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join us for a tour to Martha's Vineyard!<br>
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<div> <a href="http://theridetomarthasvineyard.blogspot.com/">The Ride to Martha's Vineyard</a><br>
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Urban Mobility Project - NYC<br>
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<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica; font-size: 10pt; color: black;">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Jules D. Zalon <jzalon@zalonoffice.com><br>
To: NY/NJ/CT/PA Metro Area Recumbent Society (MARS) <bent@list.marsride.org><br>
Sent: Sat, Mar 27, 2010 8:41 pm<br>
Subject: [Bent] No 5 boro bike ride for me<br>
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<pre style="font-size: 9pt;"><tt>Here is one Marsian who will NOT be doing the 5-boro bike ride. The <br>
management has decided to no longer put recumbents up front, meaning <br>
that unless we want to get there at 5:00 AM, we will be way back in the <br>
pack. A friend did the ride once, and she told me she walked her bike <br>
almost up to Central Park. No thanks, that doesn't sound like fun; it <br>
sounds a bit like hell. I don't want to sound like a spoil-sport (but I <br>
am!), however, why on earth would anyone want to put themselves through <br>
that sort of unpleasantness.<br>
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If I were running the event, I would have at least 4 separate starts (I <br>
didn't say I was practical!), and then let everyone merge, say, at <br>
Central Park. By that time, there would have been a sufficient shake-out <br>
so the riders that get there will be with riders of like conditioning. <br>
The racers will get there first, followed by B-group riders, etc. Now <br>
that would be a nice way to ride through the City.<br>
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Instead of that ride, I plan on doing Glen Goldstein's Ride to Montauk <br>
on June 19th: 30 miles • 66 miles • 100 miles • 145 miles. I'm tempted <br>
to do the big enchilada, but it's easier said than done.<br>
Jules<br>
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