Suggested Route: Hook up with Little Neck Crew on the service road.
Friday, November 5, 2010
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Ride: Sunday 11/7 The Daylight Savings Dom Ride 7:30am @ PO
How can we get an extra hour of riding in? Dom just reminded me about DST.
37 degrees. Suggest a route, who's in?
You and Your Johnson
Being in the advertising world I thought I would share this commercial gem from the '70's.
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Sun Protection: A Must!!!
I didn't want anybody to forget about this posting from October...so I am re-posting it for November. It really needs to be taken very seriously!!!
Not sure who was listening this morning...but I was at the dermatologist this week. She shared with me that she had just recently seen two male cyclists, each with malignant skin cancer. One was on an ear, and the other was on the back of the neck. She really read me the riot act, even though I am a diligent sun-protection wearer. She said that even in the winter we should all be wearing it on whatever areas are exposed. The nose is a very prominent place to get skin cancer as well as the edges around the ears. She also said, that the choice of sun-protection is equally as important...finding one with zinc oxide as a main ingredient is paramount for blockage of the suns harmful rays. I use a product called "Blue Lizard" which I think is a great product and easily order-able on Amazon.
Not sure who was listening this morning...but I was at the dermatologist this week. She shared with me that she had just recently seen two male cyclists, each with malignant skin cancer. One was on an ear, and the other was on the back of the neck. She really read me the riot act, even though I am a diligent sun-protection wearer. She said that even in the winter we should all be wearing it on whatever areas are exposed. The nose is a very prominent place to get skin cancer as well as the edges around the ears. She also said, that the choice of sun-protection is equally as important...finding one with zinc oxide as a main ingredient is paramount for blockage of the suns harmful rays. I use a product called "Blue Lizard" which I think is a great product and easily order-able on Amazon.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news...Great ride today!!!
xo,
Linda
Gran Fondo in NYC May 8, 2011!
Ciao Ragazzi (Italian for "get your cycling gear on"):
On May 8th, 2011, NYC will host the first ever "Gran Fondo" ... Legendary in Italy, the Gran Fondo is a huge organized ride, more structured than events like the North Fork Century because it includes timed sections, but it's still not a pro-am race...
In any case, I am considering participation, as should you!
For more info on what a Gran Fondo is:
http://granfondousa.com/what-is-gran-fondo/
And
http://granfondony.eventbrite.com/?ref=ebtn
The link to the NYC Gran Fondo site:
http://www.granfondony.com/index.php
More details...
Cost: $195 + $9.75
Gran Fondo New York starts with a bang by crossing the iconic George W. Bridge towards the Jersey side of Hudson River. Enjoy magnificent views of Manhattan during this once in a lifetime car free stint. Following Hudson upstream on rural roads and through scenic towns, riders will compete against each other and themselves on two timed climbs which will count towards the King and Queen of Mountain competition. The feature climb of the event and Cima Coppi (highest point of the ride) is the nearly four mile climb up to Bear Mountain in Harriman State Park. After descending, the course will wind its way back to where it started, hitting another short but steep timed climb.
An Italian friend of mine (who owns a winery in Montalcino) mentioned to me he will be sponsoring this... I will look deeper into the situation and post more info as I have it.... ENJOY!
On May 8th, 2011, NYC will host the first ever "Gran Fondo" ... Legendary in Italy, the Gran Fondo is a huge organized ride, more structured than events like the North Fork Century because it includes timed sections, but it's still not a pro-am race...
In any case, I am considering participation, as should you!
For more info on what a Gran Fondo is:
http://granfondousa.com/what-is-gran-fondo/
And
http://granfondony.eventbrite.com/?ref=ebtn
The link to the NYC Gran Fondo site:
http://www.granfondony.com/index.php
More details...
Cost: $195 + $9.75
Gran Fondo New York starts with a bang by crossing the iconic George W. Bridge towards the Jersey side of Hudson River. Enjoy magnificent views of Manhattan during this once in a lifetime car free stint. Following Hudson upstream on rural roads and through scenic towns, riders will compete against each other and themselves on two timed climbs which will count towards the King and Queen of Mountain competition. The feature climb of the event and Cima Coppi (highest point of the ride) is the nearly four mile climb up to Bear Mountain in Harriman State Park. After descending, the course will wind its way back to where it started, hitting another short but steep timed climb.
An Italian friend of mine (who owns a winery in Montalcino) mentioned to me he will be sponsoring this... I will look deeper into the situation and post more info as I have it.... ENJOY!
Monday, November 1, 2010
A Jeff Rowe recap
Since so few (of the older group) use the blog -- here is the recap. Will post to the blog (when I figure out how).
(btw, here was yesterday, some pretty riding, great roads http://connect.garmin.com/activity/54885673 )
Recap: Big group to start, then split on Woodbury. Steve, Avery, Jeff, Linda, Shaun, Anthony, me. Dom'y had been telling me how Shaun and Steve had been ripping off legs of late. Yesterday, every time I tried to pick up the pace, the group would let me go, and Steve would dutifully and quite easily close the gap (i.e., Steve was riding faster than me). Today, when Shaun went by to take a pull on Woodbury, he set such a frantic pace I was hard pressed just to stay on his wheel. Ouch. I decided to try to avoid having Shaun inflict any more pain by keeping him off the front..., until we got to the climbs. Shaun took all the climbs -- and we did a few -- Snake, Lawrence, Beacon, 25A from the fish hatchery, back of Moore's, Chicken Valley, and I'm sure several others I have forgotten. Or he would calmly sit on my wheel, and try not to embarrass me. I think he even called it the ride of the start/stops today. Linda's bathroom break, Linda's telephone call, my chat with a friend, gaps to regroup... Best moment of the day was Avery. I'm pulling down Chicken Valley, and motion for Shaun to come through on the rt. Avery blows by on the left with a tremendous turn of speed. It looked like the sprint was in the bag. But Avery, after flashing his manly prowess, didn't have the balls to finish the job, and let Shaun, Steve and Anthony back in. I watched it all from the back, feebly pedaling after completely blowing. Second best move was Steve -- he of the, oh, I lost my chain excuse, or the famed Andy Schleck move, whichever you prefer. I don't think Steve realizes chains and tires do indeed wear out, and need to be replaced. Or, you can keep using old, worn, stretched equipment, and trash your rear cassette, and possibly derailleurs, chain rings, etc. $50 or into the thousands. Seems a simple choice, but to each his own. Linda was glad to be along, and hit 6000 miles for the season today -- impressive. Surprised those legs can still turn. And Jeff kindly waited and helped push Linda over the finish to the mileage award of the year. Congrats. Chow.
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