HBC Blog

Recently HBC President Tony Barone attended a meeting of the presidents of five LI  bicycle clubs. The main agenda was to co-ordinate the premier rides each club has annually so that they do not occur on the same day(s).  At that meeting he scheduled our Gold Coast for Sunday July 11, 2010.

The five Long Island Bicycle clubs involved are:
Massapequa Park Bicycle Club (MPBC)
Long Island Bicycle Club (LIBC);
C.L.I.M.B. Long Island’s mountain biking club;
Suffolk Bike Riders Association (SBRA) ;
Huntington bicycle Club (HBC)

2010 Ride List:
Bike Boat Bike for June 6th
LIBC multi-club ride is set for June 27th
Gold Coast Tour for July 11th
SBRA picnic is set for July 18th.
MPBC multi-club set for July 25th
Tour of the Hamptons for September 26th.

Time to plan ahead for a great summer!

SBRA president Bob DeVito also has this invite:

All members of the five clubs are invited to a gathering at Brookhaven Village Hall, on Saturday February 27th for an all day Super Cycling series of seminars, presentations and workshops on group riding, road etiquette, ride leadership, bicycle mechanics, etc. Breakfast and lunch included.
20 Wireless Road, Centereach, easily accessible from Hawkins Ave off Route 97, Nichols Road (accessible from LIE or Sunrise Hwy)

Is spring ever going to get here?

Arch

Lou has again set up plans for our annual Lancaster Covered Bridge Ride.

Here is the information Lou has provided:

With two individuals in the room the total cost is only $150 dollars which includes ALL meals!!

RESERVATION NUMBER:    800-626-2021  WEEKEND:  Saturday & Sunday, August 14 & 15 2010

So, you owe it to yourself to enjoy the Amish Country at a reasonable price plus enjoying two beautiful days of cycling and sightseeing.

Every year the group has expanded from initially 10 riders to as many as 35 riders.  With this in mind, PLEASE make your reservations early as possible as I had to close out the group last year.  Last year I was able to ADD rooms as I did receive an early count.

Lou shows off a birthday gift from his covered bridge buddies.

NOTE: We will probably leave much earlier this year to avoid the traffic and to have a longer but EASY ride through the country side on Saturday.  I made arrangements for us to change into our cycling gear upon arrival on Saturday.

For the new people who have never did this ride before it is a FUN weekend at your OWN pace and mileage.  I will provide the on-line registration link when available as well as additional information.

Thank you,

Lou Bruno

Back when the weather was warmer… a major Cyclocross event was held out east.  Melvin Roldan was there to take in the action (and also snap a few pics)

If you're doing cyclocross, you'll be doing some lifting and running

Close to the action

High-speed downhills

Steep uphills!

Rabid fans

and more crazy fans

And the victory celebration

Final Meeting for 2009

11/3/09 Minutes

Commenced-8:05 PM
1. New members-Doug (who rode 125 miles this day) and Peggy, who will!
2.  Minutes of the October meeting, were corrected: the annual budget, and a fiscal report  will be discussed at the March meeting.
3. Elections of the Officers and Board members:
President: Tony Barone; Vice President and Ride Chairman: Rich Lubasch; Treasurer: Ross Moore; Secretary: Karen Gellert
Board: Bruce Wessinger, and Sal Levy
4. Ride Leader’s report- November is full, unofficial rides will still take place after November, meeting at Smith Street at 9:00 on Saturday and Sunday.
5. Sal announced that the Huntington Ride Route committee meeting will be postponed until after the Yankees win the World Series.  :=)

New Business:
1. Barbara requested a more detailed accounting of the Gold Coast proceeds including an itemized list of expenditures. Ross (the treasurer) assured her and the club, that everything is available for review if requested. Perishable food leftovers are usually given to the day laborers, but this year there weren’t many because there was an appropriate amount purchased.
2. Sue mentioned that the cue sheets were not printing out from the web site. Rich would look into that. About the cue sheets, there could always be more routes up on the web, and all members are invited to take a template and input a ride to put on the web.
3. Ross announced a web site- Bikingbis.com that will show Lance in the “Race Across the Sky” in Leadville Colorado on Nov. 16

50/50-$16.00 John

Motion to adjourn, 8:45 PM

Respectfully Submitted,
Karen Gellert, Secretary

Over a month ago (when it wasn’t dark all the time and winter didn’t seem so close) a group from HBC visited the Bear. Here are some photos sent in by Sal.

Halfway done - still looking fresh

Gang on top! HBC beats the Bear once again.

Ken gets a a closeup

Sal gets a solo photo

A ride isn't complete unless you stop for lunch.

Everyone gets a rest when the train goes by

Scott, Tracy and Sal - looks like a fun time was had by all

Rich and Tracy look ready to ride some more.

Hey, Sal... what's this photo, doesn't look like the Bear? Did Alec pay you to include this so he could get his photo in the blog? (actually from MD trip)

Hope you enjoyed the photos of Sal’s visit to the Bear. Good memories of warmer times — keep riding to be ready for more Bear Mtn. 2010!

Arch

Message from the NYBC - New York Bicycling Coalition

CURRENT NYSDOT POLICY: Do not install rumble strips on secondary roads except in rare instances.
PROPOSED NYSDOT POLICY: Installation of rumble strips will be the preferred practice in the design of all secondary roads with a few exceptions.
RUMBLE STRIPS are a well-documented hazard to bicyclists. Accepted practice nationwide dictates rumble strips be used only sparingly on roads permitting cycling.
NYSDOT is proposing an Engineering Instruction (EI), titled “Secondary Highway Audible Roadway Delineators – Guidance and Policy,” which is at variance with the practices recommended by the Federal Highway Administration, The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and other standards setting agencies. Such national agencies generally recommend rumble strips are to be used on two-lane roads if there is a documented run-off-the road accident problem — and then used only as a last resort due to the hazards they create for other roadway users, including bicyclists.

NYBC asks us to contact NYSDOT and your legislators to urge NYSDOT to not issue the proposed policy. Ask them to work with groups, such as the New York Bicycling Coalition, organizers of bicycling tours and events, and local cycling clubs to construct a less hostile policy that better balances the needs of motorist and bicyclist safety.

NYBC Contact: Jennifer Clunie, Executive Director
(518) 436-0889 or jennifer@nybc.net

Screen capture from GPS tracking app

Check out the screen capture of the Trimble mapping program. The ride was tracked on a friend’s Blackberry.  We did an out and back ride past Sunken Meadow park with a loop over by St. James. Note the accurate map, the elevation,  speed etc etc.  This functionality is offered by Verizon for $3.50 a month. He emailed the link after we were done with the ride.  (I have cropped out the part of the screenshot that shows the average speed - since in my mind I am faster than gps says I am.)

I have tried ride mapping with the iPhone, but the battery died and the program I was using wasn’t that great. If anyone has advice of a good iPhone app, please leave a comment.

Thanks, Arch

Two of our club members, Patty Killion and Don Senior, are seeking a two bedroom / two bathroom house (or possibly apartment) in the Huntington area. If you have any leads or tips, you can send the information to Tony Barone (tbeeska@optonline.net) and he will forward to them. “Two lovely mature individuals” according to Tony.