CH Bicyclists Gather to Plan Cross Country Trip
Crown Heights [CHI] — A few days after Chanukah, a group of about 40-50 avid bicyclists gathered at the CH Cycles bike shop on Empire Blvd. for a gathering of members of ‘Team Aleph,’ a Bicycle club based in Crown Heights.
According to Ari Herrmann, the team’s founder, the gathering had three purposes: 1. A farbrengen to re-dedicate Yoske Strassburg’s newly renovated bicycle store. 2. A get-together for Aleph Team members to catch up with each other. 3. A planning session for the planned ‘Ride Across America’ which will take place this summer.
The ‘Ride Across America’ initiative is a partnership between Team Aleph and Friendship Circle. The plan is to ride from Los Angles to New York City – a trip of about 3,500 miles – in about 7 weeks over the summer. Between 10-20 men are expected to make the full trip across the continent, and an additional 50 or so “day riders” are expected to accompany them on any given leg of the journey.
The riders will ‘hit’ Friendship Circle centers along the way in many different cities, whose member will come out to cheer them on as they pass through their city. The group is hoping for sponsors who will donate money by the mile, rider or leg of the journey. All proceeds of the money raised will go to benefit the Friendship Circle.
About Team Aleph
Team Aleph is a group anyone can join that gets together for biking trips. The team has grown from just 20 members at its humble beginnings one year ago to over 100 members today, and shows no sign of slowing down. Members are mostly from Crown Heights, but there are quite a few members from Flatbush, Connecticut, Monsey and elsewhere in the Tri-State area as well.
Team Aleph came about in the fall of 2010 when Ari Hermann arranged a race in Prospect Park with Yoske Strassburg of CH Cycles bike shop. [Scroll down to see a video of the race.]
Since then, Team Aleph has had numerous biking events, including two weekly bike rides: one every Motzei Shabbos going up to the George Washington Bridge in Manhattan, and the other every Sunday going over the GWB all the way to Nyack, NJ.
Chaim Tovim
Loving it…. have great riding!!!
From a Jerusalem cyclist!!!
Team Alef member
Nyack is in NY. Nice article!
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Go pinchus go
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Go CH 40 Ari
Go CH 33 Chaim
Ari from team alef
For any information about the Ride Across America please go to http://friendshipcircle.com…
For any information about team alef email ariherrmann@gmail.com
For any information about CH Cycle please go to http://chcycles.com/
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Sweet!
Wow its amazing. The shop looks really good!
does yoske sell kids bikes
i was at the store and didnt see any inside
he wasnt there so i couldnt ask him
would love to see him sell kids bikes
cool song
what song is in the background of the video?
RE: 8
CH CYCLES sells kids bikes you just have to ask and they will bring them out for you to see. Next time your in the shop just ask the mechanic or the guy behind the counter.
menax
what time do u guys gather together every motzai shabbos?
max
PLEASE don’t forget to get your IPODs
loaded with TANYA and FARBRENGENs.and shiurim to listen to while on the road.
otherwise it is going to be 7 weeks weeeeeeeeell wasted.
What friendship circles, don’t forget Torah