Originally Posted by
Phil85207
We were on Whiteface mountain in upstate NY and got into black flies (what they called them) and they bit hard, leaving a welt. Nasty little devils.
In the Adirondacks we have two seasons, winter and black fly.
I have done the WF race and have been lucky, they feasted on all the riders ahead of me so they were full by the time I came by, the advantages of being old and slow.