Hey everybody, Chico here, I was at the Boathouse today when I saw a cyclist get stopped for slowly running the red light right in front of the BH. There was nobody in the cross walk, and the cyclist wasn't riding wrecklessly. He was stopped, and due to not having a photo ID, he was taken away in handcuffs. I watched them load him, and his bike into a NYPD van, and I was told he would "just be brought to the precinct for identification". I was told that thanks to the CP Captain, red light enforcement is being scrutininzed again, so be careful. And sidenote, as I was stopping for the light at around 63rd, another cyclist stopped abruptly along side me, a woman on her bike behind him jammed her brakes, and went over her bars onto her face.

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Inspector Hurly, NYPD: Most cyclists are responsible for their own deaths.

TA exec. director Paul White decorously stuffed that wrong-headed thought right back down the inspector's throat by observing dead cyclists have a certain inability to testify to the contrary. (Of course the sarcasm is mine, not Paul's. As noted, he is much too decorous.)

CP precinct commander Capt. Corey: "We are always doing enforcement."

Me: Ya think? Does this really require a rejoinder? OK, I'll go first: I've been riding in the park for 33 years. I've yet to see a driver ticketed for speeding or being in the park when cars were not allowed in the park. But I'm open to the fact you have.

roads were wet this morning.  hill repeats are bait and switched to wednesday.  sorry, no tennis.

wednesday
630am
boathouse

rsvp if you're joining so i can wait for you.

thanks.

Hi - has any one have experience on with Veolvie bikes. I like the price of 1799 for the low end Vistesse 300 Road bike

Here is the link

https://www.velovie.com/

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Yeah, I know this could have been nested in the earlier thread about police non-enforcement, but this demands to have its own headline.

This report is from Gothamist but comes to my attention via Streetsblog, whose editor-in-chief, Ben Fried, will be at tonight's meeting.

Hells Bells! 90th and 5th in Manhattan. Anybody else have a bit of a treck getting there?(on time!) 

I stuck around in the park for a while after todays ride with Jim to get some more distance in before heading out to crazy 2nd ave to Manhattan Bridge. Any suggestions or exapmles of how some other members manage their time? I'm not super busy, but do have an agenda that I need to stick to that includes a good nights rest. Would resting on monday or riding on my own time (which would mean a bit more sleep) mondays so that I can be ready for tuesday morning laps?

Iain Geoghan