Rockland Bicycling Club

Saw this on NewCity Patch

What's with the gravel at Rockland Lake? I rode the outer loop yesterday and it was covered with fresh gravel from the south entrance around to the north entrance on the eastern side. Is this road repair or is the State helping Lloyd practice for next years Battenkill?

Somewhat in tandem with Ian's A/B ride, I'll do another C ride. At 8:00am on Sunday 9/5, we'll meet in Memorial Park in Nyack, go through Piermont and take 9W South to Fort Lee and take a breather at the bike shop. Then we'll turn around and take the same route back. Maybe we'll see the A/B group along the way for either a hello or a wave.

Club Business

This ride is somewhat in tandem with the A/B ride that Ian posted. He asked me to post & lead a C Ride.

For about a week, Rodale is offering an annual subscription to Bicycling magazine for only $5. Details available here:

Looking for company to ride 20 30 miles anytime during the day, flexibal B rider, looking to go easy but also challange then maybe grab a snack or lunch dependign on time of day. Email directly Kendell@chefs2be.com

Many of you may have heard conversations about the movie "Chasing Legends" during the Tour of California, as it made its debut that week.

If your Saturday is open, come on over to Lake Sebago and cheer us on!

Corey and I were talking about doing the North Fork Century on my ride this weekend and I wanted to post and see if others were interested.

Due to the obvious rain and wet road conditions, we will not be doing this ride today.

On a hot night, Lila and Lourdes joined me at the still graveled Rockland Lake State Park.

It was hot and the road is still full of gravel but we came to ride, so ride we did.

Sunday's Multi-Level ride had a lot of complicated logistics with multiple start points and times, but everything went like clockwork. Dave "Naz", Limey, Mark from Queens, Marshall and I left Toga at 8:00 AM sharp. Along the way we picked up Derek, Mark D., Dennis and Steve. We made our way up 9W at a moderate pace and did a quick regroup at the Bear Mt. Bridge to hand out cue sheets. We broke into two distinct groups on the long hill leading to 218. We stopped briefly at the overlook on 218, and just as the A group rolled out, the B group was cresting the hill. We crossed the Newburgh/Beacon Bridge and stopped at the mini-mart in Beacon to rehydrate. As luck would have it the C group was there. The C riders were absolutely glowing with enthusiasm and ready to take on the 16 miles of rollers between them and Bear Mt.

Beautiful, challenging, tremendous, awesome... I can't think of enough great adjectives to describe it.

It was a beautiful day to ride.

The perfect weather must have kept people away tonight...