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Robert Brum

Robert BrumRobert Brum, assistant metro editor in Rockland, joined The Journal News in 1991. He was a copy editor in the paper's Harrison newsroom and night city editor in the Yonkers/Mount Vernon bureau before coming to the Rockland newsroom in 1998. A graduate of Ramapo High School and SUNY Brockport, Brum grudgingly moved to Queens when he got married in 2003.

E-mail Robert Brum at rbrum@lohud.com

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Nyack’s incoming mayor says thanks

November
6

Newly-elected Nyack mayor Richard Kavesh will be thanking voters from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday in front of the Nyack post office on South Broadway.

At 10 a.m. Sunday, he’ll be in front of the Nyack Senior Building at 90 Depew Avenue holding mobile office hours.

Kavesh defeated fellow Village Trustee Denise Hogan on Tuesday and [...]

Posted by Robert Brum on November 6th, 2009 | Post a Comment »

Lost a great friend and a great rider

October
20

The guy who introduced me to serious cycling and took me on my first rides some 30 years ago, Jerry Pagano, died last month in New Mexico.

Jerry took me to Nyack Bicycle Outfitters back in the early 1980s where Jim Skelley set me up with a Bianchi. I spent the next couple of years chasing [...]

Posted by Robert Brum on October 20th, 2009 | Post a Comment »

Riding 1,000 miles to battle deadly enemy

September
28

Just received word about a cycling event that is in progress and will conclude this weekend at Rockland Lake. Details follow:

The 1,000 mile Ride For the Cure to benefit GIST Cancer Research Fund will conclude on Saturday in Rockland Lake State Park in Congers.

The organizers are hoping that cyclists will join the core team for [...]

Posted by Robert Brum on September 28th, 2009 | Post a Comment »

Golden Apple: 75 miles and counting

September
8

I rode the Golden Apple on Sunday with eight of my buddies from the Long Island and Massapequa Park bicycle clubs.

We did the 75-mile loop. Actually, we managed to log 78.5 miles when we missed a couple of turns – despite the plethora of pavement markings and helpful volunteers.

The weather was perfect, the scenery was [...]

Posted by Robert Brum on September 8th, 2009 | Post a Comment »

Orange County foliage ride signup under way

August
27

The 20th riding of the Fall Foliage Bike tour is set for Oct. 4 beginning at the Brotherhood Winery in New  Windsor in Orange County.

Registration and signup begins at 7:30 a.m. that day.

Rides includes 14, 25, 30 and 50 miles along the Orange countryside.

Sponsorships are available for interested companies. To pre-register or for other information, [...]

Posted by Robert Brum on August 27th, 2009 | Post a Comment »

Soft landing on a new saddle

August
25

Settling on a new saddle is a major topic of discussion among my riding buddies.

Seems everyone’s done a series of trial-and-error changes en route to their landing on their current choices. And even then most riders I know tolerate but rarely rave about their ultimate choice.

Since buying my Trek 5200 in 2003 I’ve tried a [...]

Posted by Robert Brum on August 25th, 2009 | Post a Comment »

Independence Day, Martha’s Vineyard: Perfect together

July
14

Spent July 4th weekend riding out of Woods Hole on Cape Cod with my wife and some mates from the Long Island Bicycle Club (libike.org).

We racked up about 135 miles over three days including a 50-mile loop from Woods Hole to the Bourne Bridge and my favorite ride of the year – a 56-miler around [...]

Posted by Robert Brum on July 14th, 2009 | Post a Comment »

Do you log your miles?

June
3

What kind of person tracks statistics like the mileage, average speed, altitude gain and time in the saddle after every ride?

Well, me for one.

A riding buddy of mine has made a ride log available on a site he runs named The Bicycle Site. It also contains a bunch of other resources for cyclists.

Check it out [...]

Posted by Robert Brum on June 3rd, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Note to self: keep your eyes on the road

June
2

I piled up 96 miles last weekend and got a new nickname.

We’re rolling up an incline at about 12 mph on a shady back road somewhere outside Lloyd Harbor on Saturday afternoon, when Kenny the ride leader calls out, “Check out the driveway coming up on the left – this guy always has a pair [...]

Posted by Robert Brum on June 2nd, 2009 | Post a Comment »

Holiday on wheels in Saratoga Springs

May
28

Spent the Memorial Day weekend in the Saratoga Springs area, riding with the Mohawk Hudson Cycling Club (webmhcc.org).

We started the weekend off with a 24-mile warm-up ride around Saratoga Lake.

On Saturday and Sunday, we road with MHCC’s B group, which means I was able to hang with them for oh, about two or three miles [...]

Posted by Robert Brum on May 28th, 2009 | 1 Comment »

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Randall Wolf 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-Ô90s 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.
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Robert Brum 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 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.
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