slocate
08-17-07, 09:43 AM
Anyone going???
Singlespeed & Fixed Gear - 18th Annual NYC Century Bike Tour
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slocate
08-18-07, 09:52 AM
WOW
I can't nobody is doing it.
Oh well...
I can't nobody is doing it.
Oh well...
dylandom
08-18-07, 11:19 AM
no all the nyc people are on the ny board. plenty are doing it.
if u dont want to pay for it, let me know, marshalls are needed. u ride for free and u get some other perks. trying to help a friend out who works for TA.
if u dont want to pay for it, let me know, marshalls are needed. u ride for free and u get some other perks. trying to help a friend out who works for TA.
slocate
08-18-07, 11:49 AM
That would be dope...
robbiedob
08-20-07, 06:35 PM
?? Link?? what are some of the details? I am a lazy sod and don't want to look on my own!
p.s. would my Bowery be welcome?
p.s. would my Bowery be welcome?
JamesGoodman
08-20-07, 06:38 PM
Just got an email inviting me. I will probably do it on my Sputnik (48 and either 16, 17, or 18, depending on how I am feeling that day). There are hardly any serious hills until the end (last 25 miles in the Bronx).
Gyeswho
08-20-07, 06:51 PM
This is for you robbie http://www.nyccentury.org/about_the_ride
Just got an email inviting me. I will probably do it on my Sputnik (48 and either 16, 17, or 18, depending on how I am feeling that day). There are hardly any serious hills until the end (last 25 miles in the Bronx).
REALLY OOO GOODY!!! I was a lil timid about it even though I am doing the 100miles fixed on a 49/17. This will be my 1st Century but I am volunteering so that way I can do it for free. hehe. I look forward to this even though it def is nothing to take lightly. The 5-Boro tour (42miles) wasn't bad at all and left me wanting more but I know this will be totally different.
Just got an email inviting me. I will probably do it on my Sputnik (48 and either 16, 17, or 18, depending on how I am feeling that day). There are hardly any serious hills until the end (last 25 miles in the Bronx).
REALLY OOO GOODY!!! I was a lil timid about it even though I am doing the 100miles fixed on a 49/17. This will be my 1st Century but I am volunteering so that way I can do it for free. hehe. I look forward to this even though it def is nothing to take lightly. The 5-Boro tour (42miles) wasn't bad at all and left me wanting more but I know this will be totally different.
JamesGoodman
08-20-07, 07:02 PM
I've done it several times, onces on an old mountain bike, once on a rented road bike, once on a borrowed road bike. The first few hours are slow--lots of stop and go in Brooklyn--and the last twenty are the hilliest, as I said, in the Bronx. There are lots of stops and this is lots of food and overall it is great fun. And by the way, for those who aren't sure about a century, there are clearly marked ways to do fewer miles. There are people out there on every kind of bicycle. See you there.
Gyeswho
08-20-07, 07:45 PM
good info thanks
brainsan
08-20-07, 07:59 PM
I will be doing it with my commuter bike (48x18). I have done it a couple of times years ago with a road bike. There are hardly any hills and you can bail out just about anywhere you like. You are never too far from a subway station.
JamesGoodman
08-21-07, 08:13 AM
Good points. For those used to riding real hills, there are no hills. And for those who ride only flats on old railroad lines or along the shore, you'll find a few challenging bumps in the last twenty or so miles. It is a fun ride, and as brainsan put it so nicely, you are never far from a subway ride home.