Rides: USI Members' Favorites

NOTE: All rides posted are Non-USI sponsored Local Area Rides.

Gimbels Ride:

• When: Saturdays & Sundays at 9:20AM
• Where: Cross County Shopping Center (Yonkers, NY)

This is the premiere ride in the northeast, if not the country, attracting upwards of 100 riders in warmer weather. The ride starts at the south facing steps of Macy's (formerly Gimbel's) Department store in the Cross County Shopping Center in Yonkers NY, at 9:20 am. You can park your car there. You can also join us as we ride northward on Central Avenue (Rt. 100) through Yonkers, Scarsdale, and White Plains. Ride splits into 3 after the warm-up, depending on your ability. All 3 rides finish in the same place, New Rochelle.

Thanks to Pete Greges, we now have the Gimbel's "regular" ride (aka "short" ride) mapped to Google Earth. First you need to download the Google Earth application. Once you have installed the application on your computer, you can download this ZIP file of Gimbel's "regular" ride map. Inside the ZIP file you will find a .kml file you can double-click to run in Google Earth.

Pre-Gimbels Rides:

• When: Saturdays & Sundays at 7:00am
• Where: Bagels&More (Hartsdale, NY)

Feel like proving how fit you are? Then double your pleasure by coming out for the Pre-Gimbels ride on weekends. Just like the name suggests, this is an early morning ride before the Gimbels ride starts. Both rides meet up with the Gimbels ride so you may continue on.

The "Unemployment" Ride:

• When: Tuesdays & Thursdays at 9:00AM
• Where: Lord & Taylor (Eastchester, NY)

This is a "friendly" ride. No hammering allowed. The ride is a variation of Gimbel's ride and finishes in the same place, BagelZone in New Rochelle. It doesn't take a super cyclist to keep up with the pace of this ride so come out and enjoy this morning ride. Plus, you get to ride with the legend of USI, Otto!

Monday Night Ride:

• When: Mondays at 6:00PM
• Where: High Caliper (White Plains, NY)

Are you a new rider or just want to get back into shape? Come and learn bicycling skills in this great group ride. It begins April 1st, 6pm sharp — til dark, meet at High Caliper's back parking lot. Mark Lalloo is our ride leader.