Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Press Conference on New Police (BS) on Parade Rules

Press Conference outside of One Police Plaza...Wednesday, January 31st. NOON

Indeed the police have published their latest version of their parade
rules, and they will go into effect on February 25th (Missing February
Critical Mass by a couple of days). The new rules forbid `parades' of
50 or more cyclists or pedestrians without police permission,
regardless of whether or not they obey traffic laws. We are holding a
press conference at One Police Plaza on Wednesday at noon to oppose
these rules and call on the City Council to stop this expansion of
power by the NYPD. City Council Member Rosie Mendez will be speaking,
a rep from the NYCLU will be there, and hopefully we'll have some
other city councilors and maybe a little Norman Seigel action. Also we
could use some bodies, so if you are free on Wednesday, please come through!

A change in the wind...

From the executive director of Time's Up--

"New York City Transportation Commissioner Iris Weinshall resigned today. Over the last couple of days there has been a lot of movement from New York City concerning transportation issues. Some have been favorable, some not so favorable. We'll see what comes next. One thing is for sure--this is not a coincidence, all of these things seem to be related, and all came about through your hard work. Congratulations. In addition to Smolka's resignation and the introduction of the parade permitting laws, we have also heard from our lawyer that the city is dropping the lawsuit against Time's Up, although we have not yet seen the official paperwork. We'll keep everybody updated on the lawsuit as soon as we know more. In the mean time, we'll see what the city does next and maybe we can have a discussion about future strategies concerning all of these changes. "
-Bill DePaola

NYC DOT Commissioner Iris Weinshall Resigns
Commissioner Iris Weinshall is leaving New York City's Department of Transportation for a job as Vice Chancellor for Facilities Planning, Construction and Management at the City University of New York. The Department of Transportation press office says that Weinshall will stay on for another ten weeks. Her last day on the job will be Friday, April 13. Read more about this new development at streets blog

Stuper Bowl, Feb. 3rd. and a new bike blog



All those racing in Minneapolis...we salute you. Stupor bowl is a long standing race and some day, I will make it out there.

Found a new bike blog... how to avoid the bummer life
What could be more fun than riding bikes, drinking beer and guns???

Sunday, January 28, 2007

Idiotarod 2007 video

Saturday was the Idiotarod. A race based on the iditarod, the Alaskan sled race, only this urban version is a team of five strapped to a shopping cart. Home Depot must be wondering where their shopping carts are, but look no further than the streets of Brooklyn and Queens, where some 400 participants raced. Its not a bike event, but it certainly has all the trimmings of a good one, lots of police presences, helicopters flying overhead, afterparties shut down before they started. Ah the fun of freedom in America. But despite the cluelessness of the NYPD we had a great time and check out this video from me and Chris Ryan of Team Spider , aka the lost viking from the Warriors video. Oh yah, and we shot the race from a tandem bike...nice...I like.

Saturday, January 27, 2007

NYPD redifines its Parade Rules--Goodbye Critical Mass

So despite all we fought for, the objections by key city council members and our hard work to stand up for our basic rights of assembly by coming to their rigged public speak-out at One Police Plaza...the NYPD has gone ahead with redefining the parade rules. Too Bad Smolka will get to miss out on all the fun, but don't worry, the Darth Vader of protesting will soon be replaced by an even meaner, more bald and much harsher on woman...Darth Mall.

From the New York Civil Liberties Union website

NYPD Modifies Proposed Parade Permit Rules

January 26, 2007 -- In response to objections raised by the New York Civil Liberties Union and other groups, the New York City Police Department has modified its proposal to expand the categories of bike and vehicle processions that would require parade permits.
In regulations originally proposed last summer, the Department sought to require police permits for sidewalk marches, any lawful street procession of 20 more bikes or vehicles, and any street procession of more than two people where any traffic law was violated. In final regulations published today the Department narrowed its proposal so that the only events requiring parade permits are roadway processions of 50 or more bikes or vehicles.

"These final rules mark a substantial improvement from the Department's original proposal, but we believe that requiring permits for law-abiding bike rides of only 50 people is unreasonable and unnecessary," NYCLU Executive Director Donna Lieberman said. "Changes to our City's permit laws should be made by the City Council, not the police department."

Added NYCLU Associate Legal Director Christopher Dunn: "We welcome the Department's change but remain concerned about how difficult it is for groups to obtain police permits. We will closely monitor implementation of these rules."
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So basically the police compromised by not targeting all demonstrations, only the one that goes on every month and that they never had a problem with untill the RNC. Let me be the first one to say, thank you to all those who worked so hard to stop this madness, who continued to ride despite all the violence and scare tactics they threw at us. All those that suffered broken limbs and broken bikes. I would also like to give a warm congradulations to the fascist NYPD. FUCK YOU, from the bottom of my heart and see you in Brooklyn...until they decide to start stomping on us there.

Book signing party for new Messenger photo book

Amy Bolger has been riding the streets and taking pictures for a long time. Now she has compiled her photographs of alleycats into a new book and there is a permier party, on February 16th, the day before Monster Track 8. (this is also a chance to pre-register for NYC's fix gear only race)

Friday, January 26, 2007

Critcal Mass says goodbye to Smolka

Tonight is the NYC's critical mass...all we've been through and...yes...still we ride! Here is an article from AM NY/Newsday about the Brooklyn Critical Mass.

Critical Mass gets 'free ride' in B'klyn

By Justin Rocket Silverman
amNew York Staff Writer

January 25, 2007, 6:34 PM EST
Cyclists who pedal into Union Square for Friday¹s Critical Mass ride will likely be met by a large force of police officers in squad cars and on motor scooters. And If the ride is like others over the last three years, some riders will be arrested and ticketed for taking part in a monthly event the city has deemed illegal and dangerous.

Yet just two weeks ago, a similar group of cyclists gathered outside Prospect Park for the Brooklyn Critical Mass ride. A similar force of police were also on hand. But that is where the similarities end.

"We're not going to go with you guys tonight," a police officer said as the ride got underway on Jan. 12. "Have a good time."

And with that the bikers rode off in a pack, running red lights and blocking traffic in the way Critical Mass rides worldwide do. The way that has resulted in hundreds of arrests in the Manhattan rides.

"The police have a very different attitude in Brooklyn," says Barbara Ross, a volunteer with Time's Up, a bicycle advocacy group. "The police in Brooklyn tell us they are there to support us. They are always joking with us, and telling us to be careful if we do the Manhattan ride."

Indeed, participants in this month's Brooklyn Critical Mass said officers sometimes even ride alongside the cyclists, helping them block traffic and keeping the bikers safe. Tickets and arrests are virtually unheard of in the Brooklyn ride, even though the traffic laws are the same in both boroughs.

"Cyclists in Brooklyn work in cooperation with the police," said NYPD Deputy Commissioner Paul Browne. "We have said many times that if the organizers in Manhattan cooperated with us, for example advised us of the route, we would accommodate the rides by safely closing intersections as they passed."

Cyclists disagree with Browne's assertion, pointing out that since there is never any pre-determined route for the Critical Mass rides, it would be impossible to advise police of the route.

Other cyclists offered another rational for the difference in law enforcement styles between the two rides.

"Manhattan is much more politicized," said the rider, who asked his name be withheld. "There you have the whole legacy of the RNC protests. You also have more traffic. Basically, what it comes down to, is that no one gives a damn what happens in Brooklyn."

Neither the NYPD nor Time¹s Up were able to provide exact figures on the number of those arrested or ticketed during Manhattan Critical Mass rides.

But both noted that the number of arrests has declined significantly in recent months.

Copyright 2007 Newsday Inc.
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Well according to the police, as usual, this is complete and utter bullshit...in regards to the Manhattan's CM. We all know that the only difference between Manhattan CM and Brooklyn is that the police force is run by Chief Smolka who has a hardon for protests and was trying to become a so-called expert on the subject so he could move up in the ranks. Basically he lumped all activities into the same category that anyone on a bike, caring a sign against BUSH or not following the model of shopping on a regular basis was some sort of Iraqi loving, police hatting, car hatting anarchist who should be locked up and have their constitutional rights ripped up in their face. In my opinion Critical Mass was a victim a few big wigs in the police force trying to show-off and their big opportunity was the RNC...thank you Mayor Bloomberg for rolling out the red carpet for a few thousand Republicans who don't live here and locking up all the citizens of your fair city who DO LIVE HERE and pay NYC taxes. I hope it was worth it. Meanwhile a friendly bike ride that goes on in 300 cities around the world on a MONTHLY basis gets attacked and your puppet spokesman...Paul Browne, feeds us more crap about how, oh the Brooklyn Critical Mass follows the rules? Stick to a pre-determined route? There is no pre-determined route. Now they are trying to divide us by borough. Oh all the good bike riders are in Brooklyn. The only reason we started Brooklyn Critical Mass was because we got tired of being clothes-lined off our bikes by your rookie cops and arrested for legally riding our bikes in the streets. Its our BIKE RIDE and you never had a problem with it till Bruce Smolka wanted to look good for his next job...and wait...look at whats going on....

Assistant Chief Bruce Smolka is retiring...What??? Thats right...the guy who likes to beat up on woman, female photographers and legal observers is now going to do security for Revlon. Smolka was in charge of activities from 57th street on down, and by activities I mean protesting. Smolka has a record, for beating up on anyone he feels like. A woman who is already in handcuffs, a photo journalist and recently a legal observer. Why Revlon cosmetics? Because they have a lot of protests against their mistreatment of animals. Check out this video of Smolka's behavior on I witness video's blog


Here is a newsday article about Smolka:

BY ROCCO PARASCANDOLA
Newsday Staff Writer

January 24, 2007

New York Police Department Assistant Chief Bruce Smolka, the Manhattan
commander revered by his officers but scorned by protesters, has filed for
his retirement, Newsday has learned.

Smolka made the announcement last week, surprising police commanders
gathered for a meeting at police headquarters, police sources said. The
32-year veteran will work his last day in less than a month, then go to work
for Ron Perelman, head of Revlon Corp., sources said.

Smolka's retirement comes as his reputation would appear to be set in
stone: Rank-and-file police officers adore him - one told Newsday he'd take
a bullet for him - while civil libertarians and many of those who have taken
part in recent demonstrations say he is short-tempered and overly
aggressive.

"As a civil rights lawyer, I'm not sad to see Smolka retire," said
Manhattan lawyer Jonathan Moore, who's handling several civil claims against
the police department. "His style of policing demonstrations has been to use
more force than necessary against people being arrested, which to me sets
the wrong example for other police officers. "

An inquiry for an interview with Smolka was referred to the NYPD press
office, which declined comment and would not allow Smolka to be interviewed.
Revlon did not return a call for comment.

As commanding officer of Patrol Borough Manhattan South, Smolka has one of
the most important and high-profile assignments in the NYPD.

He has been front and center at all major Manhattan events, from the
demonstrations during the 2004 Republican National Convention to the monthly
Critical Mass rallies that pit bicyclists against police.

His hands on-style - it's not unusual for him to jump into a tussle and
make an arrest - is unusual for someone of his rank, but it has won support
from police officers working the streets.

"He is a very smart man who treats his people with respect and knows how to
take control of a situation," said one detective who has worked for Smolka
and asked that his name not be printed. "He knows what he's doing. "

Smolka emerged as a key figure in the protests during the RNC. More than
1,800 people were arrested.

The New York Civil Liberties Union has filed two lawsuits challenging those
mass arrests, and Smolka is in the middle of giving a deposition regarding
police tactics, according to lawyers involved in the case.

Meanwhile, a separate lawsuit is nearing trial in Manhattan Federal Court,
as Cynthia Greenberg has accused Smolka of repeatedly kicking her in the
head and cursing at her while trying to arrest her during a 2003 Manhattan
rally in which demonstrators protested the U.S. government's immigration
policies.

Moore represents Greenberg, as well as Adrienne Wheeler, 28, a graduate
student from Brooklyn who has filed a notice of claim and plans to file a
federal lawsuit. Moore says Greenberg was working as a legal observer at
last February's Critical Mass rally when she was yanked off her bike by
Smolka and issued a summons, which was later dismissed, for driving the
wrong way down a one-way street.

Smolka allegedly stopped Wheeler's progress by grabbing the bike chain
around her waist. A videotape shows part of the confrontation, with Smolka
grabbing the chain as she is getting up.

Copyright (c) 2007, Newsday, Inc.

Sunday, January 21, 2007

Cleveland is cold

So I'm in Cleveland right now working on a travel show as a cameraman. (not me in the picture) Cleveland is a bit chilly right now but seems like a nice place to ride a bike, lots of briges and flat lands. Turns out there was a messenger race on Saturday (1/20/07) I tried getting in touch with someone in the area...but they never emailed me back. What gives? How was the race? What is the biker scene like here? I was great seeing fix gears zipping about in the 28 degree weather...There are also surfers here in the winter...hardcore.
Here are a few racers I snapped while we drove around


For more info on the messenger scene in the Great Lakes area check out: Chicago 7

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

There is a movement brewing to Impeach Bush

Some people are talking about a march in Washington DC to demand the impeachment of president Bush. Please check out March to impeach to find out how to get involved.


this video plus more are linked on this new site.

I urge you to get involved.

Bikes in the news

Jefferson Siegel, the man on the bike scene for the Villager, wrote an article on the recent Time's Up sponsored memorial ride.


Photo by Jefferson Seigel

Clockwise from top, cyclists lift their bikes at Houston St. and LaGuardia Pl. for Derek Lane, 23, a cyclist killed by a truck there in June; Mary Beth Kelly speaks on the Hudson River bike path where her husband, Dr. Carl Henry Nacht, was killed in June, as Transportation Alternatives’ Noah Budnick listens; cyclists place flowers on a ghost bike on Third Ave. honoring Reginald Chan.

Heavy lifting as cyclists honor those killed on the road in ’06

By Jefferson Siegel

Bicycle solidarity was on eloquent display last Sunday as hundreds rode in the Second Annual Memorial Ride to honor the 14 riders killed on city streets last year.

Two separate rides started out early in the morning in Queens and the Bronx, stopping at a dozen sites before meeting up midafternoon in the Village. At each stop, friends and colleagues poignantly spoke of their loss in

words usually reserved for close family members.

Risi Kondor, a computer science student at Columbia, rode even though he didn’t know any of the fallen cyclists.

“I think it’s important to make a statement to make this city safer and to commemorate those who can’t be here,” Kondor said as cyclists filled LaGuardia Pl. north of Houston St. at the spot where Derek Lake, 23, was struck and killed by a truck on June 23.

Keen Berger, the Village Democratic district leader and Community Board 2 member, circulated through the crowd with a basket of homemade oatmeal and chocolate chip cookies. Ian Dutton, a public member of C.B. 2’s Traffic and Transportation Committee, lamented the loss of Lake, an aspiring filmmaker, as well as the deaths of other cyclists on Houston St. in recent years, a thoroughfare so deadly it has earned the name “Boulevard of Death.”

“I am dismayed at the Department of Transportation’s disregard for the significance of these fatalities,” Dutton said, “and disappointed by D.O.T.’s efforts to ignore our neighborhood’s insistence that we address the safety issues for the cyclists that use this street.”

As they had on every stop that day, cyclists then held their bikes aloft in a symbolic “bike lift” salute before pedaling east.

At Third Ave. and 17th St., a white ghost bike marked where East Village restaurant owner Reginald Chan was killed last September. Members of Chan’s family stood silently, each holding a single flower. Cyclists dismounted and covered the stark white bike with colorful blooms.

The ride then pedaled west, past Union Square and through Chelsea to Ninth Ave. and 29th St., where Darren Lewis, 20, was killed in August.

On a summer night last June, Dr. Carl Henry Nacht, 56, was killed by a tow truck while he was riding on the bike path along the Hudson River at 38th St. On Sunday his wife, Mary Beth Kelly, surrounded by family and friends, stood before the silent group of riders and recalled how a bystander’s shirt was unable to staunch the blood of her husband’s fatal wound.

“I think the basic human nature is to be compassionate. We’re involved in civic activity; it gives meaning to our lives — connect with our community and think about the things that elevate us,” Kelly offered.

The ride then proceeded down the path to Clarkson St., where Eric Ng, 22, was killed by a drunk driver in December, one of three cyclists killed in the final weeks of the year.

At the last stop, the Memorial for Unnamed Cyclists on Houston and Lafayette Sts., the crowd listened to speeches by the ride’s organizers from Time’s Up! and Transportation Alternatives before performing a final bike lift.
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In the Sunday New York Times Magazine was an article on Messenger style and Timbuk 2 bags:

article

Biker Chic

By ROB WALKER
Published: January 14, 2007

Timbuk2

To be a bike messenger, a former member of that profession explains in the documentary “Pedal,” is to be part of a “whole different culture.” The messenger feels free, envied and looked down on all at once. “Bike messengers fall into the realm of outlaw,” he explains. It’s not clear exactly when people delivering things by way of a bike came to be thought of as a “culture,” but in recent years it has become clear that this image is widespread and probably marketable.

For instance, Advertising Age recently included a messenger-bag company called Timbuk2 in its “Marketing 50” list of up-and-coming brands. With sales to messengers “in the bag,” the magazine observed, Timbuk2 has lately “expanded into an urban-lifestyle brand,” with about $20 million in sales a year and growing quickly. The company’s roots go back to 1989, when a San Francisco bike messenger named Rob Honeycutt started making bags and selling them through local bike shops. When this started to look like a real business, he changed the original name — Scumbags — got some financial backing and opened a manufacturing facility in the Mission District. The brand sold made-to-order bags via the Internet and had a solid cult following by the time Honeycutt sold his stake to new investors and left in 2002.

Soon Timbuk2 started to have success with a more diversified product line. The brand now sells backpacks, laptop bags, duffel bags, tote bags, yoga bags and even wallets. Macy Allatt, director of marketing for the company, says that “urban living” is the common thread. While it is unlikely that bag purchases by actual bike messengers make up more than a sliver of Timbuk2 sales these days, they’re still “the reason this company has been successful,” she says. Presumably that’s both because a bag with messenger-ness in its DNA is bound to be ruggedly functional and because of courier culture’s harder-to-define outlaw chic.

Timbuk2 didn’t conjure this chic: the brand is one of many to notice that messengering seems connected to a more vague, but popular, notion of “urban” cycling, which carries a whiff of progressive politics, creativity and preference for the outdoors, even a paved cityscape, to one of the Man’s cubicles. And of course messengers really do care about their bags: ReLoad, Eric Zo and other small brands have devoted followings. But while, for example, messengers have organized competitions and races for years, it is only recently that these events have started attracting major sponsors like Puma. Meanwhile, the light “fixed gear,” or track bikes (which don’t have brakes), that some messengers use have attracted interest from increasing numbers of people who five years ago might have been drawn to skateboards. The makers of a new DVD called “Mash SF” — full of streety stunts (and painful-looking crashes) in the manner of a skate video but with bikes — were recently recruited to contribute to the influential Japanese style Web site Honeyee.com.

This messenger-inspired aesthetic is what Timbuk2 has addressed with its newer products (one bag is called the Blogger) and by expanding distribution to places like college bookstores. “We’re still very much committed to the cycling community,” Allatt says, noting that the brand sponsors messenger races as well as events like the Bicycle Film Festival and has produced a limited-edition artist series. And while many of the new products are made in China, the messenger bags are still made in San Francisco; the company has also introduced “sustainable” bags made of hemp. “We wouldn’t want to alienate where we came from,” Allatt says.

That’s always the trick: as is so often the case, the more popular the image of the messenger as outlaw icon gets, the more quickly the reality behind it recedes. One interesting thing about the documentary “Pedal” — completed in 2001 but recently rereleased with a companion book of photographs — is that it goes well beyond the popular cliché of the messenger as a tattooed, vegan, indie-rocking young man or woman who has made a lifestyle choice to avoid working in a cubicle. “It’s a nonunionized blue-collar job,” and many couriers are working-class dads with few other options, says Peter Sutherland, the director and photographer. “In New York, a lot of times it’s one step up from rock bottom.” That’s a little different from, say, a leisure activity like skateboarding. But we’ll take our fresh outlaw role models where we can find them, even if we find them risking life and limb to deliver packages for the Man.

Friday, January 12, 2007

Super 8 video from Nick

Filmmaker Nick Golebiewski has posted a super 8mm film he made at the Erig Ng memorial ride in December.

Check it out here

Indoor roller racing in February



This looks like the real deal. Races in which you must balance on rolling platforms and compete against others for the best time. Should be a good time and a great thing to check out.

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Ivan Morales is alive, and we are thankful


Ivan Morales was memorialized on Sunday's bike ride that wound its way through the five boroughs. The ride was the second annual event to bring attention to the cyclists killed each year at the hands of motor vehicles. Only one problem, Ivan Morales lived through his cycling crash. Not a problem at all, thankfully Ivan survived his ordeal of being hit by an off duty police officer who struck the Bronx resident with his SUV, a year ago.

check out the article in today's metro paper

The article mentions the issue that since Ivan is alive it makes it difficult for cycling advocay groups to keep accurate accounts of those killed by motor vehicles. Thats the issue? How about highlighting the fact that people can seriously mame and kill people with their SUV's and no charges or investigations are ever done?

Monday, January 08, 2007

Memorial Ride in the news


Photo of Eric Ng ghost bike on the 2nd annual memorial ride held January 8th, 2007 in NYC. Photo taken by:
Blue Cinema. See more photos of the event at blue cinema flickr.com

Last Sunday, Time's Up hosted the second annual memorial ride to pay respects to the cyclists killed in traffic accidents during last year of 2006.

There is a good discussion of the ride on streetsblog

and the NY SUN wrote an article highlighting how memorial rides like the one last Sunday may be illegal if the NYPD gets their way.

Also WNYC (NPR New York) had a story on Monday morning about the memorial ride:

Cyclists Remembered
by Arun Venugopal

"NEW YORK, NY January 08, 2007 —Hundreds of cyclists rode through the five boroughs. They stopped at 14 'ghost bikes' - bikes painted white marking where a cyclist was killed on the city streets last year. WNYC's Arun Venugopal has more.
REPORTER: After stopping at crash sites in Queens, Brooklyn and Upper Manhattan, the cyclists began to converge at a ghost bike on Houston Street. That's where 23-year-old cyclist Derek Lake was hit by a truck last June. As friends of Derek began to decorate the white ghost bike with flowers, a passerby, on foot, started arguing with the cyclists:
WOMAN: You guys, it's really too bad this happens. But you know how many pedestrians are endangered by bicyclists?
MAN: Well, you know, I mean, we're talking about people who have gotten killed.
WOMAN: I'm not talking about being killed. I'm talking about myself being hit or my dog almost being hit.
REPORTER: A few minutes later, the group of about 200 cyclists observed a moment of silence, lifting their bikes up in the air, above their heads. Will Green says he was Derek Lake's best friend, and that Derek starting cycling just a few weeks before he was killed, having sworn off the subway.
GREEN: Waiting in lines, and paying exorbitant fees. And he wanted to get some fresh air and get some exercise. He was really proud of it.
REPORTER: Barbara Ross is with Time's Up, the group that organized the bike ride. She and other activists say cyclists are at risk when cars double-park, forcing bikes out of bike lanes and into car lanes. The NYPD, she says, needs to do more.
ROSS: They said they would increase the enforcement, after September. They said that would be a priority. And I've been on the streets and I am still seeing double-parked cars, all the time, morning and night. And the cars are oblivious. They don't even realize it's an issue.
REPORTER: The city has promised to expand its network of bike lanes and some bikers said they were happy about the proposed public awareness campaign, meant to make car and truck drivers more conscious of cyclists. For WNYC, I'm Arun Venugopal."

Saturday, January 06, 2007

Details of Memorial Ride Tomorrow

Ride Schedule

Queens/Brooklyn/Manhattan Route
09:45-Meet @ Jamaica Center stop on the E or J trains.
Group will ride to Simpson Memorial together.
10:00-Frank C. Simpson, 174th St & Linden Blvd, Queens.
11:30-Jose Mora, North Conduit & McKinley, East New York
12:00-Shamar Porter, Linden Blvd & Williams, Brownsville
12:30-Keith Powell, Ave L & 93rd, Canarsie
01:00-Donna Goodson, Rockaway Pkway & Ave. D, New Lots
02:00-Bronx Jon, South 4th Street & Roebling,Williamsburg
02:45-Derek Lake, Houston Street & LaGuardia, West Village

Bronx/ Upper Manhattan Route
09:00-Meet @ Pelham Bay Subway stop. Last stop on the 6.
Group will ride to City Island Memorial together.
10:00-Ivan Morales, City Island, Bronx
12:30-Uptown Meet-up: 145th and 8th Ave, Harlem
12:45-Jamel Lewis, 145th St & 8th Ave, Harlem
01:30-Memorial for Pedestrians killed on the streets, E 96th and Park Ave.
02:00-Memorial for anonymous woman, 66th Central Park Traverse
02:45-Derek Lake, Houston Street & LaGuardia, West Village

The two group rides will converge @ the Derek Lake memorial.

02:45-Derek Lake, Houston Street & LaGuardia, West Village
03:15-Reginald Chan, 3rd ave & 17th street
03:45-Darren Lewis, 29th & 9th ave.
04:15-Dr. Carl Henry Nacht, Greenway & 38th street
04:45-Eric Ng, Greenway @ West & Clarkson