"The 33"-Road Bike Racing - Prospect Park race tomorrow

Is anyone racing in prospect tomorrow morning?

I'll be there, tuning up for the Cedar Mountain road race next month.

there will be a decent showing there but probably not full blown because CRCA has racing also. I would prefer the 17 miles cat 5 race over the C race at CP though. 5 Laps tomorrow = 30 miles....

Is anyone racing in prospect tomorrow morning?

I'll be there, tuning up for the Cedar Mountain road race next month.

I'll be there tuning down for the Nyack Ride Sunday.

I'm hoping to actually get to the race (unlike two races ago when an early morning collision resulted in a 5AM closure of I87) and finish the race (unlike last week when I punctured, rode half the race with a mushy rear tire and finally bailed on lap 8).

I'll be racing with those 35+ kids again.

I've never done this race... what is it like. How does it pan out. Sounds like a sprinters course...

I was planning on driving down to Mt Holly for Mt Holly GP but this is a lot closer. Mt Holly sounds like a more technical course with 1 supposedly small ring climb... not sure if that is true.

I've never done this race... what is it like. How does it pan out. Sounds like a sprinters course...


Essentially. However the 3.3 mile circuit (that's about what it is, it's over 3 miles) curves quite a bit. That means if your breakaway group gets a 20 second gap, they are often out of sight. In the Master's races there are often breakaways that do succeed. Last week the average speed approached 26mph in the 35+ race, and when it's that fast, it generally comes down to a field sprint as it did last Saturday. I'll tell you what, come July and the warm humid weather everybody is friggin FLYING. It's fun.

It is definitely a sprinter's course, it has a pimple of a climb on it and a fast downhill section.

I was originally going to do the Mt.Holly race, its supposed to be a 2.2 mile loop with a nice uphill section. I have some teamates doing that, but i decided to go w/ Prospect as its closer

p-cad, where do you start your Nyack ride from?

I'm also riding up there, but im leaving from Hoboken.

i'd love to race tomorrow, but i have marshaling duty at the CRCA race :(

ah! I went for the Mt Holly race. need a few more curves and a little bump in the road to make it fun for me. The irony is that at 40 minutes long, the race is technically worthless for upgrading.

p-cad, where do you start your Nyack ride from?

I'm also riding up there, but im leaving from Hoboken.

I hook up with them on Piermont Road in Rockleigh, NJ. I park at the bike shop in Piermont, NY.

I know you are all probably sleeping now(as I should be), but I was rounding the park today and the 10am guys told me to show tomorrow. I see online registration closed days ago, are my chances more then ok if I just show up 6am for a measly cat 5?

with only 15 preregistered I'd say they're pretty good