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Looking for a Saturday Morning 7/28 expert ride

Submitted by SkateN on Wed, 07/25/2012 - 3:31pm

Hi, my brother is in town and is looking to ride at a 20mile an hour pace with hills, perhaps over GWB, can leave from Central Park, Riverside or any location in Manhattan. Let me know if anyone is interested?

The Knot on Thursday

Submitted by DRosenberg on Wed, 07/25/2012 - 8:21am

Please join me for the The Knot Ride tomorrow Thursday at 8 am leaving from Grant's Tomb.  Let me know if I should be there to meet you.  The weather is scattered thunderstorms 30% chance for tomorrow so it might be a little touch and go.  We'll have to see the weather in the morning, but I want to ride.  If the sky isn't dark, we'll ride.

http://nycc.org/node/52532

The ride is about 5,000 feet of climbing between Manhattan and Nyack.  The ride includes River Road one-way, Clausland, Bradley, Tweed, South Mountain.  Since we rare not masochists, we'll head back on 9w rather than taking River Road.

My cell is 917-449-3000.

If you're bringing your bike on a train, please bring a bungie.

Submitted by NWeissman on Tue, 07/24/2012 - 7:52pm

NJT specifically asks for it (though technically does not require it if you are willing to stand by your bike for the whole ride) and it gives conductors of all rail lines, the warm fuzzies.  And if they're happy, we're happy.

Color-coordinated and stylishly coiled around your seatpost, it weighs but a few ounces, yet engenders tons of cache.

Trust me on this.

Additional CP laps tonight

Submitted by jegrgic on Tue, 07/24/2012 - 10:47am

Suppose to be a nice night tonight, so I posted an additional CP night laps for 8pm.  If interested, sign up under upcoming rides.

The Last Big Wheel of NYC

Submitted by crosscountrymule on Tue, 07/24/2012 - 6:44am

i don't think this was posted earlier (apologies if it was and i missed it).  i went through my old wsj and saw this nice article about dave jordan.  if you read the comments, his father wrote in.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304373804577523190369856680.html

rip, friend.  it was always nice for you to say hi to me when we saw each other.

Cycling's British Invasion in the NY TImes

Submitted by BMirell on Tue, 07/24/2012 - 4:49am

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/23/sports/olympics/2012-olympics-how-brit...

 

Interesting article including a statistic about Jamie Staff, the US track sprint manager and former racer for Britain. When he was racing, his thighs were so big that his wife's skirts fit snug around one of them.

Time for NYCC to step up to the plate

Submitted by rocky and bullwinkle on Mon, 07/23/2012 - 7:17pm

While we are waiting for the matter of cyclist vs. Ft. Lee to work its way through the court system, would it not be in NYCC members interest to work with the Ft. Lee Traffic Department and offer to offset the cost to Ft. Lee for signage and street markings known as #sharrow" for the approach to the GW bridge.  

By doing so it shows that we as a cyclists are willing to work with the town of Ft. Lee over a perceived problem and 2 it shames them into putting into place a safer environment for cyclists as well as cars which meets the criteria of NJ complete streets program.

 

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