I'm a solid B rider, and I'm interested in this year's double if there
are a few "slower" riders that might want to join me. I've ridden
several centuries, and I've been training for the NYC triathlon with
Team in Training for the past three months. I would probably have at
least one or two people at the same pace, who might also want to join.

What are the dates for this years ride?

--- In NYDoubleCentury@yahoogroups.com, "Bruce Wells" <bruce@...> wrote:
>
> On 17 Jan 2006 at 5:29, Jim Meyers <NYDoubleCentury@yahoogroups.com>
wrote:
> > Since I am new, I do not know much about the pace and terrain of
the training rides, but I think they are all pretty difficult (A+ pace
and serious hills). Others here will have to tell you about those...
> The pace is what ever you want to make it. I recommend 16 to finish
before dark,
> but I have ridden it as slow as 15.3 and still made it.
>
> The fast group will pace line and dig deep to try to hit 20. It is
not has hard as it
> sounds, but you have to be pretty fit to do this type of pace.
>
> The hills are not bad, but most of them are after 150 miles, so they
tend to be
> more of a bitch than you would expect if you were to ride them
fresh. The worst
> climb is up 311 out of Patterson, but the hills into Pawling are
tough as well, just
> not as long. That is most of the hills, except mole hills start
looking like Mt
> Everest at 190 miles. I always hated climbing up 128 into Armonk,
but fresh, that
> hill is nothing more than a slight rise in the road. On the double
it requires some
> serious effort.
>
> Bruce Wells
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