Another weekend’s racing has been consumed and expectorated, and all that is left is to see what happened.
At the CRCA A race, Foundation swept the top four spots with Joshua Alexander, Gavin Robertson, Adam Alexander and Alejandro Guzman finishing in spots 1-4. The Foundation roll continued in the B race with Kennardo Dunn winning and Abraham Soler, also of Foundation taking second. In the C race, Ben Cornish, who is alleged to ride not for Foundation, but indeed for NYVC, wins. Results are here.
At the NJITT time trial, there were many racers and many results. notable among them is Ann Marie Miller of Sanchez/Houlihan Lokey’s win in the woman’s overall, and Peter Cannell’s win in the men’s overall. Many. Many results are here.
As of this posting, we don’t have results for either the Connecticut Stage race or the New York State Crit Championship, which is fine by me, as it allows for additional laziness.
Ha! Got a Place!!!
Stoffel Prinsloo wins TT and GC. Scot W. 2nd TT and GC
That one man pileup in the A race was kinda wierd.
this is also my favorite photo
i bet the guy riding behind was thinking the same thing.
Tomorrow’s Cadence Tuesday Night Series race at Floyd Bennett Field will have double points for both the Lucarelli & Castaldi Sprint Competition and for the Overall Competition.
Charlie Issendorf
Race Director
Kissena Cycling Club
Crit championships results here: http://www.bikereg.com/Results/2009/05/31-NYS-Crit-Championships.asp
I don’t think the B race was sketchy at all. The back of the field (of which I spent far too much time, mind you) was a little wobbly near the end as guys were getting tired, but the front of the field (where I visited, but couldn’t stay) was rather uneventful. What I do remember was looking at the start and seeing the most riders in a B field that I’ve ever seen. A lot of them were shed early (Popeye racing dude? What’s up with that) but it was a pretty solid race.
7 laps is a pleasure….
I think the B field hate is from all those repressed Cat. 3’s who killed themselves for the points, but have just ended up being packfill. But that’s ok, boys. There’s no shame in 28th place. As long as you’re not 4th…now that’s shameful….
but thought the B teany men made Sat’s race more fun w several break attempts followed by teany counters.
Teany countered their own break attempts? Interesting strategy….
wow, another clueless racer.
when your teammate is in the break, and the field chases it down, you want to counter the break to try to get another move going, since your teammate got caught.
it’s not an “interesting strategy”, it’s how you race if you want your team to get another move going. i think you are confusing “counter” with “chase”
was the teany counter itsy bitsy?
Good morning, Christophe.
http://www.bikereg.com/Results/2009/05/30-CT-Stage-Race.asp
Thanks,
Alan
A termite walks into a Saloon and says: “Is the bar TENDER here?”
Teany racers quashing the hopes of their own mates for their own pleasure = “teabagging”
LOL!!
Who’s the team captain, Earl Grey?
these jokes were all made last year. stale LOLs. please keep up.
don’t be such a tempest in a…oh, nevermind…
is it really worth if you can’t time trial?
that’s what di luca said. and look what happened to him.
try as he might, he had 3 weeks to win it. the tt was like a pk in soccer
what a waste. going for time bonuses, and not even able to get them…did Rabo even have to defend the jersey at all? LPR was on the front the entire time, wasting Petacchi, who won with no help, the Giro should really get ride of the time bonuses, and all the ridiculous categories…
Fair Play?
TV Time?
The Cinque Terre TT was awesome, but the Milan and Roma stages were a bust…
Rabobank rode a smart race.
Clearly they learned from the Teany.
I am glad you are not on my team
Wasn’t DiLuca only contending because of time bonuses? He knew he couldn’t defend in the two TT’s, so he was gobbling them up to make a cushion.
I thought it was a worthy strategy — you race the race you have, not the race you wish you had. In fact, I think the chess-playing for time bonuses made the race more exciting.
What the hell happened in the P12 RR that 40% of the field didn’t finish? Aren’t they supposed to be used to doing 91 miles?
Seems a little weird that all the fields did the same race each day. A 25 mile circuit race is a joke for a CAT 1/2, and a 91 mile road race is pretty long for a CAT 4. I think there would have been a higher turn out for the stage race if it had been planned better to accommodate the different abilities of each field.
the course was hard and the field was fast. people are always getting dropped in p/1/2 races.
11:28 interesting strategy [sigh]
Their map said 4000′ climbing, but Stoffel’s garmin said 8000′.
Sunday in the CT SR.
yeah, there was way more climbing and steep pitches than the course profile showed. i learned that the hard way.
To say that the 1/2 circuit race was a joke because it was the same distance as the 4 race is pure stupidity.
Great race with a beautiful back drop. Lots of short steep pitches that cut into you over 91 miles. Reminded me of Bkill without the dirt. If they fix the distances, (TT was pretty much the race, despite the 91 mile rr)and/or made it an omnium, it would have made things a little more interesting. Most fields had little change in GC after the long RR (including the c4).
Di Lite won one or 2 stagges, Mensch won another and was right behind in the rest. Even going into final road stage, Mensch nearly took a sprint over Petacchi let alone Di Lite…The bonuses probably kept Di Lite on the podium more than a realistic chance of beating Mensch…Rabo never had to be on the front, further keeping Mensch fresher than Di Lite for the finale! Sheesh!
Mensch got so much help from LPR, he will not get any of that in July! Astana will take their best from both camps (Lanny/Bertie), and Cervelo, Saxo, will crush the big mountains…no time bonuses!
Sorry Garmin, Columbia, Silence, Katyusha, any French/Spanish teams, go for Gangreen/iDots, its already over for the Mellow Johnny T-Shirt Contest!
Cavendish will not make it to Paris…
Valverde will not make it…
Quick Step w/o Tommeke Tommeke Tommeke???
Ciao ciao
This race was fantastic. Great courses in a beautiful part of Connecticut/Massachusetts. The 91 mile road race was hilly, but didn’t include any long decisive climbs. As in most stage races, the TT really decided the GC.
howabout a tt stage race? HC, Hotdog, shoot!
Just race 3 RRs over the weekend?
Bunch of wannabe mamby pamby limp bizkitz!
Lookamee Ma! I have disc wheels and skinsuit!
GO Tri-a-thong!!!
MFn TT-dots!
denis the menace almost flew across the line like that guy in the pro race at harlem last year. look! it’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s….superman(chov)!
but the roads were really horrible
I hate you.
Valverde wont be in Paris because in all likelihood he wont start in Monico.
he wont start in Monaco either.
I usually finish in Monica.
-B. Clinton
http://cyclingnews.com/road.php?id=road/2009/may09/ricola09
HE’LL DOMINATE IN CP! IN PP! AT FBF!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fe17mCBzAk
ps scroll to ~1:00….
Masters 40-49 91 miles 40 starters
Place Bib Time Back First Name Last Name Team City State Penalty
1 140 4:02:46 0:00 Troy Kimball Westwood Cycle/Trade Manage CapitalRandolph NJ
2 145 4:02:46 0:00 Stephen Gray Bethel Cycle Sport Club Middletown CT
3 127 4:02:46 0:00 Paul Carbonara CRCA/AXIS Brooklyn NY
4 111 4:02:46 0:00 William Shattuck bikebarnracing.com Bridgewater MA
5 136 4:02:46 0:00 Robert Lattanzi Westwood Cycle/Trade Manage CapitalNew York NY
6 105 4:02:46 0:00 Stuart Abramson OA/CycleMania Falmouth ME
7 138 4:02:46 0:00 Anthony Felitte Clinton Cycling Club Delmar NY
8 128 4:02:46 0:00 James Escobar Honeywell Cycling Stamford CT
9 142 4:02:46 0:00 John Raheb Unattached Montvale NJ
10 141 4:02:46 0:00 Will Schneider VO2maxOut.com New York NY
11 135 4:02:46 0:00 John McGill Onion River Sports Montpelier VT
12 116 4:02:46 0:00 Matthew Doran Global Locate Nyack NY
13 120 4:02:46 0:00 Kevin Hines Corner Cycle Cycling Club East Wareham MA
14 104 4:02:46 0:00 Carl Wittig bikebarnracing.com Taunton MA
15 117 4:02:46 0:00 John Stonebarger Mass Bay Road Club Plymouth MA
16 123 4:02:46 0:00 Brett Rutledge International Bicycle/Global Westborough MA
17 119 4:02:46 0:00 James Riehle Boston Road Club Inc. Brighton MA
18 124 4:02:46 0:00 Jonathan Bold Corner Cycle Cycling Club Marstons Mills MA
19 113 4:03:26 0:40 Jonathan Tarbox Delta Surveying Services Windsor CT
20 144 4:03:26 0:40 Paul Nyberg Horst-Benidorm-Property Research CoAvon CT
21 114 4:03:26 0:40 Edward Schaub Mystic Velo Club Windsor CT
22 139 4:10:30 7:44 Arthur Podgorski Cyclonauts Racers Inc. Feeding Hills MA
23 121 4:10:49 8:03 Kurt Gustafsson Century Road Club Association Brooklyn NY
24 115 4:10:49 8:03 Rick Hall CRCA/Teany Cycling New York NY
25 112 4:15:01 12:15 Mike Andrews Connecticut Coast Cycling Danbury CT
26 131 4:19:26 16:40 Michael Provost Unattached Putnam CT
27 143 4:21:37 18:51 Paul Wojciak Pawling Cycle & Sport Poughkeepsie NY
28 107 4:22:36 19:50 Geoff Martin NEBC/Cycle Loft/Devonshire Dental Watertown MA
29 133 4:26:54 24:08 Anthony Settel Wonder Wheel Croton On Hudson NY
30 146 4:26:54 24:08 Ricardo Hernandez Cafeteros Cycling Club Stratford CT
31 118 4:34:27 31:41 Patrick Cunningham Williams Cycling Barkhamsted CT
32 137 4:45:17 42:31 Michael Brier Providence Velo Presented by RefundProvidence RI
awesome
the best ever!!!! how many watts does it take to do that???????
Why is it stupidity to say that a 25 mile circuit race for Cat 1/2’s is a joke? It is a joke. It’s shorter than a crit for a CAT 1/2. That’s like 4 laps around Central Park for the CRCA A field. It’s a joke. If it’s a circuit, make the Cat 1/2’s do more laps. That’s what they do at all the other circuit races. Eventually whomever is organizing the Tour of CT will get it figured out. But having all the fields do exactly the same course regardless of skill level makes it SEEM like the Tour of CT is not as well organized / planned /funded as other stage races in the area. And maybe it’s not and the race needs a few years to grow, gain publicity, gain backing and funding.
was TT Vegan in Eye-Rack???
or was that Ted King TTing in Giro
tongue&cheek math question: 5+3=10?
double points should be fun tonight!
1 Anthony Maisto (Deno’s Wonder Wheel) 7 5 12
2 Frank Arroyo (CRCA/Pacifico-Hincapie) 5 3 10
3 Samuel Martinez (WS United) 1 7 8
3 Alan Buday (CRCA/Global Locate) 7 7
If it’s so short and so easy…
Why didn’t you show up and win? Why did Will Dugan, multi-time national champion win? Why did three professional Kelly riders come in 3, 4, 5? Why did people drop out? Were you there to judge the difficulty of the course? Why are hill climbs 8 miles, and road races 80 miles… does that make one more difficult than the other?
Andy Hampsten won the Giro from that cold, decisive SHORT stage. Look what happened.
CT Stage Race Stage 2 was hard. Think about the answers to those questions and you’ll see.
It’s about competing against other racers at your own level.
Take competition is 100 m track sprint…7th graders will find it hard to win as they compete against other 7th graders. Olympic athletes will find it just as hard, if not harder, competing against other Olympic athletes. It’s the not just the distance that makes it hard…it’s who you compete against that makes it hard.
sorry
Take a pill.
GMSR
Fitchburg
Owasco
All of the local stage races increase in mileage as the category increases. If I am so stupid, explain this phenomenon? Just coincidence, or good planning by those race organizers? Fact is the Tour of CT is not a great stage race. I’m not doubting the course on Sunday was hard, but I don’t think the circuit race on Saturday was difficult at all.
This isn’t track racing, it’s road racing. Yes, a 25 mile circuit race might be hard for a cat 5, but it’s not challenge for a Cat 1. He might be going faster than a cat 5, and racing against other racers of his ability, but frankly I can’t imagine that it would be that satisfying for a CAT 1/2.
Instead of flinging insults why don’t you try and answers some of the points I raised? Like, if it’s a circuit race, why couldn’t the Cat 1/2 have done more laps?
I didn’t do this race because of the exact points I raised. It’s not a well known, established stage race. It doesn’t seem very well laid out. Maybe you’re made of money, but I only have so much cash to throw around. These are some points the race organizers could take into mind for next years race. It’s not like there was a lot of competition for races this past weekend. The CRCA race was PACKED!!!
Last I heard we were all grown ups. I think a race promoter can take some constructive criticism about a race.
Also, for the most part, this is still country still operates on capitalism. If a race isn’t any good, it won’t make any money. If there are ways a promoter can improve an event, he/she should know. Don’t just blindly defend an event. That’s not helping anybody.
grownups? where? shhhh, let’s go hide!
overestimating the maturity level of your average NYVC poster.
FBF is CANCELLED TONIGHT 6/2/09
No joke, just got off Phone with Charlie.
The roads are flooded from this recent thunderstorm with over 1 foot of water in Turn 3!
RACE IS CANCELLED.
Sorry for such a late notice but I JUST found out and was asked to post here in NYvelocity.com
Best,
David Sommerville
Director Sportif
Sommerville Sports
Wow schmalz. I thought wheelsuckin royal potty for the win was weak. But a fake post trying to confuse your competition into stating home? New low…
Was FBF really cancelled last night, or was that a prank?
FBF Results
June 2 2009
Category 3/4
3 starters
1 Dan Schmalz CRCA/Pacifico-Hincapie
2 Andy Shen CRCA/Pacifico-Hincapie
3 Christian VanDeVelde Garmin-Chipotle
Thank you racers
Charlie
Date: June 2, 2009
Course: Everyone’s favorite NYC abandoned airfield with weeds, wind and women (well, 2 out of 3), oh, and no drainage. 2.25 mile imaginary oval shortened to a .9 mile rhombus with tight corners, barriers and thousands of lakes.
Conditions: Overcast at the start, a warm sunset by race’s end…and the least amount of wind I can ever recall at FBF. Eerily quiet and subdued – reminded me of McCarthy’s THE ROAD.
Summary: Last night at Floyd I rode my own race. I dictated the pace and didn’t let others disrupt my rhythm. I was my own “Army of One”. I rolled up to line and got a great starting position upfront. I envisioned a strong ride and clipped in as I rolled away. I felt strong as I weaved around the mini-lakes on the course holding the line of moth drawn to a bring light on a hot summer night. Racers were so intimidated by my strength, that most had not even gotten out of their cars. Most just turned around and drove home. Those that rode to the course similarly departed and rode away. I felt strong. I repeatedly chased down the ghost of Schmalz, nearly catching it when his Carbon Vapor Zipp wheel popped out of his frame because he forgot to tighten his imaginary skewer. After about 20 laps (I lost count because Charlie just sat in his car and didn’t shout out how many laps were left. Come to think of it, the lazy SOB didn’t even bother to put out a single orange cone. Oh, well, you get what you pay for, I suppose…) I decided to lead it out and sprinted hard to the line. I’m not sure how I did, but in my mind, I won (of course, I think that every time). I’ll know better when the results are posted. I heard it was double points, but who cares, really? I get those all the time on my frequent flyer programs and I’m no fool, I know they’re pretty much worthless. This week’s song…Excitable Boy, by Warren Zevon…
Lawl.
Luwl.
Thanks to all who attended the CT Stage Race. I didn’t promote the race but tried to help out where I could. If you have suggestions for next year, post them and I’ll convey them to the promotor. Jim Thompson, the promotor, (no relation) did a great job putting the race together and worked many, many long hours starting in December 2008. So, thank you Jim.
as i discovered the species known as the “excitable cat 4” (also known to some as the genus “excitabilis ten-races”), i quite enjoy the frequent sighting and discussion of this particular breed. please continue.
Let’s assume that all Cat 4’s were blipped out of existence. Would that help or hurt all you P/1/2/3’s. Same with all the freds that buy their gear locally. They keep the shops alive….
Like it or not you feed at our teets….
defensive cat 4!
that could be achieved by not posting look at me, look at me, race pics.
never once, did i envision the extinction of the excitable cat 4 during my anthropobicyclogical research. my purpose was only to inform the public of this common creature.
Looks like he gets beaten out in interviews also:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1139552506&play=1
seeing two market pros expecting opposite results, i feel safest just paying off debt, hell with investing…
i don’t know. the guy opposite olsen is investing in endo pharmaceuticals. unfortunate name if you are a cyclist.
“your” the idiot blogging about greg olsen’s appearance on cable news
http://www.rockracing.com/team
“better to burn out, than fade away…”
Greg Olsen might be a Cat 2, but he gives PRO financial advice.
-Pyle Keppo
Navel gazing, power read-outs,
biological passports for all cat 2’s and above,
they must be doping.
No way they can get that fast on bread and water alone.
Early start times, demand photos.
The chatter of birds.
–inspired by wallace stevens and 100s of cat 4’s posting here
I bet Olsen takes Rady in a field sprint any day
Maria Bartiromo’s lips generate at least 15 watts an hour.
Hey why don’t you pretend you’re a decent human being and not post sexist comments like that. There are women who read this site, and men who aren’t interested in your frat jokes.
See your face is getting flush even though you posted that anonymously.
Please feel bad for 10-15 minutes.
why is a tribute to her lips sexist? it was praise. she is smart as a whip too.
oh i’m sorry i meant to say the dimples on her lips help reduce aerodynamic drag while she speaks rapidly at different yaw angles, like zipp wheels. didn’t mean to be offensive or sexist. besides, i think larry kudlow is hot. the way he says “mustard seeds” just tickles me pink.
Keep digging out. Almost there
it’s been more than 15 minutes, i don’t feel bad any more. have a nice day. thanks for taking a stand and setting me straight, no pun intended. can i comment on how i bet art cashin’s buns have huge dimples without offending you?
without liberal white guilt
Was hot in the 90s… now she is busted and old.
i think she’s using stan’s tire sealant in her lips to prevent flats.
women do not read this site.
What appears to have gone unnoticed in Marxism, Marxist feminism, and radical feminism is that there is the perception that in the capitalist system there is a stripping away of the spiritual qualities of life as a person is reduced to being a mere cog in a machine. There is a tendency in some feminist writings to discuss the relationship between feminism and prostitution in much the same terms, thus stripping away the transcendent and spiritual qualities of prostitutes and leaving only a mechanistic view of prostitutes within prostitution.
The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us. – P. J. O’Rourke
Does that include Cat 4’s?
…biggest whores of all.
Are 4’s pimped out by 3’s, and if so, what are 2’s?
Cat 4’s are the biggest John’s, cause they are pay to play.
Cat 5’s are like a nervous teenager in a whore house cause they still have to pay, but they have no idea what they are doing.
Cat 3’s are just slutty and loose. They’ll play with the 4’s, pro 1/2’s or themselves if they have to.
Cat 2’s are the hard working whores. They won’t lube up unless there’s money involved, but they won’t turn down an opportunity.
And Cat 1’s are the high class whores. There’s got to be big bucks, and reputation involved
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5034258n%3fsource=search_video
but thumb’s up for 10:21
10:24 that’s AWESOME!
Thanks for the link.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8082354.stm
whoa, that is in fact awesome. too bad you have to join a gym and rent storage space in order to get a shower in and park your bike safely!
adler rode a smart commute.
What up with the non matching tires??!???
matching tires are VERY important on your ride to work
all the kids are doing it…called “Miss Match”…
perfect as all my winter tires have been rotated twice to increase usable mileage…
Nice commute Phil!
How much is storage for bike and clothes? Is there a bed in there too?
The gym looks swanky!
I want to move to the burps to increase my commute…
Interesting stat, 1 in 3 in Amsterdam commute by bike!
NYC is way behind the curve on this one. It’s surprising with all the traffic congestion and overcrowding on the trains, subways, and buses that NYC hasn’t pulled it together. And making a couple bike lanes here and there in the city isn’t enough.
Bike storage is a big issue. Rider safety is a big issue (and again making a couple bike lanes isn’t going to solve it). NYC loves to tout itself as a green city, and a leader in sustainability, but it’s a joke and a lie.
Guy’s like Phil deserve a big thumbs up for setting a great example. I’m sorry he has to pay for bike storage.
Sorry Vande Velde. Green is in, Argyle is out
Good on ya, Phil!
Were those flat bars, though…!?
really puts my park slope to ues daily to shame
Mr. Riggio is now one with the Ralpha.
right on phil, i am in awe. i ride a measly 5 miles to and from everyday all year long. rain, snow, ice etc.
I don’t know about that. While it’s clear he’s discovered that commuting on a bike can be the perfect counterpoint to the cosseted and quick-fix nature of modern life, it’s hard to discern if, during the commute, he’s celebrating the glory and suffering unique to road riders. Looks like he’s having too much fun, frankly.
He rides for CRCA/Ralpha Racing. He did the Ralpha Gentlemen’s Race. So it doesn’t matter what you think. He is Ralpha to the core.
great commute, no doubt no doubt, but 2 hours? I find it hard to believe its either 40 miles, or that he does it in 2hrs.
Factor in bike storage (masturbation) and gym (mens) “shower”…
And have “energy” to look at 3 screens of downward spiraling charts and graphs…short sell, short sell…cashcashcash…
I’m exhausted just imaginating myself, in an Adler kit…I can’t wait to take myself out with my water bottle…
…ever
I know, there are several bike fashion emergencies in the video, sorry about that. I’ve been doored 4 times already by cabbies, so the bike is more about function than fashion. Use what is old, comfortable, and dispensable is the rule of thumb for commuting.
The storage room costs $200 a month, and does have room for a cot, although I don’t have one there… yet. The monthly train ticket is over $300 now.
meant to say disposable, not dispensable
do you do intervals on your ride to work?
Hey Phil I’m going to be sure not to show that video to my wife, who is busting my balls to move to the burbs, including Darien.
Kudos to you for doing the commute though, that’s awesome. Inspiring, even.
Umm, depressing, actually, when I look at my own pathetic riding schedule…
if you have a friend to give you keys to his place you could give him $300 per month for bike room and shower.
speaking as a girl, Maria B’s lips have nothing on Cali Carlin’s…
I don’t really do intervals – just hit the Wednesday night slugfest at Bethel and park races on the weekends.
winter too?
nice video, glad they finally got someone who is more representative of myself and a lot of other commuters i know as opposed to the usual (ie, david byrne or hipster chick with schwinn cruiser)
you do all weather?
Would be smart if bike shops could provide storage for a small monthly fee. Maybe it wouldn’t make sense with the rents in Manhattan, and they’d have to have someone there early. But I’d pay $40 a month if I could drop my bike off around 8 am and pick it up a 6 pm.
when its below 30 degrees I opt for the train, so Jan, Feb are pretty much train riding months. Dark and cold gets old pretty quick.
For basically a bike garage, drop off in the morning, with showers and a locker room. During the day if you wanted work done on your bike you could have that done, just fill out a request, and the garage would offer to send out your clothes for dry cleaning. I have lots of ideas though. Some better than others.
Massage?
Rent dogs to homeless people. Most people are more likely to drop a quarter if you’ve got a sad-looking pooch nuzzled next to you.
Oooh, a bike locker shop/store replete with a cafe, mechanics in-house, plasma tv’s, leather couches & chairs in a lounge setting, maybe an endless lap pool, swank locker facilities….
Can it be done?
The bike garage might not be able to be done, obviously. But I wouldn’t sell bikes at my imaginary garage, and I would probably contract out the repairs.
The dog rental idea sounds like a winner.
This announcement appeared in the March 1992 issue of Bicycling magazine:
“This spring a new concept in bike commuting debuts in Denver. It’s the Denver Bicycle Club, an upscale shower and locker facility near downtown offices and only a block from the city’s major bike path. For $100 a month, 225 bike commuters get membership in a luxurious social club featuring valet bike parking, a personal locker for helmets, gloves and shoes, and another jumbo locker for a week’s worth of business suits or dresses. The club also has steam rooms, lounges, and exercise equipment including indoor bikes, stair climbers, treadmills, rowers, and weight machines. For an extra charge, dry cleaning, bike maintenance, breakfast, lunch, and massage are available. Several months before opening, co-owners Jon Meredith and Dave Darling had received hundreds of inquiries and were expecting a waiting list. The idea, born through the bike commuting frustration of former banker Meredith, may soon spread. Already, the partners are scouting Newport Beach, Seattle, and San Diego.î
It sounds like heaven to me, so when will it start here? Are there enough upscale bicyclists around to support this? Maybe a local health club can add some bicyclist services.”
Seriously, with the economy in the dumps a lot of people are re-evaluating their health club memberships, and whether they need that new bike. Fitness clubs and bike shops alike are suffering. Finding a new source of income in bike storage/use of shower facility has to be attractive to someone.
There is a company on the west coast called Bike Station that does this. Drop off, pickup, storage, mechanics, franchise opportunities. I think the issue is inadequate demand for this kind of operation to be profitable in NYC, or to break even when you you take all of the fixed costs with such a project into account.
Plus, any place you could afford to place the garage in NYC might be too out of the way of the workplaces of commuters.
And you have a 17 year old copy of Bicycling magazine handy?
Nope, remembered reading this, Google search and…voila.
If any of the self storage facilities were smart, they could charge $40-$50 a month to store the bikes. They would have to spend some income on making a bike rack that was several tiers high, but the economy of space would make it more profitable than renting storage lockers. Just a thought. There are several storage facilities on the west side highway.
Or Chelsea Piers. Someone should pitch the idea to them. Then they could advertise on NYVC. Ad revenue for the website.
i’m opening one of these on the west coast that is also medicinal marijuana dispensary. later NYC!
NYVC garage! We finally have our franchising opportunity!
unless it were a chain throughout the city. how far is one going to travel from their bike garage? chelsea piers? then what, train/taxi to wall st? not to mention uws, etc? there’s a reason why this doesn’t exist. and it’s especially bad for manhattan where space is $$$ and bikes take up space.
yeah honestly there would have to be almost as many of these as there are starbucks to make it worthwhile to a commuter
I think you may have come up with a winner. Starbucks are hurting, my usual joint (for workday caffeine, I’ve standards on the weekend) just closed as an example. They are already bundling drinks and sandwiches. They could throw in bike parking and a stack of wet wipes for an extra fiver.
Well then, make the city put its money where its mouth is. Bloomberg et al. keep bragging about how bike friendly NYC is. Why don’t they install bike storage stations? NJ transit has bike storage lockers at some of their train stations in NJ, so people can bike to the train instead of taking their car and parking.
It would be ideal if bike shops could do it. They are all over the city and are always in need of extra income. It wouldn’t take a lot of extra space as they could stack the bikes.
Someone will figure it out. It’s just a matter of when.
all that is small fries. you need to get me a bike lane in the holland/lincoln tunnels. <20 miles from mid/downtown by car ... 40 by bike
“there would have to be almost as many of these as there are starbucks”
Not really. Why would they need any on the lower east side, upper east side, upper west side, harlem? Most people work in midtown, or downtown. 3 or 4 in each area would do it.
i don’t know what kind of “stacking” you have in mind, but no thanks. and yes, bikes take up a lot of space. the model bike stores like to use is very little inventory, lots of mail order. this is the opposite of that model. Some bike stores do in fact offer this service in winter when they keep low inventory anyway, but i don’t think anyone is gonna make a buck off this kind of service.
hey 439, congrats, you just named really high rent areas!!
you all have a much better chance of convincing your bosses to start a space like this where you already work. If I’m biking to work, which I do, I’m not then walking/train/or taxi after that, that’s just silly. In other words, anything over 4 blocks away is right out.
With the population of NYC expected to continue to increase at it’s current rate, there are going to be more people on the trains, subways and buses. If you don’t think the powers that be in NYC are trying to figure out how to make NYC more friendly to those that commute by bike, then you are dreaming.
NYC is currently investigating several bike related commuting alternatives. They are looking at examples in several cities including, Portland, Paris, Chicago, DC, and London.
With the MTA cutting services, I do hope they hurry up with a solution.
What areas of Manhattan are not high rent?
jersey city
Great, my “boss” creates a space for me to store my bike. But my building won’t even let me in the lobby with a bike.
http://www.nycc.org/photos/04_bikestation/
Would drop in like a Shake Shack.
That’s very cool – looks like it’s sponsored by the city of Chicago?
Look, instead of naysaying about this, we need to drive NYC to adopt this sort of thing. If Chicago can do it, why can’t NYC? There should be one of those at every major park in the city.
And, $99 a year? New Yorkers would pay double or triple that. Gauranteed! There would be a wait list a mile long to get a member ship space.
Build it and they will come.
and by Grimace apparently?
http://www.chicagobikestation.com/
It;s like the episode of Men Vs. Wild with Will Ferrell and Bear Grylls…..sometimes there are those moments when it just seems like you get clarity. Cursing over 3rd avenue bridge at 6AM…checking on teh city, turning over the cranks….I get it.
I get why that beats the crap out of sitting on a train.
BTW – if you haven’t seen Ferrell crap his pants repelling off a cliff anchoring by a sstick in the snow then you should – pure comedy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE4fvwTBtno
riggio is cool for doing that commute.
Like most of the ideas I come up with, this one also lacks funding.
I might need to rent that dog.
how much you need? I’ll call Uncle Tony and we’ll put something together.
Can uncle Tony fund the dog rental?
bike garage was one of the services offered by Cadence. We all know how that went, unfortunately.
This would be more of a shower with a bike rack attached.
…had a lot of reasons for why they closed that had nothing to do with the fact that they offered to store your bike. And it was called bike valet, thank you. And I think it only applied if you were taking their very expensive classes.
keep your meathooks off my dog rental business or else I’m giving creed your address.
that’s the kind of post I was looking for