Welcome, Floris.  I'm glad you decided to join.  It's nice to have a fellow van in the club.

Welome, Floris.  I just joined a month before you and look forward to riding PP and the 9W with you and the team.  See you out there.

What's up everyone?

Late night lurker here. My name is Edwin Ortiz (you can call me Ed) and I just joined yesterday. I am a college student. I was actually at the sub-freezing New Member Ride a couple of weeks ago and it seems like Kissena-folk have a knack for pulling these kinds of stunts... and I like it.

I started riding a couple of years ago when I got my first road bike. I've been a bike tinkerer and cycling enthusiast ever since but now I want to get into the racing scene. I raced one cat 5 last summer and loved the challenge. I live in Williamsburg, BK but mostly ride around in Manhattan (Central Park, Westside Greenway, Riverside, etc.). I'm open to riding in Prospect now.

I was off the bike for more than month as I was out of the country studying abroad but I'm anxious to get back on and regain lost fitness.

Looking forward to riding/training with you all and if there are any threads anyone thinks I should be looking at please let me know. I'd like to immerse myself as much as possible, start training, learn skills, and get my hands on your awesome kit. off to bed

Best,

Ed   

Welcome Ed; you've joined a crew full of late night W-Burg lurkers and tinkerers... many of whom know how to make a bike go hella fast

I'm a bit delinquent with my hellos to the new members so, Hello! Jay, Bruce, John, Floris and Ed. welcome to the club. See you all on the road come spring.

Hi All,

Welcome Craig!

Keep an eye on the "Can't Miss Races" thread in general and the forum home page for specific race threads that pop up for the more popular events like Battenkill. There you'll find what the club is doing and getting excited about.

If you are more interested in Criterium racing, a few of us, like myself and Eric Ragot are focused almost exclusively on racing crits this road season. So you know, if that's your bag, pay special attention to our picks! Memorial Day weekend, there are several days of hotly contested crits in Somervile region of New Jersey. This coming Saturday, is NYC's very own, too legit to quit crit, Grant's Tomb. We've got a killer squad of cat 3s already signed up for this race. I'm sure they'd love to have another weapon in their arsenal this weekend.

As far as cross racing. Well don't get me started. Cross is king. This club gets a little cross nuts and we're one of the few racing clubs in the region that hosts a UCI C2 cross racing weekend every year.

As far as the shorts...something about the relative lack of stretchiness (compared to other shorts I've owned) makes them feel tight. Especially around the leg grippers. I got used to their feel though over the past couple of years. And I've never sized up in shorts.

Craig, if anything, I'm sizing down in Champ-Sys shorts from a medium to a small.  But sizes seem to be getting bigger in general these days.  I review cycling gear and I'm finding that medium shorts are getting bigger and bigger on me.  I used to fit medium Champ-Sys shorts ok, now I'm finding some of the smalls almost too long.

Craig - welcome aboard - Craig

(a little bummed I'm not the only Craig any longer)

Welcome Craig!

Craig Zolan - you could start a club, just two more Craigs and you can compete the "David S."  club.

sub-teams!

What about the Eric R team? They're a force to be reckoned with. Especially in the now-defunct MAC B Masters field.

Forgot about the Eric R team. The memories...

I'll have to be the DS for Team David S Androni Giocattoli....otherwise we'll finish DFL in the sub-team beat down...

Welcome aboard Wilson!  If you want to know about racing, you've come to the right place.  I'm new as well, since January, but the seasoned guys here give great advice.  Just ask or peruse the different topics here.

thanks man

Hi all, I'm Dave.  Was at the intro ride yesterday and joined today.  I've been racing unattached for fun since 2009 with occasional hiatuses due to accidents and surgeries.  I never managed to get in 10 full races in a year to upgrade.  Wanted to join a team this year to finally get a bit more serious and to be more involved with the sport.  Looking forward to riding and racing with you all!

Welcome David and Wilson.

It was great riding with you yesterday, and I am glad that you joined up.

Pat,

Welcome!  Learning to ride with clips is a bit like learning to ride a bike: seems intimidating at first but becomes second nature.  Although if you're like me (and. I suspect, the majority of riders whether they admit it or not!) you'll certainly have a couple embarrassing slow-motion falls.  But hey, no reward without risk!

Welcome all!   Great to see all the fresh faces

dstokes said:

Pat,

Clips are no big thing. Once you use them a couple of times, you'll never go back. I even use them for commuting. 

Welcome to the club.

The best way I learned was to fall down a couple of times to overcome the fear.  Then clipping and de clipping came naturally.  Remember to practice in a park or a place with no cars.  

I just want to introduce myself.  

Welcome Joe!