Handouts

Below is a collection of educational handouts used at various times by all the C-SIG groups. You may find it useful to look at them before taking the C-SIG, or you may find it more useful to receive them in context of our talks on the road. Some are easier to follow than others without the talk. However, we encourage you to read the first three right now for a safe bike, pumped up tires, and adequate clothes!

If you like to read a lot and want a more comprehensive handbook, check out the B-SIG Rider's Guide as well as the "Resources" tab at the top of the NYCC web site.

ABC Quick Bike Check From: Transportation Alternatives;www.transalt.org/resources/cycling

Tire Care Before and After Each Ride

Clothing and Accessories

Coordinated Emergency Response

Nutrition for Cycling

Amelia's Strength and Diet Tips

Riding in Traffic From: John S. Allen. Street Smarts: Bicycling’s Traffic Survival Guide

- Don't Weave in Traffic

- Left Turns in Traffic

- Right Turns in Traffic

- Rotary Intersection

- Roadside Hazards

Stretching Chart p. 1 From: Bob and Jean Anderson. Stretching 2000

Stretching Chart p. 2 From: Bob and Jean Anderson. Stretching 2000
Bike Fit From: Bicycling Magazine, April 2002

Gear Chart

Cleaning and lubing your bike From: T.K. at Larry’s Second Avenue Bicycle Plus (since updated)

Changing a Rear Tire From: Larry and Benny at Larry’s Second Avenue Bicycle Plus

 

Bike Handling

Cornering and straight lines

Pedaling, spinning, gearing and hills

How to Ride the GW Bridge ramp and corner turns

Taking you bike where you can't ride it.

Cue Sheets

Here is a typical schedule of cue sheets to routes for a C-SIG, starting with the shortest routes, along with some alternates and variations.

These are some cue sheets we use, but they may not be exactly the same week-by-week for each group within the C-SIG.

Inwood Hill Park via Greenway

Cresskill

Back Street Brooklyn

Closter via Columbus

Northvale Diner from Eleanor Roosevelt Statue

Northvale Diner/Tappan NY

Piermont via Rockleigh

Kingsland Park/Tarrytown

Pascack Brook Park

Park Ridge

Nyack via Bradley

Oyster Bay

Useful Links and Other Resources

Lennard Zinn. Zinn's Cycling Primer: Maintenance Tips and Skill Building for Cyclists

John Forester. Effective Cycling

Lennard Zinn. Zinn and the Art of Road Bike Maintenance