GOLD COASTING A monthly publication of the Long Island Bicycle Club

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1 MAY 2007 Club Roster Members can receive a copy of the club roster by sending a SASE to Maria Torres, 5-14C 115 Street, College Point, NY (or her at torresm at coned.com). List If you are not getting club s, add your name to the list by sending a message to torresm at coned.com The Standard Ride The club rides every Saturday, Sunday and holiday throughout the year from Westbury High School. Between March-May rides leave promptly at 9:30 a.m., and between June September rides leave promptly at 9:00 a.m. Directions: Take the Northern State Parkway to exit 32 north. Go north on Post Ave. The school is on the right just after Jericho Turnpike. Park by the tennis courts. Club Jerseys! To buy one, contact Bill Selsky at or bselsky at juno.com or see him at the lot. LIBC Events Calendar May Memorial Day Weekend June 17-LIBC-Multiclub Ride Aug 30-Sept 3-LIBC VT Weekend Welcome New Members Bady, Susan, Brooklyn, NY Donohue, James, North Glen Head,NY Imperial, Nicholas, Massapequa, NY Lee, Shihyan&Shyhchin, Astoria NY Lieto, John, Baldwin,NY Mendoza, Joseph P., Roslyn, NY Michalak, Maria, Bayside, NY Rennie, William, West Hempstead, NY Rowe, Jeff, Roslyn, NY Stettner, Gerard, Bethpage, NY West, Brad, Rockville Centre, NY New Members / Renewals Membership dues are $20.00 for an individual, or $25.00 for a family. If you haven t all ready, it s time to renew!. Members receive our monthly newsletter, which includes detailed information on all upcoming rides and club activities, along with articles of interest to Long Island cyclists and discounts from bike shops. Mail the completed application located on the back of the Newsletter to the address indicated on the form, with your check. If you experience difficulty printing the application, please send an to: Maria Torres / torresm at coned.com GOLD COASTING A monthly publication of the Long Island Bicycle Club And A Short Cold Spring By Bill Selsky, LIBC President So, Global Warming doesn't seem to mean warmth. Last weekend (in April) two rides, both in the 30s. My designer booties, vented in the back, did their job and I was fine, but several scheduled ride leaders were no shows. They announced that they would be no shows and stuck to their words. The second ride, which I'll call the Sunday ride, was cold and windy and I dropped off way before the end and headed home, into the wind and climbing Old Country past Mt. Misery after Round Swamp. The other guys went to Northport and back non-stop, because to stop meant to knocking icicles off bike and body. In the meantime, I led my first ride of the season (a near seasonable weather day): Wyandanch, of course, and continued to prep myself for Lakeville, more on that in the next newsletter. Would we climb Bish Bash or do it backwards (cue sheets for both ways), and Bash Bish? Some of you also noticed that I became a media star. Newsday contacted me for story ideas and I forwarded one I had just received from DOT's Lanny Wexler about a bike route out east. Newsday then wanted a quote, and later the Times (which appeared with some misquotes in the LI section) and within the same time frame WCBS NewsRadio88 reported, according to my wife, that "A local Long Island Bicycle Club president (who went unnamed) said the route might encourage bicycling." I know how to turn a phrase. I will be happy to provide autographs. Just call me Local. If there is room for Lanny Wexler's article, it's in this bulletin, but more likely, I will copy it on to the LIBCALLYahoo site for your reading pleasure and edification. If you read the Newsday article, though, you got the gist of it. Interestingly enough, to me anyway, Lanny Wexer's article would have appeared in the April bulletin or postings, but DOT didn't want it publicized so soon, and he asked me to hold it back, but it was too late to stop the media frenzy elsewhere. Those crazy newshounds! By the time you read this, the club's first away-weekend in Lakeville, CT, will have been completed. The forecast weather wise is more spring-line, and I'll have more on how it all went in the next bulletin. (I love Lakeville!) Dominick Creaco has a Pennsylvania Dutch Memorial Day Weekend planned. He's ed details to our Yahoo chat sites. More details are elsewhere in this bulletin. Marv Stobing used to run a weekend in this area and it was always great riding and a great time. One more thing: If you haven't done it, send in your club dues and application. UNITE COMMUNITY FUND GREAT NECK INTERNATIONAL BICYCLE RACE VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR GREAT NECK N.Y. BICYCLE RACE On Sunday May 20 th, 2007, If you would like to help on this exciting event you are encouraged to call David at Eves up to 9:45 P. M. or days (preferred) at or him at speedy@gnibr.com

2 LIBC President Bill Selsky / bselsky at juno.com Treasurer John Konz /johnkonz at msn.com Membership Maria Torres / torresm at coned.com Publicity Eric Bertrand-Loesch / ebloesch at yahoo.com Recording Secretary TBA / bselsky at juno.com Away Weekend Planner Domenick Creaco / dcreaco at ix.netcom.com A Ride Chair Phil Ayvazian / biketurn74 at yahoo.com B Ride Chair Patrick Cuvilly / patrickcuvilly at yahoo.com B- Ride Chair Ken Schack / ken at schackre.com C Ride Chair Irma Klein ijklein8760 at verizon.net Bulletin Editor Modesta Kraemer th Ave College Point, NY / Msuardy at aol.com Web Page Editor Walter Costanza / wjc at retsambew.com 10% Discount for Members At: Babylon Bicycle Shop, Babylon, Bicycle Planet Syosset Bikeworks Greenvale Brands Wantagh Carl Hart Middle Island Cuevas Bicycles-15% - E Elmhurst Cycles Plus Huntington Mineola Bike Peak Cycles Douglaston Pt Washington Cycles RoadWorx Syosset Tulip Bikes Floral Park Visentin Oyster Bay Guidelines Bicycle Safety is promoted on all club rides, but riders must assume responsibility for their own personal safety. HELMETS ARE REQUIRED! Club rides are graded according to the degree of difficulty: A For very strong cyclists, mph avg, miles, few stops, hills likely. B For strong riders, mph avg, miles, few stops, hills likely. The group will try to wait for slower riders. C mph avg, miles, stops as needed, C hills likely. The group will wait for slower riders mph avg, miles, stops as needed, some hills to be expected. The group will wait for slower riders and assist those having minor mechanical problems If you are in doubt, try out a ride with a slower group and work your way up. Rules to Ride By 1. Arrive 15 minutes early and be ready to leave on time. 2. Make sure your bike is in good working order. 3. Carry a spare tube, patch kit, pump, and water bottle. 4. Practice safety and obey all traffic laws. 5. Leaders are not responsible for those who ride ahead of the group. SBRA's BikeBoatBike June 3 If you are doing this SBRA ride that starts in Mattituck and ferries you to Shelter Island, you have 25, 50, 65, 100 and 125 mile options. Registration before April 25 includes a T-shirt and costs $20, and you can find the application and more information, including directions at You also can go to After April 25, the price goes up and there's no T-shirt. Details: Memorial Day Weekend 2007 Pennsylvania Dutch Country in Lancaster County is the destination for the LIBC Memorial Day Weekend. Come join us for a glorious weekend where you will experience wonderful biking. You'll see rolling farmlands, spinning windmills, barefoot children at work and play, lantern lit kitchens at dusk, roadside produce stands, one room schoolhouses, barn raisings and farmers markets. Amidst the county's modern shopping malls, antique and craft shops, the farms and fields are tended much as they were 200 years ago-with horse drawn wagons tended to by the Amish and Mennonite community. Accommodations: The Netherlands Inn and Spa in Strasburg, PA. Amenities include: Rates: Dates: Rides: Directions: Hotel Contact: Full American breakfast is served with hot and cold items, (Included in room fee). Outdoors Hot Tub opened year round. Swimming Pool (opened for Memorial Day weekend). Billiard Room, Lounge & Bar. Covered Bike Rack area. On premises restaurant for dinner if desired. Join us for cocktails after the rides on the deck under the big oak tree Approx. $150 per person for three nights including tax based upon double occupancy. Call Clara Myerson direct at for reservations A Credit card guarantee is required. The Cancellation policy is 72 hours in advance. A one night penalty for no arrival. Fifteen rooms are available and held until 25 April. First come first served. May 25 th through the 28 th (3 nights). Up to 60 miles, additional requests please contact Domenick Creaco: ( or dcreaco@ix.netcom.com). Take the Verrazano Narrows Bridge to the Outer Bridge crossing. Continue on Rt. 440 to the NJ Turnpike. Take the NJ Turnpike south to exit #6. Follow the PA Turnpike west to exit #286. Take Rt. 222 south to Lancaster. Exit at US 30 east. Follow US 30 east for 7 miles to the junction of Rt. 896, turn right onto 896 and follow for 2.5 miles to the Netherlands Inn & Spa is on your left. Telephone: or Web Site: MAY 2007 GOLD COASTING PAGE 2

3 A Rides Schedule Dr Jim's No Turns Ride 56 miles-jim Rand Jim led a great 55 mile non-stop ride in early April. His definition of turns and mine differ, but this time he will lead a ride with no turns at all which will wind up back at the lot before the Summer Solstice. A good ride! Phil's Joint A/B Ride-57 miles-phil More A's have been joining B rides and B's have been joining A rides. This will combine both in a steady paced ride. The pace may seem slow at first but with some hills and some miles it will seem fine later. Lunch at either Matrio's in Oyster Bay or Umbertos's in Mazatlan. There may be an off-island ride or I may be away. I will post it. A Jesus Ride-58 miles-jesus Hernandez Jesus has been quiet on the web lately, but his maniacal ranting will be on full display on this ride. Some say that he may be coherent, but others doubt that. Saturday, MAY 19 Dr. X's White Whale Ride-59 miles-jim Badia Jim has a new white whale, a very light white whale, but still a whale. A very fast, non-krill eating beast so be careful. Jim promises new roads and will distribute cookies to those in need of sustenance. The Bloomin' Metric Century-62 miles. Information is in the bulletin, but we usually meet at 8;30 to start at 9. Friday Sunday, MAY Weekend Memorial Day Weekend in Pennsylvania. The lot will be there if you aren't going to The Saint's state. 20% Discount on Energy Drinks Accelerade, Endurox R4 and Accel Gel are being offered to LIBCers at a 20% discount by PacificHealth Labs. Go to There also is a flat rate of $5.99 for shipping, regardless of size. For the next 30 days, you can save 25% and get a free water bottle. Bike & Related Stuff for Sale Medici Grand Turismo 12-speed bike, 20.5 inch Reynolds 531 frame. Bike comes with frame pump, Dura Ace cranks and front derailleur, Sachs Huret rear derailleur, Cinelli stem (and Medici spare), aluminum wheels, clinchers. Plus, there s a Blackburn Trak Stand, car bike rack, bike tools. $700 takes all. Robert Bruce rbruce1@nyc.rr.com 2-VINTAGE MASI ROAD BIKE 62CM All Campy, blue with yellow accents. Integrated Brake/shift levers. GOOD CONDITION. Any reasonable offers considered. Please call David Emanuel at before 9:45PM or (Mobile) HAVE YOU RENEWED YOUR MEMBERSHIP APP. ON LAST PAGE! B Rides Schedule May will be a busy month for us, judging by the announced length of our rides. It s gonna be some Montauk Century this summer! Eric Bertrand-Loesch, (631) How about starting in Kings Park? We will go through San Remo, Smithtown, Nissequogue, Stony Brook, Old Field, Head of the Harbor, and more. A bit hilly, but 52 miles of nice roads. Lunch is a definite Directions to the start : Sagtikos/Sunken Meadow Pkwy NORTH to Exit SM4E, Pulaski/E. Northport Rd. Turn right at the end of exit ramp onto Rte 11/Pulaski/E. Northport Rd EAST. Name changes to Old Dock Rd after going across Rte 25A. Follow Old Dock until Church St. Parking lot will be on the LEFT, next to school building. Street address : William T. Rogers Middle School 97 Old Dock Road, Kings Park, NY Phil Avayzian, (516) See this issue s A-ride schedule for details Daniel Goldschmidt, (516) Kings Park by way of the new state-approved bike lane, and a paceline workshop to boot! Lunch in Northport. About 60 miles Patrick Cuvilly, (516) If at first you don t succeed, We will revisit the Bethpage-Bayville ride, Patrick Edition, cancelled in March due to the weather. Projected lunch stop : the beach! Saturday, M,AY 19 Rich Suttenberg, (516) He has pledged to avoid Rte 25A on the way to Eatons Neck, but it ll cost us! 60 mi. Lunch in (where else?) Northport. Bill Selsky, (516) , will lead those who shy away from organized and charity rides due to time and Long Island inclinations. Saturday, MAY 26 The Water Music Ride, Gerry Widen, (516) We will see plenty of water going first to Bayville through Cold Spring Harbor with lunch in Huntington. In all, eleven ponds, two lakes, three harbors, one bay and of course there will be one big sound before we're through. Pay attention because you may come across a Snake and an Avery. 55 miles. Sunday, MAY 27 Joel Gorinsky says : We will be shipping out to Huntington, Commack and Dix Hills... with some nice Sunken Meadows mixed in. Lunch at Umberto s, but bring your own snacks. Monday, MAY 28 Hamid Alaie, (718) Will we stop to watch local parades on the way to San Remo? He didn t say, but let s hope there s lobster bisque soup at the deli. 65 mi. HAVE YOUR RENWED YOUR MEMBERSHIP? APP. ON BACK!. MAY 2007 GOLD COASTING PAGE 3

4 B- Rides Schedule Glenn Abelson ( ) miles. Going Northeast. Exercise time...all the hills are before lunch. Lunch in the Plainview area. Bill Dinner ( ) miles. Hills guaranteed. North is likely, but Bill wouldn't want to rule out Northeast or Northwest. Kenny Schack ( ) 50 miles. Target Rock - and beyond. Lunch will be in Cold Spring Harbor at about 38 miles, so bring a snack Steve Klein ( ) miles. Sea Cliff, with lunch at Mario s. (Some hills, maybe?) Saturday, MAY 19 Harvey Miller ( ) 49 miles. Oyster Bay Bloomin Metric. Roll your own at the lot Friday Sunday, MAY Weekend LIBC weekend trip to Lancaster, PA If you are not going on the trip join us at the lot HAVE YOU RENEWED YOUR MEMBERSHIP? Easy Rider Schedule Sunday MAY 6 Al Rutsky (516) So Slow You Can Watch the Flowers Grow, ride 30 miles. It s early in the season and you won t mind joining me on the flattest routes I can find. Clare Schwartz (516) Clare s Cream of the Berries ride 25+ miles. Clare is ready to dish out a serving of her delightful Berries offering. So good, you ll want a second helping. Saturday, May 20 Ellen Petschauer (516) This will be Ellen s first ride lead for LIBC. Her ride will be through Oyster Bay with lunch at Locust Valley Pizza and Deli. A nice easy jaunt of perhaps 30 miles depending on the return route. C Rides Schedule Judging by the weather we have had this year, we are running about a month behind schedule. March felt more like February and April, well so far anyway, has been windy and chilly. Perhaps we should plan our ride schedule to run through December as it did last year. Mary Grady (516) Mary s Classic ride. East Island with variations. Irma Klein (718) Oyster Bay Locust Valley Roslyn, All nice places to ride through. May is the time to smell the flowers, after April s Monsoon-like middle of the month, there should hopefully be plenty of flowers to smell. Domenick Creaco (516) The Some Roads Even Al Doesn t Know Ride. Al knows all these roads now, but we keep the name never-the-less. Bayville, about 37 miles. Clara Meyerson (516) Mother s Day ride. Welcome all women, mothers, grandmothers, daughters, aunts. Welcome all lovers of women and womankind. Bring a Biography of your female heroine. Women have to be twice as good as men to be thought of half as well. Luckily, this is not hard. Saturday, MAY 19 Rudy Wolff (516) We will go the shortest route to Center Island. Lets take a hill on Planting Fields Road. Single file on Shore Dr. West please! Lunch will be in the vicinity of Bayville Beach. 35 miles. Len Kirsch (516) Len wants to try out the new bike trail. We will head to Cold Spring Harbor and follow it for a total trip of 45 miles. Friday Sunday, MAY Weekend No volunteers from the stay-at-home crowd. That means either a good number of you are coming on the weekend or have other things on your agendas. Those who decide to ride this weekend, meet at the lot and enjoy the weekend. HAVE YOU RENEWED YOUR MEMBERSHIP? APPLICATION ON LAST PAGE! MAY 2007 GOLD COASTING PAGE 4

5 BICYCLING EVENTS CALENDAR MAY NYC BICYCLE SHOW www,nycbicycleshow.com 6 Bike NY (5 Borough Bike Tour) Montauk Century 5 Borough Bike Club Great Neck Challenge NY City Bicycle Show Volvo Hyannis Port Challenge-JFK Library to Kennedy Compound 20 Bloomin Metric Sound Cyclists Bicycle Club Norwalk, Blessing of the Bikes Hauppauge ww.bethchai.us/bikes.htm JUNE Bike Boat-Bike Suffolk Bicycle Riders 3 SBRA Bike boat bike- 17 LIBC Multiclub ride Tour De Cure Westchester Good Sam Ice Gream Ride- Get Your Guts in Gear-NYC to Saratoga Springs Hat City Cyclists Cyclefest Tour De Cure Riverhead Tour de Cure NY City Manssion Ride JULY 8 Go ld Coast Tour Cycling the Erie Canal - Tour de Lance Bike-a-Thon and Barbeque-Lime Rock,CT 22 MPBC-Multi-Club Ride Great Big FANY Ride-across NY State Harlem Valley Rail Ride NY City Cycling Championship- AUGUST Eastern Tandem Rally SBRA Multi Club Ride Riverhead Court Complex,9:30 EmpireState AIDS Ride Niagara Falls to NY City Great Hudson Valley Pedal Ramapo Rally 19 Tour of the Hamptons North Fork Century 30 LIBC Vermont Labor Day Weekend SEPTEMBER LAB National Rally Oregon NY City Bike Tour EscapeNewYork NY Cycle Club - Harvest Ride SoundCyclists- MS Tour for a Cure Long Island Second Siught Biuke-A-Thon Great Big FANY Ride CLIMB Multi Club Ride starting point TBA Twin Lights Ride NJ Golden Apple OCTOBER Miles For Smiles- Pumkin Patch Pedal-Staten Island- Tour de Bronx HBC Multi-Club Ride Greenlawn LIRR Station, 9:00 Bloomin' Metric Directions, Info This club favorite from Sound Cyclists offers 25 mile, 75 Kilometer and 100 Kilometer (the metric) routes through Fairfield County, CT. It opens for rides 7 am May 20 rain or shine. It is $40 if you register that day, less if you fill out form and send your check or credit card number by or before May 16. You can find the application at Check your ride schedule to see if and when your group is doing this. Directions: I-95 to exit 16. Right at traffic light onto East Ave. Bear left around the rotary onto Cemetery Road and immediately bear right onto Gregory Blvd.. Then, left at the 2 nd rotary onto Marvin Street and immediate right onto Calf Pasture Road. Follow the signs. Other directions, via Merritt Parkway on website above. LI's 1 st 2 State Bike Routes State Route 25 and 25A through the hard work, research and planning of Lanny S. Wexler, working for New York State via George Pataki and the New York State Department of Transportation, is now available to riders. State Route 25A is 18 miles between Cold Spring Harbor and Smithtown and was signed on as an approved route in December. State Route 25, 67 miles between Smithtown and Orient Point came into fruition between January and February of this year. Most of this route is not on NY 25 due to heavy traffic conditions, but is instead on Town and County Roads. To read about the creation of these bike routes in a first-person article by Lanny Wexler, go to the LIBCALL Yahoo Groups site, accessible via the LIBC web site ( SUNRISE CYCLING\ (Before work rides) Monday Friday Starting March at 6:15 AM, and thereafter 6:00 AM Ride lasts about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Categories C and up. WHERE: Frederick Coffee Shop Grace Avenue and Bond Street, Great Neck PARKING Free across the Street or at Meter which are Free until 9:00 AM ROUTE: Various, depending on group. LEADER: David (Speedy?) Emanuel- Please call the night before to confirm before 9:45 PM. MAY 2007 GOLD COASTING PAGE 5

6 Long Island Bicycle Club First Class Mail 5-14C 115 Street Forwarding and Address College Point, NY Correction Requested Information for the next bulletin needed by MAY 15 HAVE YOU RENEWED YOUR MEMBERSHIP LONG ISLAND BICYCLE CLUB MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION Membership in the LIBC includes a 10% discount at selected bicycle shops, access to club rides and events, and the monthly bulletin. The cost of membership is $20. Each additional member of the household can join for $5. Name(s): Address: City: State: Zip: Phone: Please print your address very carefully Signature(s): Each member must sign LIBC membership: $20.00 In signing this release for myself or a member of my family who is under the age of 18, I acknowledge that I understand additional 5.00 each: the intent hereof, and I hereby agree to and will absolve and hold harmless the Long Island Bicycle Club and its officers Total amount enclosed: and members and any other parties connected with clubsponsored rides or activities associated herewith. I also Make check payable to: consent to and permit emergency medical treatment in the Long Island Bicycle Club event of injury or illness. I shall abide by traffic laws and regulations and practice courtesy and safe cycling. I also Send this form and your payment to: understand that the Long Island Bicycle Club requires the LIBC, c/o Maria Torres use of helmets when participating in all club rides. 5-14C 115 Street College Point, NY 11356