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June Roster is being produced NOW! Please CHECK YOUR INFORMATION with the December roster and notify the MEMBERSHIP Coordinator of changes. Bulletin NEW YORK CYCLE CLUB New Club Jersey Designer/Richard Rosenthal A NOTE ON THE DESIGN OF sey used the one that is most all those things: function as the cables.) the Statue of Liberty. So pause and think for a Look at the curvilear shape and step-back of YOUR NEW CLUB JERSEY moment: what are the ones you think of next? the top of the Chrysler Building and observe If you were designing a jersey for, say, the My new design makes use of two of them how the decorative, spike-like triangles radiate, Muskegon, Michigan cycle club, you might be (and possibly a remembrance of a third): it further implying the arc the suggestion of the obliged to create a generic jersey‚Äîone that is observes a similarity of appearance between domes do. Now look at your cogset. With a bit like thousands of others, merely consisting of those landmarks and parts of your of imagination, doesn't one suggest the stripes, bands, blotches, and blocs of color. bicycle...because the jersey should say "bicy- appearance of the other to you? They do to But New York is like no other city and a jer- cle" in picture as well as word, just as much as me. sey for our cycle club should be like no other: it should say "New York." If I may say so myself, your new club jersey, it should use the symbols and imagery of this Look at the radiating cables on the Brooklyn we hope available in mid-summer, says and city; it should be particular to New York; it Bridge. What do they remind you of? Overlay shows "New York" and "bicycle" in an original should "say" New York in graphics as well as them with a radially spoked bicycle wheel and and imaginative way. I'm honored and delight- words. you'll see one replicates the other. (When you ed my design for it was selected by the board. So what are the most recognizable, the most think about it, in a manner of speaking, there's identifiable, the most celebrated landmarks in also a parallel in engineering between them as -Richard Rosenthal New York? My previous design for the club jer- the spokes perform something of the same I Live Under a Curse Who In The E Are We? May Rides This Issue: by Paul Hochstein 8 13 by Richard Rosenthal May Rides 2 President and Editor New Jersey 300K Recap 14 Messages and Club 5 Metal Cowboy May/SIG Rides by Diane Goodwin by Joe Kurmaskie 15 Information 16 SIG/Out-Of-Bounds Rides Board Minutes 6 Road Dirt 9 Randonneuring/Night Riding 3 by Wentworth D’Arcy by Diane Goodwin 17 West Point Club Ride Imporant Bike Train Info Rhodes Women’s Racing News by Geo Carl Kaplan Memorial Day Weekend 10 Ride Description Info 16 Advertising/Club Jersey 4 ”The Adulterer” 11 May Rides by Douglas Morse 7 Cycling In Harm’s Way 19 Renewal/Membership Form by Alfredo Garcia 12 May Rides 20 General Meeting http://www.nycc.org May 2003 May 2003 New York Cycle Club President’s Message The NYCC Bulletin is published monthly by the New York Cycle In last month’s message I expressed my hopes that spring New York Cycle Club Club. The opinions expressed are would finally make itself known by the time members actu- Board Members those of the authors and do not reflect the official position of the ally opened their bulletins. Then we got four inches of Columbus Circle Station P.O. Box 20541 NYCC. snow. As I write this now, the snow has melted and the New York, NY 10023 Copyright ©2003 NYCC. All rights mercury is approaching springtime numbers but is still com- (212) 828-5711 reserved. May not be reprinted in ing up short. As one member has said, winter will end, it whole or part without Editor’s written permission. always does. I’m not so sure anymore. One thing I am sure President Subscriptions: Free to NYCC Tom Laskey about, regardless of temperature or other weather condi- members. If you don’t receive your (212) 961-1610 Bulletin on time, have a change of tions, the NYCC Memorial Day Weekend in the Berkshires is [email protected] only a few weeks away. If you haven’t made your plans yet, address, or any other questions about your membership, email now is the time!! If you miss the club weekend, you’ll miss V.P. Programs Marty Wolf. Email is preferable. Eileen Crowley out on 3 days of great riding, the companionship of your fel- Please include your name and full (212) 744-1518 address in your message. low members and a fabulous dinner on Sunday night at the [email protected] Berkshire South Regional Community Center. Check out this MailingService / Mailer: New York City Industries for the Blind, bulletin or our website for more information on area lodg- V.P.Rides Brooklyn, NY (718) 854-7300. Fred Steinberg ing and events. Printing: Boro Park Graphics, Inc., (212) 787-5204 Brooklyn, NY (718) PRINTER Anyone who cycles in New York City knows that it has [email protected] more to offer in terms of cycling opportunities than any Ads: Only bicycle related advertising will be accepted. Only digital files other city in the country. Central Park, Prospect Park, the Secretary will be accepted (contact Editor for greenway, not to mention easy access to the scenic roads of Carol Waaser more information). Maximum ad size (212) 581-0509 is 7 by 10 inches. Bergen, Rockland and Westchester Counties, make New [email protected] York ideal for cyclists of all levels of ability and experience. Ad Rates: Full page, $250. Half page, $135. Quarter page, $75. This summer, however, puts our fair city way over the top, Treasurer Eighth page, $45. Bottom blurb, as we will be host to Bikesummer 2003. BikeSummer's East Deborah Bennett $40. Frequency discounts available. (646) 226-7148 Article Submissions: Material may Coast debut will include rides for all ages along with bike- [email protected] be edited for brevity and clarity. themed workshops, competitions, exhibits, films, parties, Please proofread your submissins lectures, and more. Almost all events are free, and the cal- Public Relations carefully. A full page context is 750 to endar will include contributions from locals as well as out- David Hallerman 1,090 words. Publication is (718) 499-8171 determined by available space. We of-towners. The dates are June 27th – July 26th. For more [email protected] cannot guarantee that all information on specific events, check out their website: submissions will be published. www.bikesummer.org/2003/calendar/plan.php Special Events Submission is contributor’s warrant to Once again, it’s time to lavish praise on some of our many Eva Wirth the NYCC that material is in no way (212) 477-9322 an infringement on the right of anoth- volunteers. I want to thank all those who helped out with [email protected] er and may be published our presence at the New York Bike Show. In particular, I without additional approval. want to thank David Hallerman and Carol Wood for man- Membership File Format: ONLY DIGITAL FILES aging our efforts in setting up a booth and coordinating vol- Marty Wolf WILL BE ACCEPTED. Image files (212) 935-1460 must be in TIFF, EPS or JPG format. unteers to staff it, not to mention all the volunteers who sac- [email protected] Text files must be in Word or .txt, rificed their time to actually work the booth and spread the using Times or Arial fonts. A-Rides Coordinator good word about the New York Cycle Club. I also want to Email: DO NOT SEND LARGE Robert Gray thank all those who submitted designs for our jersey contest (212) 593-0986 attachments before contacting the and congratulate Richard Rosenthal whose design once [email protected] editor. With permission, attach your DIGITAL file and send it to the edi- again will adorn the new official club jersey. You folks are B-Rides Coordinator tor at <[email protected]>. what make this club great! Stan Oldak Postal Mail. Put your DIGITAL (212) 945-9801 file on a Zip or CD - no floppies. [email protected] - Tom Laskey Include self-addressed, stamped envelope and mail to: C-Rides Coordinator Diane L. Goodwin Editor’s Message Isaac Brumer 107 W. 68 St, #1F 212-734-6039 New York, NY 10023 Thanks to all who posted positive notes on the message board last [email protected] month. Thanks to all who submitted articles according to the dead- JUNE Bulletin Deadline: All proofread articles, announce- line. Is it really one month more for the SIG training? Don’t forget to Bulletin Editor thank your SIG leaders for their efforts to train all of you ... See you ments, and advertising are due at Diane Goodwin the Editor by May 9th. on the road. (212) 875-9547 No exceptions. [email protected] Diane 2 http://www.nycc.org New York Cycle Club May 2003 NYCC Board of Directors Meeting Minutes - April 1, 2003 The meeting was called to order at 6:48 p.m. In attendance were Board discussed offering incentives to people who would take those Tom Laskey, Eileen Crowley, Mary Wolf, Carol Waaser, Robert daytime slots (instead of being out riding their bikes). It was decided Gray, Isaac Brumer, Stan Oldak, Deborah Bennett, and David to make one more pitch to find volunteers before offering additional Hallerman.