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by Mike Hays After 48 years in business in the same location, Jim Skelley has closed Nyack Bike Outfitters, a mainstay of the cycling community on N. Broadway in Nyack. 2020 was the best of times and the worst of times for Skelley. “It was really hard, especially at the beginning of the pandemic,” says the 72-year-old Skelley. “I worked 14-hour days and the next morning there was a line at the door. I was just drained.” “He wasn’t having any fun,” chimes in his girlfriend Nina Cerfolio, a triathlete and New York City psychiatrist. But all things considered, 2020 was a good time to say goodbye. Skelley’s business was successful this year thanks to all the bicycle demand. So successful, in fact, that he has no more inventory to sell. “I kept getting a message that there never will be a better time than this. There is so much I still want to do.” He says he can still ride a century (100 miles) in one day or bike up Perkins Drive to the 1,305-f ....