that's awesome. much better than the '5-mintues before i leave work, microsoft paint hack job' i did. perhaps we should frame it, ride back to the pizza place, and present it to them. they might even put it on the wall next to the menu.

Hey. Would anyone be interested in a more formal system to get together for rides than checking this thread? I was considering setting up a group on .mac where we could have an email list to broadcast when we have rides. It has calendars and such we could use to remind each other of the big rides coming up and we can dump photos and such there as well. Let me know if anyone cares

The best thing of course would be a NYC regional forum here.. but the gods of BF don't favor such things

Sounds like a really good idea!

Ok I set the basics up. The confusing part is that you have to sign up for a .mac ID (though you do not have to have a Macintosh computer to use this) It will ask you to sign up for a 60-day free trial but it will never make you buy anything (so no freaking out ) After the 60-day free trial expires everything with the group will continue working.

I like this better than the yahoo groups because I pay for .Mac so we will never have to look at advertisements.

I think to start it off I need to send invites, so anyone wanting to join PM me with your email and I'll add you. After that any member of the group should be able to invite anyone they like.

yeah, i agree this thread is getting large enough so that it's hard to manage.

we could do something similar with evite as well - i know it's possible to set up recurring events and also uses a calendar, allows anyone to be invited, and sends out reminders. just another option. although i'm not crazy about the goofy graphics and ads, it does get the job done.

but i'd be up for trying wheezl's idea first. i'll PM you my email.

Ok kids someone sign up so I can see if this is working

invite hasn't shown up in my inbox yet. hotmail was slow with another email this morning too, so maybe it will take a little while longer.

I messed up. The screen ,where it looks like everything is all done, has a little button saying "send" which I did not scroll down to see and thus click on.

Just got the message. I'll try to sign on.

got it now, and i signed up. i think it should work, the calendar will be nice.

hey wheezl, at some point you might want to start a new thread describing the new .mac group, how to join, sign up, etc.

Just start a thread and dump everything in it like those australians do on the road bike forum.

Koffee is already about to unsticky the Aussie thread.

I'll wait until a I get a few more of the regulars to sign up... cjc, slvoid, and cadd??

Then I'll make a little post.

Let me know if if the "invite" feature works for eveyone. I want anyone to be able to sign anyone else up.

I have a little message in my .sig now so hopefully that will do for now. Then I figure we can post in ride partners once a month or something.

Just PM'd you my email.

Couldn't sign up. Kept asking me for a password that was at least 6 characters long.....I entered a pw that WAS 6 charaters or longer, but it wouldn't take it.

Is anyone else having this issue?

Strange did you try a different one perhaps that was also 6 chars long? you could then try to change it to what you want later?

I can send an email to them asking what the deal is.

I'd bet it's a special-characters problem. Using a password that's alphanumeric only?

(edited - spelling)

that was my first thought, except that I often have wacky chars in my passwd with them. It's worth a shot though

what time do people usually ride at prospect? It seems that every time I go there I see the same few people and when I come to BF I hear a lot more talking about it.

When I ride Prospect it's usually later since I have to go home first to drop off my crap.

So CP around 6:30 or PP around 7:00. But I am usually in CP since I go right after work. I am thinking of shifting to PP since that is closer to home and as it gets darker earlier it won't matter how late it is when I go.

im a brooklyn biker, on the younger end of the spectrum at 18 but i pull off alot of mileage, and have a mountain bike with many road bike parks to keep up with even faster cyclers, ive pulled 40+mph on the downhill. and i usally got to prospect park twice a week. Most of my friends are too lazy to ride the 11 miles up ocean parkway, only to ride some more at the park itself, so i guess most of the time im on my own.

Sounds like a challenge... wanna race us?

i might just give it a go, maybe on the first meet ill bring my older schwinn road bike just to get a feel for what the competion is made of, its a less comfortable bike so my arse will be quite sore by the time i get there, but its got plently of speed(my legs+ light bike=fast, very fast, faster then you maybe, lol!)

My best days are usally end of the week, biking is my way of relieving all the stress built up during the week, so im usally around there thursday, usally any time, for its my day off from school, fridaylate afternoon, and anytime sat. Sundays are only if i couldnt find time to ride earlier in the week.
Btw, best way to spot me, im the only bike there who dosent wear the spandex stuff, lol, just a pair of running shorts, and a long sleeve shirt.
Just provide a time, and place to meet, and prepare to race your heart out, cause im not going down easy

Nice, I'll be on my 35lb commuter hehe.

well, that would only get you lapped!