Yeah...the enforced rest stop (the first one) was a bit of a pain, but it was the only real letdown (well, the couple of times the ride crossed its own path were a little confusing, but that was resolved quickl enough). Even so, there wasn't much of a problem being bogged down by traffic or by big groups of slower riders -- we had a speedy little group on track bikes together for most of the latter half of the day, and generally had a blast. One of the most enjoyable big-organized-thousands-of-people rides through the city I've been on; I'd definitely recommend next year's to anybody who passed on it this time around.