Originally Posted by JoeOxfordCT
Not that I would know but....I never pictured the PBP to be that crowded a ride....it is huh ?
Well there are over 4000 riders. They send off about 1000 or so a little bit early (they are the fast ones and the ones with different machines like recumbents, tandems, triplettes, etc.) ... and then they send the remaining riders off in waves of 500 every 15 minutes or so. Then by the time you reach the 400K point, you're already meeting the riders that were sent off a couple hours before you on their way back. You rarely ride alone out there! You're usually surrounded by a couple hundred riders.