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David McKay Wilson, president of the Westchester Cycle Club, likes to ride in the hills of northern Westchester and Putnam counties. He has spearheaded the club's used bike collection, with more than 900 bikes sent from Westchester to Nicaragua since 2006, and has become an advocate for bike commuting in the lower Hudson Valley. A staff writer at The Journal News from 1986 to 2007, Wilson now writes for university magazines around the country.
E-mail David McKay Wilson at davidmckaywilson@aol.com
Come tonight to David Chen’s in Armonk to hear Westchester Cycle Club member Pearson Constantino’s story.
After two years of agonizing recovery from a life altering hit-and-run accident on Central Avenue in Hartsdale, WCC member Pearson Constantino, accompanied by his brother Pete, rode across America to make our roads safer and inspire more bicycling.
I rode with [...]
Richard Wilt, a veteran cyclist and marathon runner has lived for many years on Boone Road in Yorktown, which intersects with Route 100.
He cycled down to Route 100 countless times for safe rides along the broad shoulder, past the Muscoot Reservoir and Muscoot Farm. But on June 26, Wilt had a terrible accident.
He came onto [...]
Documents released this week by the state Department of Transportation show that Paleen Construction Corp. in Somers was paid over $40,000 for two days work to gouge out four miles of rumble strips on Route 100 in Yorktown and Somers.
The questionable highway “safety†project has created dangers for cyclists on what used to be one [...]
This just came across my desk from the NY Bicycle Coalition –
After seven long years, the Bicycle Commuter Tax Provision has finally passed both the House and Senate as part of the financial bailout package. President Bush has said that he is eager to sign the legislation. “We are delighted that the Bicycle Commuter [...]
The [...]
Here are the remarks I made at the rumble strip rally on Route 100.
Welcome to all the cyclists who came out in today’s wet weather to protest the state Department of Transportation’s installation of rumble strips on Route 100, which used to be one of the region’s safest state roads to ride upon.
The installation of [...]
Do real men wear bibs? And if they do, why do they wear them?
That’s the question I was asking this week after I tried a pair of Primal Wear’s latest bib shorts. When I arrived in Albany to write a profile on cross-country cyclists Pearson and Pete Constantino, they scoffed at my attire. Both had [...]
Thanks to all the riders who came for yesterday’s Rumble Strip Rally and Protest Ride along Route 100 in Yorktown. There were about 40 of us out there letting the state DOT know that it’s time for them to fix the serious safety problem the agency created by installing the rumble strips on a stretch [...]
Due to the predicted rain tomorrow, we’ve rescheduled the Route 100 Rumble Strip Protest Rally to Sunday, Oct. 5. The delay has been beneficial. It gave me and Kevan Full the time to dream up a multi-level ride as part of the Route 100 Rumble Strip Protest. I figure we might as well have one [...]
Randall Wolf is Director of Photography at The Journal News/LoHud.com, and has ridden more than 80,000 miles on a bike during the past 35 years. Some of these miles include a three-week touring trip from Suburban Philadelphia to Nova Scotia and back at age 16 and a few years later a solo two-week trip to Montreal. In 1985, he photographed the first U.S.-based team in the Vuelta a Espana, a three-week professional cycling race throughout Spain. He has participated in professional teams and races throughout the U.S. including the national championship in Philadelphia, and Tour of Georgia. In the mid-90s he competed as an amateur racer throughout the Northeast. Bike commuting was his choice of transportation while working in Baltimore and Toronto. He is a ride leader and member of the Westchester Cycling Club and Rockland Bike Club, and lives in Garrison with his wife. 
Robert Brum, an assistant metro editor for The Journal News/LoHud.com and The Rockland Express, grew up cycling the roads of Rockland County. He now lives in Queens and rides with the Long Island Bicycle Club. Brum logs between 2,000 and 3,000 miles a year cycling throughout the Northeast.
David Schloss is the co-founder and president of the Rockland Bicycling Club. A lifelong cyclist and self-described bicycling addict, Schloss is also a professional writer, photographer and educator, he is also the director of a group that supports photographers, which allows him to travel the globe, sneaking in rides. 
Copyright ©2009 The Journal News, a Gannett Co. Inc. newspaper serving Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties in New York.
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