January - February 2007

Five Borough Bicycle Club General Meetings

Mon. 22 January 2007
Scandinavian Adventure
6:30pm Lower Manhattan Improvement District

5BBC Members Ken Coughlin and Brian Hoberman will warm up the evening with a travelogue and photo album from their trip in Sweden and Denmark this past Summer. They will provide practical info on self-contained bicycle touring, shipping bikes by air and rail transportation in a foreign land. We will also hear from Laurent Chambard, NJ/NYC regional brevet administrator for Randonneurs USA www.rusa.org (RUSA). Laurent will discuss randonneuring (long distance cycling with specific time limits) and will present his 2007 calendar of 200, 300, 400 and 600 kilometer brevets for cyclists who can qualify for the famous Paris Brest Paris www.paris-brest-paris.org/EN 1200k ride in France. Check brevet schedule on page 9. To find out what randonneuring is all about, visit www.machka.net/rand.htm.

Mon. 26 February 2007
I Hate Traffic: A Conversation with Sam Schwartz
6:30pm Hosteling International

We are extremely pleased to have “Gridlock” Sam Schwartz. He’s a civil engineer, New York urban traffic infrastructure expert, consultant, has a traffic column in the New York Daily News, as well as a cyclist. From his unique prospective, Sam will discuss our regional transportation and traffic systems—the history (esp. his role with NYC bike lanes), the engineering and the politics (esp. his thoughts on decongesting traffic in the Big Apple).

Looking Ahead: Mon. 12 March 2007
Ask The Bike Shop Pros
7:30pm Bicycle Habitat, 244 Lafayette St.

Owner Charlie McCorkell will meet exclusively with 5BBC members to talk shop (bike specifics, running a small business) as well as offer sale discounts. Details in next Bicycletter or visit club website.