It's fun. Good opportunity for just cruising around the borough. I get a kick out of riding on a highway, closed for the event, where normally you would be killed in less than a minute.
But if all you enjoy about cycling is all-out hammering, it's not the event for you.
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See, this is why we can't have nice things. - - smarkinson
Where else but the internet can a bunch of cyclists go and be the tough guy? - - jdon