On Saturday, we were riding up the Delaware River from Port Jervis to Calliccon, Via the Pennsylavania River rd.

After crossing the Roebling bridge, and heading north on river road we came a cross a 3-4 ft snake crossing the road, it was nothing unsual until we realized it was a rattlesnake! We got his attention. he certainly had ours and he coiled up and rattled at us, very pissed from a safe distance. Very exciting to see one in the wild.

We continued north all hyped up about the encounter with the rattler when less than a mile later, we rounded a curve to stumble upon a bear laying half on the road chewing a big log, he was just feet away. U-TURN AND SPRINT!

August 3, 2013: CRCA men's racing clinic

Each year Century Road Club Association hosts a Men's Clinic designed to introduce new racers to bicycle racing.  The clinic is fully marshaled with pace vehicles and coaching throughout. In addition there is a pre-race instruction session and post-race recap with Q&A.

I ordered a Women's Large Escape NYC bike jersey and it is too small :(

The company doesn't take exchanges or refunds. 

I would like to sell it for the 80.00 I paid for it.

I am in mid-town, so if you're nearby you wouldn't need to wait for the shipping.

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Hi - will be moving to NY from London in next 10 days and am looking fwd to riding with you guys - apologies in advance for various newbie questions to come over the next few months.

The first of which is shoe related advice - I picked up a deal on Fizik R3 shoes and was hoping for recommendations on where in NYC to get custom insoles moulded for them ?

Thanks in advance,

Patrick

Rain.........

It's raining. 

It's raining.  See you Thursday.

I've ridden tandem, just a bit, but not with a blind stoker.  Met a new friend who's blind and enjoys tandem cycling.  I'm looking for a route for the first outing. 

I'm wondering about Summer Streets -- what exactly is arranged along the car-free streets?  Food, music?  Is it too crowded for cycling, are there sudden stops?  What about combining a couple of CP loops with Summer Streets?

As another idea, I haven't ridden the circum-Manhattan route recently.  Is it mostly complete?  Am I likely to run into traffic jams in the on-street portions?  (I'm aware you have to cross the island somewhere around Dyckman.)

Dear Friend,