Lou and crew took a ride on the greenway and circled Manhattan – bridges, seaport, tandem.
You can watch highlights on the video he put together. Click Here To Watch the Video.
Lou’s video captures the spirit of a beautiful day and includes a speaking part by Howie! Enjoy.
Seacliff and Sailboats - in no particular order - Scott, Doug, Sal, John, Karen, Carl, Javier, John, Steve and bikes!
A crew of HBC riders joined Scott for creative route to Seacliff. The ride was B+ in pace but gets a grade of “A+” for the route, weather and fun. Highlights included:
The 50 mile ride left at 9:00 from Smith Street. Thanks Scott
Want a Team HBC Racing Jersey or Bib Short?
Come to DiRaimo’s Pizza 76 Wall Street Huntington, Saturday Nov 12 at 4:00 PM to try on this great looking and functional set.
Free pizza with every order! SUPPORT YOUR NEW HBC RACING TEAM !
Jerseys, Bib Shorts and HBC Gloves are all available. Adam Hessel is coordinating this team effort. The kit will be made by Hincapie sports. We will be going with their ‘Velocity’ premium line for a second year in a row. Everyone seemed very pleased with last years product. The 2012 jerseys is similar to last years with some obvious changes and of course featuring our generous sponsors for 2012 who make this happen. New for this year is the option to buy the HBC Racing ‘Velocity’ premium bib shorts and gloves. These bibs are high end goods with an awesome chamois.
Our confirmed rooster for the 2012 season is:
These guys will be out there grinding at a bunch of events in 2012 flying the HBC Racing flag! The kit is available to all and any club members and anyone that is interested in racing next season is more then welcomed to join us no matter what level or age.
The word on the street is the kit will make you 5mph faster even when your not moving. Contact Adam for team info and if you want a Jersey, Shorts or Gloves – Order deadline December 16th.
A group from the club will be starring in a training video – Assault on Bear Mountain. It will be available in December from Endurance Films.
Here is what it says on the site: “Ride with the Huntington Bike Club through beautiful Harriman State Park. You will twist through dense forest and skirt crystal lakes as you wind your way to the Perkins Climb up Bear Mountain. If you can make it, an amazing vista awaits with shimmering New York City on the horizon.”
Hopefully this will help us all stay in shape through the winter.
Minutes from the Meeting Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Meeting commenced, 7:45 PM
1) Motion to accept last month’s minutes-passed
2) President’ Report: Tracy introduced Adam Hessel, the HBC racing team organizer, who spoke at length about the team and its plans for next year.
For sale: HBC Racing jerseys and bib shorts.
Tracy will have a pizza event at DiRaimo’s to give the opportunity to try on sample jerseys and shorts.
The team will try to enter 6-7 events. All members are invited.
There are races for every age bracket. (Just spot checking for pulse and actual breathing is the requirement)
As a club, we are looking to sponsor a race in Westbury for 2013.
3) Holliday Party-TBA Tracy and John are investigating places in Huntington. Information will be posted on the web page and through the listserve emails.
4) Voting-2 new Board members:
~Jay Bender and
~Lou Bruno were voted in.
Elections for officers for 2012:
~ Tracy Riedinger, President
~John Greene, Vice-President
~Karen Gellert, Secretary
~Ross Moore, Treasurer
5) Ride leader’s report-November rides are open! Please sig up to lead a ride
6) Treasurer’s Report-not much activity.
7) Events-Will at Roadworx invited the club to come to his shop to observe his new bicycle fitting apparatus.
More info will be on the web page as this is set up.
50/50-Greg won! $13.00 big bucks
Adjourned at 8:10 PM
Respectfully Submitted,
Karen Gellert, Secretary
President’s Report-Next meeting on November 1, Elections will be held for Board Members and Officers. Sal Levy and Bruce Wessinger will be leaving the Board.
All of the current officers:
Tracy Riedinger, President;
John Greene, Vice-President and Ride Chairman;
Karen Gellert, Secretary; and
Ross Moore, Treasurer; are running unopposed
Ride Chairman’s report- we need new ride leaders to end off our season, especially for B and C rides. Contact the ride captains-Jay Bender and Karen Gellert if interested.
Jim Alterlein who had an accident on the club century earlier this summer was with us at tonight’s meeting and is doing well.
Racing Team – Adam Hessel is now part of the official Huntington Bicycle Club racing team. One member from the team has even placed 2nd in an official race in Belgium. Any individual can race in designated age groups as long as a license is purchased from the American Bicycle league.
Leaving - Paul Derkash is leaving us to go to North Carolina. :=(
HBC thanks him for leading so many rides and we celebrated with a cake for him tonight.
Running Club – Michael Rue, president of the Northport Running Club spoke a little about his club, which has approximately 325 members. They run the Cow Harbor Race which had about 4900 participants. Their web site is NRCRUN.org or google Northport Running Club.
Guest Speaker tonight:
Jacob Stern from Bicycle Planet gave a talk on how to properly dress for Winter Cycling. Lobster gloves, winter boot bike shoes and wind blocking jackets were a few of the items that he brought along to show.
A suggestion was made requesting that the meeting times and dates are published on the HBC Web page. A vote was taken approving the reinstatement of the August meeting (now that we have air conditioning). There will be no meetings in December, January and February. (Make a note: November Club meeting on Tuesday – the first of the month – will be the last meeting of the year!)
50/50-Won by Lauren Meeks
Three water bottles donated by Bicycle planet was given out as well.
Thank you, Patricia Kalvar, for taking the minutes!
Respectfully Submitted,
Karen Gellert
Next meeting is Tuesday November 1st, 7:00PM at the Harborfields Library in Greenlawn
Please join us for this meeting and annual election of officers and board members. The current officers are all running for the 2012 term and include:
Two new board members proposed by the board at the October meeting are:
As always, there will be hot pizza and cool drinks!
Lou Bruno reports:
“Our weekday ride from Riverhead to Orient…Greenport and back. 76 miles of pure fresh air and fun….oh yes….a slice of pie or two at Briermere’s Farm.”
Good to see the club members out showing the club colors!
And here is another crew of HBC members at the Tour of the Hamptons ride. Looking good!
These and more can be seen on the Club Facebook page
Next meeting is Wednesday October 5th, 7:00PM at Harborfields Library in Greenlawn
This meeting will feature a presentation by a Bicycle Planet speaker about cold weather riding and proper clothing selection and layering.
NOTE: Paul Durkasch has sold his home and is moving to North Carolina this week. He will be attending the meeting, and we want to give him a nice send off- so please come to say good-bye to Paul.
Come down at 7PM sharp for some HOT gourmet pizza before the meeting starts.
