GOLD COASTING AUG A monthly publication of the Long Island Bicycle Club. Club Roster. What s New or Will Be New at LIBC?

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1 AUG 2014 Club Roster Members can receive a copy of the club roster by sending a SASE to John Konz, 40 Lincoln Street, Elmont, NY (or at johnkonz at msn.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 October- 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 Jackets/ Jerseys! To buy one, contact Bill Selsky at or bselsky at juno.com or see him at the lot. LIBC Events Calendar 2014 AUGUST 10 - LIBC PICNIC GEORGE AUGUST 29 - SEPT. 1 ST -VT WEEKEND. Welcome New Members Danis, Sue, Lido Beach, NY Fante, Elisa, Huntington, NY Laboy, Lissette, Hempstead, NY New Members / Renewals Membership dues are $20.00 for an individual, or $5.00 for EACH ADDITIONAL MEMBER. 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: John Konz /johnkonz at msn.com GOLD COASTING A monthly publication of the Long Island Bicycle Club What s New or Will Be New at LIBC? By Bill Selsky, LIBC President In no particular order, here are some up and coming things with LIBC: Aug.10 is the Club Picnic from Eisenhower Park. This may George Cymbalsky s last hurrah. George took over the picnic years and years ago. He was helping out the previous guy, went to pick-up food and found out there was nothing left for him. He said he could do a better job, and there was no argument. He could and he did, greatly expanding the picnic to, well, a picnic, from hero sandwiches and cold cuts. He was really ready to give it up this year, but Mary persuaded him that we needed a year s notice. Thanks, Mary! And thanks, George! Parking lot 5, Birches Picnic area. The question is who will take it over for George has big shoes to fill. We will accept all sizes, though. You may have seen it all ready, but we do have a new jersey design, a bike jersey I mean. I am not naming names. If it has not appeared on any of the Yahoo sites yet, it will soon. It is a father-daughter thing, though, with the daughter being the trained designer, and the proud father asking if he can post it. I ve seen it and think it s great! Hopefully, you will see it and feel the same. Production time, it has been my experience, is around six-weeks. The cost is, with a 10-order minimum, fairly reasonable. See more information on page 5. The annual LIBC Vermont Labor Day Weekend. Details elsewhere in this newsletter, but this always fills up. Some years, we have had spill over to nearby motels and inns because the Blue Gentian rooms disappear. The buffet breakfasts and dinners do also. As for those Vermont hills, mountains they are somewhat easier in September than they might be in say March or April, but still challenging, nonetheless. Even so, the Saturday ride is really kind of rolling, nothing than any C, C+, B-< B or A rider can t do. The Windham Mountain challenge, so popular for all these years as part of the Sunday ride, is also conquered by a diverse group of riding abilities. Not me, though, I usually opt for a hard-packed dirt road out of Grafton. It is still challenging, not because of the dirt, which is certainly rideable, but because some of the middle parts of the road have some hilly climbs also. It is about 15 miles less than the route most take and maybe 35 less than what the A s sometimes do. We do seem to be venturing more and more off Long Island for some of our rides each month. Connecticut and Westchester are on the ride schedules fairly frequently, and, NYC and Brooklyn, sometimes. If you can see the world by bike, you can head to all kinds of locales. And speaking of seeing the world by bike, we welcome back Daniel Goldschmidt from his 50-day cross country ride. If you have followed his blog and Facebook postings, you know he has had some very long mileage days, but accomplished something that many of us are envious of. Will biking on LI ever seem the same? Information for the next bulletin needed by: AUGUST 15, 2014 ALL Until SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

2 LIBC President: Bill Selsky / bselsky at juno.com Treasurer :John Konz /johnkonz at msn.com Membership: John Konz /johnkonz at msn.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: Roger Mellon (631) / rmellon4742@gmail.com C+ Ride Chair TBA C Ride Chair: Clara Mayerson Travelwholiday at webtv.net Bulletin Editor: Modesta Kraemer / Msuardy at aol.com Web Page Editor: Walter Costanza / libike-admin at libike.org 10% Discount for Members At: Bicycle Planet Syosset Bikeworks Greenvale Brands Wantagh Brickwell Manhasset Brickwell-Great Neck Carl Hart Middle Island Mineola Bike Bicycle Playground,Huntington Peak Cycles Douglaston Brickwell 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. B mph avg, miles, stops as needed, hills likely. The group will try to wait for slower riders. C mph avg, miles, stops as needed, hills likely. The group will wait for slower riders C 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. 6. A Rides Schedule All Saturday rides, other than Mike's, may be pre-empted by an off- island ride. Dr E's Ride--56 miles--shi-wen Lee Lee will be leading something that is probably hilly with lunch of course, in Huntington. Jim's Ride--59 miles--jim Badia Jim has been doing his Thursday night flat and fast rides so will probably lead something that is fast and hilly. Mike's Stony Brook Ride-- 75 miles or more--mike Friedlander. Mike may make the ride longer if people wish by coming back via Lake Ronkokoma. The first half will be hilly. The LIBC Picnic Ride. I will be away and at this writing no one has yet volunteered to lead. The ride will start from Eisenhower Park Parking lot 5. Paul's Ride--60 miles-paul Block Paul has been away and probably will be missing Larry so along with the sweet nothing's he will probably ride fast. Lunch someplace. A Dual Ride-58 miles. Mike P has been drafted to co-leading a ride with Phil. He will do all the pulling while I shout directions. Will he ever want to lead again? 3 Larry's Ride--61 miles-larry Serras Larry's knee is better, but his mind has deteriorated even further. Will ride strongly, but conversation will be senseless and useless. Lunch in Huntington. Phil's Ride-54 miles. Sunday for the A's has been quite sparse so who knows what will happen. We could join the B's. FRIDAY, AUGUST 29 MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 Labor Day Weekend in Londonderry, Vermont AUGUST 2014 GOLD COASTING PAGE 2

3 B Rides Schedule Jayne Czik, (516) She s leading a ride on roads she knows very well, in and around Port Washington. James Basile, (917) very flat miles to Massapequa for lunch. Rich Suttenberg, (516) or suttenberg9@optonline.net. The Annual LIBC B Century leaves from the Syosset firehouse at 7:30 AM for 100+ miles to Montauk, and riders return in cars left overnight by volunteers/riders. Contact Rich first if you plan on doing this ride. More details on the group s message board at Strava Mark Kopper, (516) The Day After/ Montauk and of the Club Picnic Ride, It s usually a no-lunch affair (because you eat at the picnic), 45 to 50 quick miles, the objective being to beat Phil (not the whole A group) to the picnic. You can always dream. Miguel Arroyo, (516) He s reviving the Tri-County, a hilly 72-mile old-school LIBC ride around the Housatonic River Valley and Newtown, CT. This ride leaves from the commuter parking lot at the intersection of the Merritt Pkwy and Weston Rd in Westport, CT. Directions : Merritt Pkwy to exit 42, Weston Rd. Turn right at the end of the exit ramp onto Weston Rd for about ¼ mile. The lot will be on the left, just after passing under the parkway. As a reference, point GPS units to 38 Weston Rd, Westport, CT. Victor Urbach, (516) ext, 2. The Three Peninsula Ride : Great Neck/Kings Point, Port Washington/Sands Point, and Sea Cliff/Glen Cove miles with several nice climbs (3,000 ft +) included at no extra charge : Thompson Shore Road in Manhasset, Longview in Port Washington, and Prospect in Sea Cliff. 3 Hamid Alaie, (718) He s in a Kings Park state of mind. Daniel Goldschmidt, (516) It s the day of The Po Boy, a no-frills century leaving from the lot at 8 AM. Stay tuned for updates on our message board, listed above. LIBC s annual weekend in Londonderry, VT. If you can t make it to Vermont, come to the lot anyway. There will probably be rides leaving at the usual starting time. B- Rides Schedule Ann Lebreton ( ). Our newbie is jumping in the leading ring without fear. Ann will lead her first ride, 45 miles. She is leading us to Huntington and wants to take on some nice hills too. Lunch in Huntington. Frank Ruggiero ( ). A first lead for Frank as well. He is taking us to Huntington via Morgan Island. 42 to 44 miles. Lunch at Rosa s Pizza in Huntington. Roger Mellon ( ) Shelter Island / Sag Harbor, +/- 60 miles. We meet at 8:45 am in the parking lot of Greenport LIRR to start at 9:00am. We will take the ferry to Shelter Island where our ride will start. Lunch in Sag Harbor. Money for ferry is required: $11 round trip for both ferries (Cash only). me at rmellon4742@gmail.com to confirm that you are coming. How to get there: From the LIE: Take I-495 E/Long Island Expressway E toward Riverhead. Exit on Old Country Rd/County Hwy-58 exit, EXIT 73, on the left toward Greenport/Orient. Turn slight right onto Old Country Rd. Pass through 1 roundabout (7-ELEVEN is on the corner). Old Country Rd becomes NY-25/Main Rd. Turn left onto Wickham Ave. Take the 3rd right onto County Route 48. County Route 48 becomes County Road 48. Turn right onto Chappel Ln. Take the 2nd left onto Main Rd/NY-25. Continue to follow NY-25. Turn right onto 5th St. Take the 1st left onto Wiggins St. Turn right on 4 th Street. The Greenport LIRR Station Parking lot will be on your left. From Southern State parkway: Take Southern State Parkway to Sagtikos Pkwy N via EXIT 41A toward Sunken Meadow Park (Keep left at the split to take Sagtikos Pkwy N). Merge onto I-495 E/Long Island Expressway E via EXIT S1E toward Riverhead. Follow now directions above from the LIE. LIBC Annual Summer Picnic. Gary Rauch ( ) LIBC Picnic miles. Gary will be sure to get the group back by Noon for the start of the Picnic. THIS IS A REMOTE START LEAVING FROM EISENHOWER PARK, THE BIRCHES, OPPOSITE PARKING LOT 5, AT 9:00 A.M Kenny Schack ( )??? miles. MC Escher Ride (Ascending and Descending). HILLS. The mileage will be determined by how hot and humid it is. Roger Mellon ( ) Jones Beach via Bethpage State Park, 45 miles. Lunch at a pizzeria in Merrick. THIS IS A REMOTE START LEAVING FROM THE SYOSSET FIRE HOUSE AT 9:00 A.M. 3 Ross Selinger ( ) will do 49 miles stopping in Northport for lunch Victor Urbach ( ext 2) The compass points south. 50 miles. Fast B- pace. Brief refueling stop. Bring energy bars and at least 2 hydration bottles. Jay Dennett ( ) 51 miles. Bay Shore. This is a flat but fast B- ride with a lunch stop in Bay Shore. THIS IS A REMOTE START LEAVING FROM THE SYOSSET FIRE HOUSE AT 9:00A.M. 1 Rich Magro ( ) 51 miles. 1,700 feet of climbing. Bethpage, Huntington, Oyster Bay, Roslyn. Lunch in Oyster Bay. AUGUST 2014 GOLD COASTING PAGE 3

4 C+ Rides Schedule Roll your own C Rides Schedule Mike W will lead with renewed vigor from his Western riding trip. Classic old ride with a new twist.38 miles LIBC's First XX Ride (Ladies Ride) Led by: Naomi Kozak Destination: Locust Valley Approx 40 miles Pace: mph average Terrain: mostly flat to some minor hills. Lunch: At a very nice deli in Locust Valley 58 miles, Pat Mullen, C Slipstream1@verizon.net Remote start from Greenport commuter parking lot. See the coves, inlets and bays surrounding Shelter Island and Sag Harbor. There are many waterside views and scenic vistas on this fairly hilly and lightly traveled route. We will take the North ferry and ride the West perimeter of the island to the South ferry. On the South fork we will have lunch in Sag Harbor, then ride through the Northwest woods and Three Mile Harbor. Ferry back to Shelter Island and ride the East perimeter including the causeways leading to the Ram Islands. Keep in mind there will be ups and downs all day. Total round trip fare for both ferries including your bike is $11.00 per person. leader for driving directions to the start. Naomi Kozak. To Sands Point, Sea Cliff and Roslyn. Some hills. About 35 miles. 35 Miles. Harvey and Mary Mills. Surprise ride! Port Washington, Kings Point and Great Neck (about 50 miles with some hills.) Martin Unger. 3 Glen Cove Morgan s Park, approximately 32 miles. Bring enough hydration and snacks. No lunch stop. Miguel Arroyo Roll your own Caumsett State Park, moderate hills with lunch in Huntington. Around 50 miles, give or take a few. Miguel Arroyo George C. many pick a great Great Neck ride from his files.39 miles Barbara B will lead some of her postponed rides from the past 40 miles Clara will lead a South Shore ride with a rapid return for Paid Up Membership Picnic Lunch 30 miles Erline has a great short ride to Huntington with many choices for lunch 41 miles Domenick has a special ride to Sands Point and points west for 37 mile 3 Clare will lead a bowl of cherries maybe even berries 42 miles John will lead a great ride with some surprises.38 miles Away Weekend for Labor Day in Vermont Clara will lead unless we have a volunteer. 1 A group challenge ride led by anyone who shows up Keep in touch perhaps a remote start 42 miles 1 Usual ride to Syosset, Bayville, Locust Valley. Some hills, about 35 miles.bring snacks. No lunch stop. Naomi Kozak AUGUST 2014 GOLD COASTING PAGE 4

5 LIBC Annual Picnic- Sunday, August 10 FOR MEMBERS ONLY 1 st A Ride, Then: BBQ & Drinks & Salads Where: Eisenhower Park, Field Five and the Birches area of Eisenhower. Entrance is located at intersection of Stewart Avenue and Merrick Avenue. (South of Old Country Road, Post Avenue becomes Merrick Ave.) All rides leave from the park and will be back in plenty of time to eat like a cyclist. (Somehow we will have enough). If it rains, maybe no rides, but come and eat. We have tarp! Picnic help? (Not just eating!) George Cymbalsky has runs this without a hitch every year, and some people volunteer to help every year. If you would like to be one of them, call Bill Selsky at LIBC Vermont 8/29 9/1 Labor Day Weekend FOR MEMBERS ONLY The rides and maybe the hot tub are the draw here, and okay, maybe the breakfasts and dinners, both greatly expanded this year, and included. The Blue Gentian, where we stay, is charming. The cue sheets are accurate. The rides can be challenging, but we have had all levels (A-C) on the weekend, and no one has complained (too tired!). Again, there s a hot tub. Dates: August 31 to Sept. 3. Price per person double occupancy (meaning you share): $285. Includes; Saturday and Sunday dinners. - Saturday, Sunday, and Monday breakfasts. Only 13 rooms and they will go. Send a check, payable to Bill Selsky, 795 Truman Avenue, East Meadow, NY Directions: 95 North to 91 North to US-5 (exit 6) becomes VT-103. Stay straight to go onto South Main Street/VT-11. Turn left on Magic Mountain Access Road. New Club Jersey Design by Andrew S. Pfau The jerseys were designed by Brittany Pfau, 20 year old daughter of Andrew Pfau. She is a graphic design major at the University of Delaware (and she works cheap). It would be nice to see our members in matching club jersey's-even if only on large organized rides- as it helps to brand the club and create a larger awareness of the club. The process was having the members select a new updated 2014 short sleeve club jersey. One style, in 5 different color schemes, was ed to all members on the yahoo group to see what they prefer. The new design has the words "Long Island Bicycle Club on the front, LIBC and a Logo of LI on each sleeve, and the club slogan "We Just Ride" with the club website on the back. The Yahoo Group has the winning color with the current version incorporating changes from Daniel G, Gerri W, Doug Beards - etc. The LI map is gone replaced with the year that the club was established - Est and the word Ride is now larger than the we Just. We are now ready to take orders. The jersey s come in the following sizes: Men s short sleeve jersey, full zipper, elastic waistband, Club Fit - XS, S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL Women s- short sleeve jersey, full zipper, Club Fit, no elastic waistband, XS, S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL Price will be $ Please call or me with questions. Andrew S. Pfau Tel fax website: apfaucpa.com your orders or AUGUST 2014 GOLD COASTING PAGE 5

6 Long Island Bicycle Club First Class Mail 40 Lincoln Street Forwarding and Address Elmont, NY Correction Requested Information for the next bulletin needed by AUGUST 15, 2014 HAVE YOU RENEWED YOUR MEMBERSHIP LONG ISLAND BICYCLE CLUB MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION From JANUARY DECEMBER 31ST 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 additional 5.00 each: Total amount enclosed: Make check payable to: Long Island Bicycle Club Send this form and your payment to: LIBC, c/o John Konz 40 Lincoln Street Elmont, NY In signing this release for myself or a member of my family who is under the age of 18, I acknowledge that I understand the intent hereof, and I hereby agree to and will absolve and hold harmless the Long Island Bicycle Club and its officers and members and any other parties connected with clubsponsored rides or activities associated herewith. I also consent to and permit emergency medical treatment in the event of injury or illness. I shall abide by traffic laws and regulations and practice courtesy and safe cycling. I also understand that the Long Island Bicycle Club requires the use of helmets when participating in all club rides.