I have consulted with Zeus and he has confirmed that the weather should be almost perfect at the start:    65 degrees, partly cloudy with 6mph S wind.   Any threat of rain should not occur until after the picnic.While you may not get that PR on Sweet Road due to a bit of a headwind, the winds will probably get a bit stronger (10mph) as the day progresses and we should get a nice push up SkyHigh Road and Lafayette Rd climbs at the end of the ride when we need it the most.BrianTT Directore/Part-time Meteor ...Continue Reading

7 extremely stoic riders rode 252 miles last night in 25 mph winds and chilly temperatures.  I would like to report that I was among them, but I wanted to save my energy in case I had to shovel the driveway.   Tom Thomas J. Fucillo Counselor at Law tfucillo@PROTECTED   Menter, Rudin & Trivelpiece, P.C. Counselors at Law 308 Maltbie Street, Suite 200 Syracuse, NY 13204-1498 Telephone: (315) 474-7541 Fax: (315) 474-4040 www.menterlaw.com   *PLEASE CONSIDER THE IMPACT ON OUR ENVIRONMENT BEFORE PRIN ...Continue Reading

I would be happy to do the shorter ride on Friday, if anyone would like to join me. Unfortunately, I don't have time for the longer ride. Molly Sent from my iPad ...Continue Reading

Just an update on the route for Friday’s ride.  The new, improved map, that bypasses 321 on the return, has been posted to the website – LBP-2I will have a few copies, but please print your own if possible. *From:* Peggy Hotaling [mailto:peg89@PROTECTED] *Sent:* Monday, June 6, 2016 9:48 AM*To:* 'occ2@PROTECTED' <occ2@PROTECTED>*Subject:* Friday with OCC Friday, we’ll be doing Joan’s Breakfast Ride.  The ride will start at LONGBRANCH PARK (park on the west side of the bridge, not at the boatho ...Continue Reading

Hi everyone, Last evening’s SnE west ride brought out a larger number of riders than I would have anticipated based on the weather conditions.  I was rather disappointed to have slipped back into this cool weather once again.  The coolness seems to be driven by some circulating Canadian cold fronts that are mixing with the warmer southern US fronts and leaving us with cooler weather.  Hopefully this will get by us soon.  At least we are not dealing with flooding as some other areas are. We ...Continue Reading

Registration closes tomorrow for the 70.3 warmup get additional details go to https://www.bikereg.com/occ-ironman-703-warmup  I check with Brian and he says the forecast is for upper 70s slight chance of a thunder storm late in the day. So come on out Mike ...Continue Reading

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Just in case you missed my TT report and my email yesterday!Brian *From:* Brian Goetke <goetke1@PROTECTED> *To:* Occ2 <occ2@PROTECTED> *Sent:* Monday, June 6, 2016 6:23 PM *Subject:* OCC Tuesday night Time Trial CANCELLED this week....... In case you missed it in my TT report last week,   the Time Trial is cancelled this week.   The weather is looking sketchy for the TT anyway.  At least it won't be broiling for the Corporate Challenge this year.We will commence again next Tuesday, ...Continue Reading

Hi,I was looking over the weather radar and there are a number of scattered rain pockets that seem to be moving through the Syracuse area at the moment…depending on where you are located.  To the west of these there does not seem to be a lot of rain pockets following…it looks clear back to Iowa.  Considering the speed at which they are moving and the fact that it appears to be clear to the west, I plan to be at the park per normal.  If it should rain at all, I would bet it will pass quickly.  See yo ...Continue Reading

I am looking for suggestions for a decent bike rack for the back of my Mazda that will be durable but also limit the amount of damage done to my car (worried about scratches and marks on my car where the hooks go on/around the trunk). I don’t have a trailer hitch currently on either of my cars. Can anyone suggest a good bike rack or possibly ways to cushion/protect the hooks from scratching my car?   Currently I use my minivan to move my bike around when I go out riding – but I’m not always be able to do that – s ...Continue Reading