Thanks! Didn't feel like carrying a bag for the whole trip. I unfortunately didn't take many bike pictures, which is too bad, since the whole thing was like a big moving car show with thirty thousand cars. Except most of the cars are Corollas or *******, and they're all bikes. I saw a quad bike (not that kind), fully loaded. That was cool.

I still had a blast. The ride was ~40 mi from the start to the end festival, starting in Battery Park and making a north loop through the boros and ending in Staten Island. It was almost wholly flat save for the Queensboro Bridge and the Verrazano, which was a nice fun climb. About 2/3 was on city streets (all closed off) and the rest was on expways. Since i was with a buddy who rode his childhood mtb the slow pace didn't really bother me--quite a few roadies were pretty agitated, though. Apparently there were more delays this year than in previous years, due to construction on the Gowanus and elsewhere, so there was much standing. I also now have the most ridiculous farmer's tan, with glove lines and a hole marks to boot.

There were not a lot of ssfg reps at this ride. Which was disappointing, but not necessarily surprising. I saw a pod of azn tarckstars near the start and then it was mostly townies, butt ugly conversions, and the odd dude on a pista.