Now you do...Our route from New Hope via Hoboken and the Brooklyn Bridge to Brooklyn Heights, where the ride ends, is already pushing 100 miles, and it's longer than it used to be now that the only Sunday ferry service from Hoboken is from 14th St. to Midtown, forcing us to ride noth in Hoboken and then back south in NYC to get to the bridge. It's 135 miles for those who leave from Philadelphia. Leaving from New Hope around 7:30 a.m., the first riders reach the finish around 4-4:30 depending on wind conditions, any flats along the way and whether we have to wait 20 min. for the ferry. (You can shorten the trip by taking PATH from Hoboken to the WTC stop, but the ferry is a much nicer ride.) Our charter busses and bike truck leave Brooklyn at 9 p.m. sharp, so arrving when we do gives most people enough time to shower at the hotel we rent rooms from, have a relaxed dinner and take a walk along the promenade. If everything goes off smoothly, we are back in New Hope by 11 p.m. If you live in Philly, you are back in town by midnight after offloading the bikes and driving yourself home.

In sum, it's a long enough day as it is. No need to make it any longer just for the sake of saying we pedalled all the way into NYC. That has never been the intent of the event.