hey folks, i'm thinking about doing this century next weekened. if you've ridden it before, any guidance? is it worth the schlepp? not to be missed? better to stay in bed? - adam
Harvest Rides 2003 Sponsored by the Sound Cyclists Bicycle Club with proceeds going to the Trumbull-based Make-A-Wish Foundation of Connecticut, this rain-or-shine event will offer riders a choice of 20-mile, 75-Kilometer, 100-Kilometer or 100-mile routes through scenic Fairfield County. All rides will depart between 7:30 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. from the Westport Train Station parking lot near Luciano Park. For more information, log on to www.soundcyclists.com, or call (203) 840-1757.
HARVEST RIDE 03 century?
meant to add: the MS NYC century is saturday. the harvest ride '03 is sunday. i'd like to do one or the other. pls advise, compare and/or contrast.
The MS Ride is on Sunday, Sept. 14th; not on Saturday as you wrote.
I have not been on the Harvest Ride, but I've done Sound Cyclist's other ride, the Bloomin' Metric in the spring. They do great rides. I think they use some of the same routes, but I'm not sure. Plus all of the riding is OUT of NYC, which is where riding should be done.
I beleive it was on the return stretch of the MS ride a number of years ago they had riders going AGAINST traffic on a cobble stone street. Not my cup of tea.
As long as it's not raining, go to the Harvest Ride.
"""I beleive it was on the return stretch of the MS ride a number of years ago they had riders going AGAINST traffic on a cobble stone street. Not my cup of tea.""
The route has change since then, with the WTC no longer the staging site, you won't be going over the cobble stone streets in Greenwich Village. The return site will be Pier 54 and will probably utilize the Westside Greenway from the GWB. The biggest problem will be for those doing the 65 miles or greater riders the bottle neck you will enounter climbing up and down the GWB's stairs, both end."