NYCC PREMIER EVENT: SEPTEMBER 25
On Saturday, September 25, 2010, Escape New York invites you to do just that – escape the crowds and ride out of Manhattan into our favorite cycling territory – the beautiful West Hudson Highlands!
Enjoy the hospitality of New York Cycle Club as we go all out to deliver a food-filled, fun-filled and fabulous day of riding to all our friends in the cycling community.
Join Escape New York on September 25th for:
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Three beautiful routes of 50, 65 and 100 miles over the George Washington Bridge, onto the scenic roads of the West Hudson Highlands.
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Coffee and pastry at the start by City Bakery
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Abundantly stocked rest stops
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Delicious heroboy sandwiches from Manganaros at the finish
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More terrific eats after the ride like Gelato Giuliana, Popchips, Cabot’s Cheese, Siggi’s Yogurt, Fuze and Farmland Dairies
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A post-ride expo with displays of metro-made custom bike frames from Bamboo Bike Studio, Fast Boy Cycles and Johnny Coast on site, showing off their custom work.
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Our Escape New York raffle featuring a spectacular grand prize – a VBT Bicycling Vacations "Tour of the Tuscan Coast" (round-trip airfare included!) ... plus:
REI's Novara FlyBy Shuttle folding bike * bike apparel from Rapha and Outlier * bike accessories from Brooks of England and Arkel * Showers Pass jackets * Signature Cycles bike fit * a gift certificate from Jack Rabbit * Nathan's hydration packs * cool swag from Boudreaux's Butt Paste * musette bags custom-made for ENY by Jack Spade * BMC Team Jersey signed by George Hincapie * $100 Gift Certificate from Blondie's Sports Bar * MIO Culture Pop-Up Bicycle Basket
- The friendliest, most helpful volunteers of New York Cycle Club dedicated to making your ride fantastic!
Escape New York profits go to two amazing, effective metro non-profits: Recycle-A-Bicycle and Transportation Alternatives, both working toward a sustainable future for our great city.
For more information on this NYCC premier event, please click here.
Happy faces In front of Ridgewood Pancake House after finishing breakfast on Saturday A19-20 Pancake House Ride. From L to R: Simon Orr, Dan DeLuna, Nadaleen Tempelman-Kluit, Rob Ross, Crystiina Avram, Abe Marcus, Adrienne Browning, Erica Jacobs, Damon Strub, Steven Polansky
1. NYCC PREMIER EVENT: September 25: NYCC's 16th Annual Escape New York Ride
4. VIDEO: Riding Our Bikes – NYCC B-SIG Tiorati Group
5. Cycling Safety: Update from Local Police Departments
NYCC SEPTEMBER CLUB MEETING
NYCC Welcomes Guest Speaker Selene Yeager, Bicycling Magazine's "Fit Chick" and Author of Ride Your Way Lean
Selene Yeager dishes out training advice monthly as Bicycling magazine's "Fit Chick" and on September 14 at NYCC's Club meeting she will share that advice with us! She is also the author of the recently published Ride Your Way Lean in which she offers a cycling weight-loss plan that will have you shedding pounds while you do what you love – riding your bike! Guys, this is not a ladies night only – Selene's insights and weight-loss plan are unisex so come find out how you can get down to your ideal weight and stay there.
Selene is a top-selling author and professional health and fitness writer who lives what she writes as a certified personal trainer, expert-class mountain bike racer, and triathlete. She has authored, co-authored, and contributed to more than two dozen books. She is a contributing editor at Prevention and Scuba Diving magazines. She lives in Emmaus, Pennsylvania.
To read Selene's recent "Fit Chick" blog, click here.
Date: Tuesday, September 14th
Time: 6:00pm - 8:30pm (program begins at 7:30pm)
Place: Annie Moore's Bar & Restaurant (basement)
Address: 50 East 43rd Street (1/2 block east of Madison Ave)
Social Hour: 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Buffet Dinner: optional, 7:00pm - 7:30pm
- $19 per person (new lower price) with new food selections, including vegetables, chicken fingers, and meatballs
- $1 off beer and wine. Drinks are now available too!
Meeting: 7:30pm - 8:30pm
NYCC AUGUST BULLETIN
"Prez Sez" by Derek Chu, NYCC President
-- Rolling Along – Becoming One With the Road
-- September 25 – Escape New York Volunteers Needed
-- Independence Day Weekend – NYCC Lights Up West Point
August Bulletin Articles
1. NYCC Call for Volunteers: Achilles Tandem Cycling is Recruiting New Ride Captains
Riding On Our Bikes: NYCC B-SIG Tiorati Group from Paula Froke on Vimeo.
NYCC B-SIG 2010 from Paula Froke on Vimeo.
CYCLING SAFETY: UPDATE FROM LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS
On April 26th, NYCC met with Police Chief O’Shea in Piermont, NY; Police Chief Beckmann in Alpine, NJ; and Deputy Chief Cioffi in Englewood Cliffs, NJ to discuss cycling safety, particularly on Route 9W and Hudson Terrace. The discussions were very positive and productive. The local police departments are encouraged that NYCC and cyclists want to build lines of communication and work together to improve cyclist safety on Route 9W.
There is not any specific campaign to target cyclists but it is expected by law enforcement that all cyclist will respect and obey ALL TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES (i.e., stop signs and red lights), particularly on Route 9W.
Obeyance of all traffic control devices includes the light in Alpine, NJ, on Route 9W north and south at Exit 4 of the Palisades Parkway (northbound, at the light at the bottom of the little hill before the Stateline). Northbound, it is required to come to a full stop if there is a red light — there is a warning flashing light halfway down the hill. The Alpine Police chief suggests that cyclists can time the descent so as not to have to come to a full stop. The light is traffic-engineered to have a short “Red” on north/south 9W.
Bicycling in New Jersey is regulated under Title 39 of the Motor Vehicles and Traffic Regulation laws:
http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/commuter/bike/regulations.shtm
Piermont, NY: Local Ordinance for "Bicycling and Skating on Public Streets"
190-43 Bicycling and skating on public streets. [Added 10-21-1997by L.L. No. 5-1997]
Notwithstanding the provisions of Subdivision (b) of § 1234 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law of the State of New York, persons riding bicycles or skating or gliding on in-line skates upon any public street within the Village of Piermont shall not ride more than one abreast and shall ride, skate or glide near the right-hand curb or edge of the roadway or upon a usable right-hand shoulder in such a manner as to prevent undue interference with the flow of traffic except when preparing for a left-hand turn or when necessary to avoid conditions that would make it unsafe to continue along near the right-hand curb or edge. This section shall supersede any provision of the Vehicle and Traffic Law that is inconsistent herewith. All other provisions of such law shall remain in full force and effect.
Please direct all questions to the appropriate local police department.
A copy of the Nyack/Orangeburg, NY, ordinance will be posted soon on the NYCC website.
