Originally Posted by phastlane
...was wondering if anyone else here is participating in this event. If you have in the past, share your experience on your fixie/ss baby. Also, since this will be my 1st, how was the climb up the Verrazano?
Last year was my first year doing the 5 Boros - did it on my fixed, but put brakes on for added 'security' in case my legs tired out (a lot of start/stopping for 50-some miles). Glad I did it with my fixie...wouldn't do it any other way.
Climb up the bridge was fine; I ran a 48x17 gearing, no troubles at all...actually wished I would have done 48x16 or tougher (blew past a lot of people up the climb...they all blew past me DOWN the climb).