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Sunday, July 12, 2009: Tour de Queens

8:00 am to 2:00 pm

Flushing Meadows Park
Queens; Savvy Cyclist Course – Upper West Side

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Hostelling International-New York
891 Amsterdam Av. (at 104th St.)
Manhattan; Biking and Birding at Ridgewood Resevoir

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Meet at Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn; Bike Maintenance 101

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Recycle-a-Bicycle
35 Pearl St. (at Plymouth St.)
Dumbo, Brooklyn

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