Northeast - Was there a ride sponsored by Emigrant bank yesterday in LI?

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nvincent
09-15-09, 02:27 PM
I was riding yesterday morning, westbound along Jericho Turnpike near Mineola and I noticed a bunch of roadies riding together. They all had blue jerseys and as they zipped past me I noticed that some of their jerseys had the Emigrant bank lettering on it. I didn't think there would be any major rides on a Monday morning but this one had a few police escorts that stopped traffic for them at some of the busier intersections. I was struggling to keep up with them on my beach cruiser but I eventually turned off of Jericho around New Hyde Park, so I don't know where they were going, only that they were continuing westbound. I'm just wondering if anyone here knows about this ride or participated in it.


WangChung
09-15-09, 08:59 PM
This is what you saw:

http://www.tourdeforceny.com/

Looks pretty cool.

nvincent
09-16-09, 09:33 AM
Yeah, that's the one. I had the impression it had something to do with police officers, especially with the police cruisers escorting and stopping traffic for them. Had I known I probably would have been more engaging and ridden with them a little longer.