Fun Random NYC Night Rides
01-27-09 | 10:17 PM
#726
SERENITY NOW!!!
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We didn't leave til around 6:30 - 6:45. Rode immediately to Chelsea Piers for food and drink, then rode around some more before splitting up and heading home. Good riding w/ you again noteon and Air!
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01-27-09 | 10:28 PM
#727
Drops small screws
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Good food and conversation and nice ride. Thanks, guys. I feel like I almost have a social life.
01-27-09 | 10:49 PM
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I'm glad some of you guys got to ride! Was it cold? I was thinking about meeting up, but I was outside all day and I was freezing!!! Got home at 5:30 and figured I wouldn't make it in time anyway.
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01-27-09 | 10:57 PM
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Mid-20s. Not bad at all once you got warmed up, but a little cold before then.
01-28-09 | 09:53 AM
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Bikes: Surly LHT, Dahon folding bike. RIP Nishiki Sport, Downtube IXNS, 1950's MMB3 Russian Folding Bike, MTB
I have a bike you could have borrowed...may have been a bit heavier than what you're used to now though 
On the way home I got cut off by a cab, had to swerve into a nasty pothole, split my tube right open. That was a flat I would have liked not to change last night!
On the way home I got cut off by a cab, had to swerve into a nasty pothole, split my tube right open. That was a flat I would have liked not to change last night!
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01-28-09 | 10:29 AM
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Sorry to hear that dude. Glad you're ok. Did you go all sasquatch on the cabbie?
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01-28-09 | 04:32 PM
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The tube had two two inch gashes in it - snakebit from an anaconda!
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01-31-09 | 11:14 AM
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This is unfortunately true.
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03-25-09 | 12:36 PM
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Bump.
Spring's here.
New Shake Shack.
Spring's here.
New Shake Shack.
03-25-09 | 02:22 PM
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Anyone free tonight? Was thinking of taking a spin.
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03-25-09 | 03:06 PM
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Tempted, but I'm probably doing a practice brevet on Saturday and my knees are telling me they need to rest tonight. Soon, though!
03-25-09 | 06:19 PM
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A practice brevet?! How long?
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03-25-09 | 06:23 PM
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03-25-09 | 06:46 PM
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Do you guys ever do this on a Friday or Saturday night? A week night would be tough since I live in Babylon and have to be at work at 6 am. I would love to ride the city with a group of people that know where they are going.
03-25-09 | 06:50 PM
#743
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This Friday I've got plans (and a practice brevet the next morning), but what about next Friday?
03-26-09 | 09:59 AM
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Next Friday is a definite maybe. Where would we meet (and where could I park), when would I need to be there, and how far? (how far isn't important, I'm just curious. A normal Saturday ride is over 50 miles)
03-26-09 | 10:21 AM
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Central Park moonlight ride is next Friday.
I usually don't do organize a fun ride on Friday or Saturday night - cars are too aggressive for my taste and I'm usually pretty booked.
I usually don't do organize a fun ride on Friday or Saturday night - cars are too aggressive for my taste and I'm usually pretty booked.
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03-26-09 | 12:17 PM
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https://times-up.org/index.php?page=m...ride-manhattan
It meets at Columbus Circle, goes around the park, and ends back where it started. I do it most months. Not positive about next week's yet, but it's a good bet.
It's not the same as cycling around the city (no cars, cabs, buses, pedestrians, danger!) but it's a lot of fun.
It meets at Columbus Circle, goes around the park, and ends back where it started. I do it most months. Not positive about next week's yet, but it's a good bet.
It's not the same as cycling around the city (no cars, cabs, buses, pedestrians, danger!) but it's a lot of fun.
03-26-09 | 01:02 PM
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And here.
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03-29-09 | 03:29 PM
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