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Hello fellow NYCC's. Last week I had to cancel a scheduled North Brooklyn (free) pizza tour due to bad weather. As the touring season for my Brooklyn Bike Tours business is starting ,from time to time I will be posting here  for NYCC members to join me when a tour is less than full. This is a great way for mainly "C" (see) riders to explore and visit parts of Brooklyn and enjoy some free food samples as the tour makes stops at some of Brooklyn's best pizzerias ( for the Twilight Pizza Tour ) and delicacies ( for the desserts and sweets  tour) Also on occasions, ethnic food tours wil be in the schedule and many Brooklyn based cultural events will be included in the regurlaly scheduled tours.

Hope to see all of you later in the week!

Has anyone else noticed that drivers this weekend seem to be more courteous than usual?  On Saturday when my STS group was waiting to make left turns drivers were more likely to stop and wave us through.  On narrow roads cars generally waited behind us patiently until it was actually safe for them to pass and fewer drivers were using their horns.  Is is possible that the events of the week have made people a little more considerate of others and willing to share what belongs to all of us?

Hi,

We will be doing free bike safety checks/ basic gear adjustments at the boat house from 8:30am to 9:30am this Sunday, April 21, for the C group ride going out with Ken W.  Anyone, A, B, C etc is welcome to bring their bike over.

Cheers!

Shawn

Group 4 is on today, but groups 1-3 are postponed to tomorrow. We are going to different locations and there is no place indoors to eat lunch in Pascack Park. A picnic in the rain does not seem like anybody's idea of a good time. Leaders will email you with other details for tomorrow. 

Hi, I am a rider in the B17 SIG and ran into a problem this evening. As I was checking my bike over before the ride tomorrow, I noticed that the cable anchor hex screw is gone from my front brake. I had undone the tension on the brake cable to help in releasing my front wheel, and hadn't realized that I had screwed it the whole way out. So I lost the 5 mm hex screw, a small washer and a small square plate that has a groove in it for the cable. I have a dual pivot modern style brake caliper.

As of now, the B SIG ride for tomorrow is ON. If there is any change, it will be posted here by 6:45 AM.

Fred

For cyclists interested in testing out a 200k brevet - - here's a local one with public access (LIRR to Ronkonkoma RR station).

And the route is flat, and pretty (south fork; then X Shelter Island, then north fork).

A legitimate NY state randonneur event, sponsored by a startup-branch of NJ Rando.

Join in and it will be an extra fun time!

http://www.active.com/cycling/ronkonkoma-ny/cycling-event---ronkonkoma-200k-2013

http://lirando.com/

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