Got back from it today. I'm normally not against slow moving rides since that's what these family rides are for, but this ride was frustrating. Numerous sudden stops everywhere during the 1st half of the ride (up until forest park) and the extremely slow congested bike path surely tested your cycling ability (cycling really slow is actually much much much harder than cycling fast).

The Marshalls were excellent and very helpful as well as encouraging the riders to keep going.

Based on today's experience, I don't think I will be repeating Tour de Queens next year. However I still look forward to Tour de Brooklyn. And is it just me or did a lot of people drop out of the ride midway?

Highlight of the Tour: Riding inside Forest Park, a beautiful "Central Park" of Queens, and participating in 2 "waves" during 2 long waiting stops. And getting rewarded with beautiful sprinklers under the unisphere after the tour.

Disaster of the Tour: the many stops and slow moving pace