Welcome to the Westchester Cycle Club website! We've been riding together since 1975 and are a not-for-profit organization in Westchester County, New York devoted to encouraging and supporting bicycling of all types and at all skill levels. Our major activities are road riding, mountain biking and advocacy. We actively promote safe and courteous bicycling on our many and varied types of roads. We have been designated the top bicycling club in the country in 2011 by the League of American Bicyclists.
We're open to everyone—not just Westchester residents, not just inveterate cyclists—and we'd love you to join us. A $20 annual membership provides you and your family with a variety of rides; beginner or expert, you'll find something just right. Our Orientation Ride will help you find just the right paced group for you. We offer lots of member-led rides throughout the entire county as well as Putnam and Duchess and Fairfied (Ct) counties. Rides are scheduled on weekends as well as many weekdays and evenings and wind their way through some of the Lower Hudson Valley's most scenic areas. We also schedule multi paced rides once a month with food, drink and camaraderie afterward. The highlight of the year is our renowned GOLDEN APPLE, now in its 30th year. It is a fully supported charity event with rides of varying lengths. For a more complete picture of what the WCC is all about, read our More Info page.
If you're a new member, make yourself welcome by taking a peek at the sage advice of our new members committee. And treat yourself to one of our immediate benefits: member discounts at a many Westchester bike shops!
I look forward to riding with you!
Debbie Ramsey
President
Dinner Program on February 27
Stability and Strength
By Flori Doyle - updated 2/12/12
Core conditioning, one of the most beneficial components of strength training for cyclists, can improve performance especially when the moves are sport specific. Expand your knowledge and enhance your motivation to create your own personal program for more core flexibility! Learn some new moves to stabilize and strengthen your lower back and abdominals. Personal trainer, Eve Hartman, and Athletic Trainer, Emma Jonsson, will lead you in expanding your knowledge and workout with a wide range of strategies and techniques. So join us at the Tuscan Grill for a good meal! We will convene at 6:30 pm, dinner is served at 7:00 followed by our guest presenters! It is time to work toward a stronger you for the upcoming season! Sign up here.
Bike Camp
Save the Date!
By Kate Marshall - updated 2/03/12
Mark your calendars for the
First Annual Westchester Cycle Club Bike Camp!
April 28th, 2012
Want to learn how to ride a road bike? ride better and with confidence? ride faster? ride in groups? ride along with cars? ride over those hills? This program, focusing on safe riding and skill development, is for you.
What is Bike Camp?
The purpose of this event is to reach as many people as possible, encouraging them to ride on the roads in a safe, enjoyable manner. We will target as many different kinds of riders as are interested, from families with children to serious athletes.
What's the format?
For this first year, we are planning an all day Saturday event, including classroom instruction and practice rides and drills, divided into various skill levels. A menu of workshops and activities will be offered during registration.
Morning session:
This will include a film, a lecture that covers various points, question and answer, and if possible, some live demonstration about bike selection, fit, clothing, and problems one is likely to encounter. Break-out sessions will focus on particular skills and interest areas. This will be followed by a lunch break and socializing. While this is going on, bikes will be checked out for tire pressure, overall readiness to ride, and fit.
Afternoon session:
Workshops (will run depending on interest at registration):
• For beginners: Starting, stopping, turning and shifting.
• For all: The Instant Turn.
• For all: Riding in traffic, including hand signals and left hand turns.
• For intermediate/ advanced: Climbing and descending.
• For intermediate/ advanced: Electronica (Garmin, Strava, MapMyRide, etc.)
• For intermediate/ advanced: Nutrition and training for improvement.
• For intermediate/ advanced: Riding in a pace line and in an echelon.
• For all: Basic mechanics and bike maintenance.
• For ride leaders: Basic first aid for cyclists.
• For all: The Slow Race.
• For all: Bumping on the grass.
• Special youth program, including such topics as helmets, keeping your line, passing safely, how to pace yourself, spandex alternatives, bling your bike, bike art
Bike Camp will take place at Mariandale Retreat and Conference Center in Ossining, NY
Lunch is included in what will be a modest charge.
Registration information- Check back soon.
2012 Mileage Log
Back by popular demand
The mileage log as been a popular continuing feature in the January issue of Plain Spoke'n for some time. Going froward we are posting it on the web site so that it is easily downloadable. Thanks to Lloyd Oestreicher, we now have two options available to us. You can print out a mileage log as a PDF and fill it in with a pencil or pen, or you can keep track of your mileage in an Excel spreadsheet version. If you don't have Excel, you can get Open Office for free that will read and write all Microsoft Office documents here.
Click here for the PDF version of the 2012 Mileage Log.
Also, club member Peter Aaron contributed this ride log. Works a bit differently than the other two, but worth looking at.