eloy said:

btw, on the cobbled climb, that was fun, and too noticed that Brian got on the strava leaderboard, and made me wonder if we could get the KOM if we tried

Was thinking of going back and testing on my own.

We'd have to be riding fast going south on Kinderkermack, and turn hard right into the hill.

Funny thing is, I'm pretty sure the KoM was set by then-kissena REne Herrera on a ride with me and Jeff Owens, where we took multiple KoMs.  I think we attacked the hill the same way we did Sunday.  

We should go for it! It may be seen as taking the easy way out but if you stick to the left side at the start of the climb and stay on the cement, not the cobbles for the first bit, we'd definitely save a little bit

Need to cancel my Sunday ride and will join the Saturday ride. High possibility of turning around earlier while Matt and co go long.

I’ll be at GWB at 9am Saturday 

I'll be at the GWB 9am SUNDAY.

Open to whatever.  I'd like to make it at least as far as Piermont.

Fun morning ,upstate at Port Jervis watershed park 

I'll be riding tomorrow, 8am at BB. River road to bradley tweed anyone?

Good day for a ride

GrantSeltzer said:

I'll be riding tomorrow, 8am at BB. River road to bradley tweed anyone?

Actually not gonna be able to make it :-(

@GrantSeltzer everyting ok?

I was at the bridge waiting.  I hadn't checked the DL in the morning.  But it wasn't a problem; I was yakking and only waited til 9:15.

It was a super-nice day out.  Took the gravel back from Rockland Lake.  Saw there's a bike shop in the old South Nyack police station.  Ended up rolling hard on 9W home--I went hard up the two hills into NY state, picked up someone on the second hill and he and I took turns until E Clinton.

https://www.strava.com/activities/9552650592

@mugwump Passed by you headed the opposite way right under the tappan-zee underpass. Couldn't agree more, one of the best weather days NYC has had in a while. Got a late start waiting for a friend this morning. Headed up to Boxer to grab a donut (or two) and then scooted on back. Low and slow today but was nice to enjoy the ride

good ride out on saturday despite the heat. We made our way to Piermont where we promptly got pulled over for riding 2 wide and rolling through a stop sign. Dave used his gift of gab and eventually the cop sent us on our way with a warning.

After coffee Dave and Jeff turned back, Lennart, Pat and I continued north. We went up Mountainview Ave and worked our way to Rockland Lake. At the lake Pat turned back for home, Lennart and I rolled a lap of the park and then made our way to the orchards.

Once we got to the orchards it was hot hot hot. We took a while to cool off, get some food and drink in us and then worked our way back home. We traded some pretty solid pulls along the way and were making good time. We climbed up through Alpine and I had given Lennart a heads up that it sucks. By the top we agreed it's not that terrible, just terrible by that point in the ride. Despite being pretty empty, we rolled down 9w and caught a few people along the way. At the light he turned towards the bridge and I turned for home- both of us ended up with about 90 miles in the legs for the day. It was definitely another ride where being prepared for the heat was essential but I think we did a pretty good job all things considered.

It was a nice ride indeed! It did leave me completely empty, despite the ride not even being super hard or far. I think I drank enough, but I just couldn't eat enough sugars. Gels aren't that tasty anyway, but eating soup-temperature gels with this heat is just terrible. Decided to take the A train back into Brooklyn instead of adding another hour of riding from GWB. It's not even faster, but oh it was so nice after all that heat.

Pictured: Matt racing to get to his San Pellegrino at Orchards.

GWB tomorrow at 9am.  Probably something like like Bradley Tweed or Orchards.

I expect to be at the GWB at 9am.

See y'all tomorrow, BB at 8

We had: Brett, Carlton, Grant, Greg at the bridge.  

Did the low road early with Jeff Saturday to Pierpont ,
road to fort Tilden with my wife in the afternoon , got dropped 🤣.
fantastic weather Sunday was taken advantage of at Graham hills solo,

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@mugwump Thanks for the recap! Was a fun first group ride for me. 

One addition: I got a flat toward on Riverside Dr--but fortunately with our minds / pieces of equipment combined, we fixed it and got home safe .

photo credit to @GrantSeltzer for remembering to take a pic sometime during this ride

Following up post Wormhole re @mugwump:

I'm going to go straight from the race on Saturday (i'm not racing) up across the GW, can't ride on Sunday.

@GrantSeltzer  We're doing a New Member ride in PP on Saturday after the race.  I'm happy to join you after if you wanna do a long day out.

@GregHoge Ah ok, let's do that!

Anyone doing a Sunday ride? Felt like shit today but should be ready to go tomorrow. I’m feeling something traditional (no wormhole) like RR to Market and back on 9W.

If I don’t hear back from anyone I’ll probably do that route, but get to BB and GWB later in the day. 

@DavidVibert no track racing tomorrow?

Oh shit! Completely forget. Just registered with ten minutes to spare, thanks! See some people at the velodrome tomorrow maybe! 

StephenAschkenes said:

Probably going to head up to CT (Stanford or New Canaan) on Sunday morning for some easy riding. Will take a train around 7/7:30 and get back around 2-3 most likely. 

Comment in thread if you want in! NOTE: if no one RSVPs, I may change plans

slack: https://kissena.slack.com/archives/C47PF6CBG/p1692981912341239

I'm assuming mostly road riding and the 2-3p timeframe is back to Grand Central?

All road riding and I’d say 3ish back by grand central. Depends how far the group wants to go etc but that’s around when I’m back usually