Originally Posted by Gurgus
Ummmm, I don't want to jack your guy's thread, but, this is the Toronto section and I've got a Toronto question.
Have any of you folks ridden the Heart and Stroke ride on the gardener? I signed up for the 75k section for this years ride and I'm wondering if its do-able fixed. I'm running a 63 GI on my fix and while I'm not worried about climbs, I'm kinda wondering about desents. Or should I just ride my road bike?
Also, anyone have any advise about this ride at all? Thank, sorry for the thread jack and all.
I've ridden the DVP six times but not on a fixed, only on my road bikes. The 75k route although not gruesome can be challenging. If you're not familiar, here it is: leave west side of CNE go all the way to the top of the valley at York Mills (25k), back down to Bayview cutoff (12k+-), turn around and back up to York Mills (12k+-) then back all the way down to the CNE west side (25k). So you're climbing up and flying back down the valley route twice. Might be good to drive the route and see what the terrain looks like, then get in shape.