Spring - is it similar?

2) Is there any preference for what direction we go in? I'm planning to use the Walkway Over the Hudson and the Newburgh Bridge. It looks like a simple hills first vs hills last question, but I'd be interested to know if there's anything else I should consider.

NT

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324823804579012611353639956.html?mod=itp