Originally Posted by chimblysweep

anyone that wants to fun-ride the race, c'mon and join me. my goal is to (1) sustain a weekend-long buzz, (2) have a damn good time, (3) not hurt myself or Okashii, and (4) possibly even finish the course.

there will be beer stops during the race.

Originally Posted by s_9

somethin' like that. It'll be on nybma.com as soon as the nybma.com staff is given the signal to release the info and after the staff gets the info, which they don't yet.

Originally Posted by chicagoamdream

Yeah, and chances are it'll be next (or close to) to a vintage Carlton. Us Pista and Porter types have nothing to worry about.

Originally Posted by trackasaurus

What i gleaned from the goldsprint flyer:
friday: qualifiers at rocky's from 8pm on
saturday: 4-7 goldsprints 2nd qualifiers at rocky's, then finals from 9:30 on. I assume the fun ride is between 7-9:30 - start and finish at the bar.

and peeps, off the assumption you're coming from manhattan at the end, when you're finishing- off the W-burg bridge downhill on S 5th watch out for those cross streets-bedford, berry and wythe. cars gun it thru those intersections. i know this may seem like common knowledge, cause hey, it's the zoo. but I saw quite a few very-very near misses during CMWC- and this was just riders goofing off, not racing. on two separate occasions riders, having to hard right it along side the car down berry & bedford - as you can't see the cars due to bridge supports, and can't hear them cause the bridge makes tons of noise.

Originally Posted by visitordesign

ditto. i was gonna mention this too. the bridges are pretty steep at the mouths. riding brakeless, if you have any doubts about yr abilities to corner blindly at high speeds into peds, other cyclists and traffic, it's advisable to just take it easy when hitting the ends of the bridges.

specifically, be REALLY careful on the queens end of the 59th st bridge. there's a 90 degree left-hand turn you have to make at the end of a relatively long/steep downhill.

Originally Posted by visitordesign

another tip is fat low-pressure tires. i think the streets have gotten exponentially worse everyday for the past 2 weeks. in spite of the fact that my kogswell with the cyclocross tires rides slower than my other bikes and it's been pretty cold, i've been cadillacing the bumps and craters on it without complaints. if you don't know the texture of the streets well, rock some fat low pressure tires. you'll thank me later.

Originally Posted by AfterThisNap

It makes more sense to first list NY spaces available/filled rather than compile every outta towner that may or may not need a place to crash.

From this thread:
1) AfterThisNap/Morningside= Aeroplane
2) S-9/Brooklyn= spud, chimbly, mannakai, jonny5 watchitburn
3) Messenger(?)/Bed-stuy/?
4) Wangster/Clinton Hill= still room for 3
5) Turd / West Village / jitensha_de_go
6) Ch0mb0/?/?
7) Monkey/LES/?
8) Boots/gowanus= still room for two
9) Hawk Wheels/Bed-Stuy/Do or Die
10)Mareesha/?= Shants et al.
11) knifefight = Jumbo(copenhagen)

Leaving:
1.) aeser (cambridge)
2.) sers (brighton)
3.) withnail- **********
4.) ann- **********
5.) stickyfoot
6.) rithem (providence)
7.)trackasaurus(montreal)