Originally Posted by dylandom
as long as ur on a comfortable gear and have plenty of water, i think long distance on track bikes are fine. when ur in the zone, u don't even notice that you've been pedaling like a madman.
queer: how many crazy hills are we talking about. i've been thinking about heading out there/
they're not crazy, but there's a fair amount of up and down. have you used gmap-pedometer.com ? you can turn on the elevation feature, which puts an ele chart beneath the route map. it's an awesome feature, lets you visualize the ups and downs.
also, right off the bridge, if you go south a bit you can get on to River Road, which is a beautiful, quiet road that goes down the cliffs and sort of runs between the cliffs and the river. there are two big hills on it, the last one is the big climb back up the cliffs to 9W.
ps. i'm mattio on the nyc fixed board. hey.