Jonesing for some really good smoked fish products (salmon, whitefish, etc) at a "bon marche" price?  Join our Friday morning trip to Acme Fish, a family owned/operated wholesale smoked fish biz. Signups allowed for 12 riders to participate. This is a quickie buying trip, out and back (well . . .  with popular demand on day of . . we might just stop for coffee/munchies en roiute backat a really neat Greenpoint bakery we've enjoyed in the past).

MEET:  In front of Spokesmen Cycles, 313 E 60 Street (north side of street between 2nd & 1st Aves, ,closer to 2nd Ave) and we'll hop onto the access framp for the 59St bridge at that interection (which now finally has traffic control device!)

INFO:  Acme's "Fish Fridays" (the only time they allow retail biz) is for we, the public.  On bike it's a short and easy hop to Acme in Greenpoint Bklyn from our start on the Manhattan side of the 59th St bridge. No point-drop-sweep; we'll ride as a group (but do print/bring cue sheet). We'll also swing past the ancient glacier rock in LICity, transported how many thousands of miles how many millions of years ago from points north, and left behind as those glaciers retreated. Ride limited to 12 riders. Expect to be back in Manhattan at the 59th Street Bridge by 11AM the very latest.

ROUTE:  https://tinyurl.com/2n4t4k3m   (maps.google.com)

BYO carrying capacity for your purchases, and of course, mask, helmet, bike in good shape, tires pumped up, tube, specific tools or whatever you and bike need, etc. Please also bring a printed copy or an actual screen shot of your ACME purchase receipt, to show them and make our pickup faster. [FYI, if you've not been before during covid times, they pack purchases into a brown, taped, outsized box which like Amazon Prime boxes have way too much air for the contents.  Most of us break them open and leave boxes behind for recycling, stashing our purchases into carry bags or sacks or panniers.]

    Check it out:
           http://www.acmesmokedfish.com/about-us/fish-friday    Read website's order details carefully. And it's pay in advance via credit card; no cash on spot. Here's the ordering page, get yours in asap as some items do run out:  
              https://acmesmokedfish.smartonlineorder.com

NOTE:  Only online orders are accepted, for curbside pickup within a time slot selected when you order (pls pick 8:30AM). Those pickup times are first come-first served, so get your order figured out in advance, then finalize it ASAP after the "noon Tuesday" window opens. Not to worry if all the "8:30s" are taken, put in the nearest available time and it will work fine.

TIP:  In the past, fresh sliced fish is only sold by the full pound.

WARNING:  Friends and family might pile on to your shopping list once they hear where you're going! So be prepared to bring back more than just for yourselves.

IMPORTANT REQUIREMENTS: A reminder that you must register for the ride.  Please 'unregister' if you can not make the ride so any waited list folks can move up and take the slot.  All riders should be familiar with the current criteria for riding with the Club.

BRING: The usual bike flat fix tools plus whatever else specific to your bike is wise; dress in layers for the weather. Ride is short so a bit of inclement weather won't deter us unless it's really unplesant, or stupid, to ride.  BYO lock for bikes in case we venture indoors for a snack stop.

COVID:  Read and abide by the club and NYC/NYS current regulations,. We will mask up if within the 6' social distancing, or if indoors even briefly. 

IMPORTANT NOTICE: YOU MUST HAVE AND WEAR A MASK WHEN NECESSARY ON ALL 5BBC RIDES AS INDICATED BY THE RIDE LEADER. THIS RIDE HAS THE POSSIBILITY OF SPENDING SOME PERIOD OF TIME INDOORS. IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE AND JOIN ANY INDOOR ACTIVITY, YOU MUST BE MASKED, VACCINATED AND BRING PROOF OF VACCINATION. ADDITIONALLY, THE 5BBC MAKES NO REPRESENTATION AS TO THE VACCINATION STATUS OF ANYONE ON THE RIDE OR ENGAGED IN ANY ACTIVITY, INDOOR OR OUT. THE RISK INVOLVED IN ANY ACTIVITY ON THE RIDE IS ASSUMED BY EACH INDIVIDUAL RIDER.