Originally Posted by
passista
We use other routes that will make the ride be different to your 'normal Saturday morning ride'. Also, the event itself will make it a completely different experience. I've done many Gran Fondo in Italy and it was always _very_ different to what I experienced while riding alone/training.
care to share what places you hit on your 110mile jaunt yesterday (yes, i read the blog). for the record, i'm actually interesested in this.
also, have you convinced the port authority to give you lanes and the nypd to clear the roads leading up to the bridge? as part of the organizing team that does one of the few out-of-park cycling events in NY (Grant's Tomb Crit in this case), i have some pretty bad experience regarding assistance from the police.