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5BBC…..Rides For Every Cyclist!

Jones Beach Nov 2009 Photo by Dennis Griffin

Welcome to the website of New York's Five Borough Bicycle Club.
We invite you to explore these pages, then get on your bike and explore
the city and countryside with us.

We offer day rides every weekend and many holidays. We also offer
multi-day weekend trips, monthly meetings, and classes on bike repair.
And, on Sunday, May 16, 2010, the 5BBC will host New York's
bicycling event of the year, the Montauk Century (always held the third Sunday in May).

Your membership keeps our day rides free. If you are a 5BBC member, thank you!
If you are not a 5BBC member and enjoy our day rides, please give us your support.
For only $20 per year, enjoy the benefits of membership in New York's friendliest bike club.
Register or renew now, and your membership continues through December 2010.

**CONTEST**
New Club Jersey Design

The Five Borough Bicycle Club, New York's friendliest recreational cycling club,
is having a contest for a new club jersey. $500 and a jersey will be awarded to the winning design.
Great opportunity to have your artwork displayed on the backs of cyclists all over the city and beyond!

The design must have the following elements:

1) Club's full name: Five Borough Bicycle Club
2) Club's Logo
3) Club's Web Site (5bbc.org)
4) Bright fashionable colors (for safety-related reasons)

NOTE: Designs in the past have been characteristic of the New York metropolitan area. Current jersey design displayed below:

Please submit digital designs to programs@5bbc.org with a brief explanation for the motivation behind the concept

     DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS:
Friday, Feb 12, 2010 at 12pm

WINNER to be announced no later than Friday, February 26th.


Click here for our February 8, 2010 General Meeting
Winter Clearance sale at Bicycle Habitat.



This week at the 5BBC


Hudson River Ride December 2009: Photo by Susan Bernstein

    Ride locations - where do we meet?
    Subway service advisories - can I get there?
    Bulletin board - is my ride cancelled?
    Weather - from the National Weather Service

    Saturday, February 13, 2010

    A MEDIOCRE RIDE FOR A MEDIOCRE PRESIDENT

    10:00 AM, Statue of Virtue Queens Blvd and Union Turnpike, 30 miles

    Join Ed & Liz on our ride to Fillmore's for lunch. This will be an easy flat ride of 25-30 miles through the Borough of Queens. We will circle the globe and eat in a pub-like atmosphere at a bike-friendly restaurant. Come along on a warm winter journey! Bring $10 for lunch and a bike lock. Leaders: Ed Pino and Liz Baum.

    Sunday, February 14, 2010

    WESTCHESTER WINTER SERIES #5

    QUICK SPIN 8:30 AM, White Plains Road & Pelham Parkway, 40 miles

    Keep your motor running during the cold weather! Take a quick-spin (15 mph pace) ride through the scenic hills and valleys of Westchester County. Bring MTA rail pass and lunch money. This is a quick-spin ride -no point/drop/sweep. Leaders: Jesse Brown and Rodney Millard

    INDUSTRIAL-STRENGTH VALENTINE RIDE

    10:00 AM, South Ferry- Staten Island Ferry Terminal, bicycle waiting area, 45 miles

    Of course there's an IKEA in Brooklyn but the route to IKEA in Elizabeth, NJ, is much more interesting; also, more challenging. Apart from the Bayonne Bridge, the ride is pancake-flat. Pavement varies from good to excellent but the route does include some railroad grade crossings and a 1.8-mile stretch of Truck Routes 1 & 9 with two drawbridges that have steel-grid decks. We'll bike for miles through the austere industrial landscape of Newark's and Elizabeth's ports. Lunch is at IKEA's cafeteria, which serves a limited but inexpensive menu. Return may be via PATH or ferry - bring carfare. Bring lock, lunch $. Leaders: Richard Brause and Alfredo Garcia

    QUADRUPLE BYPASS - FROSTBITE RIDE #11

    10:00 AM,City Hall, 20 miles

    Want to do hills but not get too far from the East River? Here's your chance! We'll zig-zag over the Brooklyn, Manhattan, Williamsburg and Queensborough bridges, finishing up at a bike friendly pizza place. Possible museum stop in LIC. Leaders: Ed DeFreitas and TBA


We Have Pictures!


    Bikeway Over the Hudson October 2009: Photo Richard Brause


    Picture yourself on a 5BBC ride. Better yet, go on a 5BBC ride, and take a picture! These photographs are from recent rides and events. To add your own, email your photo to webmaster@5bbc.org.

5BBC sues the NYPD to keep group bicycling legal

Regional Roundup


**LOOK**


The NYC Bicycle Safety Coalition

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Have a safe ride


5BBC members stay informed

  • Bicycletter, our bimonthly newsletter, keeps us informed with feature articles, details of all club rides, and much, much more. Read your online copy.
  • 5BBC Weekly Update, our email newsletter, lists upcoming rides and other bicycling events. If you are a 5BBC member and would like to subscribe, drop a note to communications@5bbc.org.
  • Is my ride cancelled? For late-breaking news, including weather-related cancellations, visit our bulletin board. Want messages to reach you on the road? Click here to enter your cell phone email address, and here to start bulletin board email delivery.
  • Can't get to a computer? Information on 5BBC activities, including upcoming day rides, point your mobile phone browser to 5bbc.org/mobile.sht.

Who needs a folding bike?

  • Arrive at your destination with your full-size bike and start pedaling. Borrow our bike case for free. It's another reason to be a 5BBC member!

Please note. The 5BBC web pages are copyrighted by the Five Borough Bicycle Club. We ask that other sites or publications link to our web pages, rather than copying trip listings in ways that may provide incomplete information. There is NO need to ask permission to link to our web pages.

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