For those of you that don't like getting to Cunningham Park to start a ride, want to go a bit faster than Moderate and do more than 45 miles I'm offering this alternative. We will ride from Dean St. and Vanderbilt Ave (NE corner)  to meet Bill's Garden City/Hewlett Harbor ride at their start time and location. This ride will be Advanced Moderate to get to Cunningham Park and Advanced Moderate when we leave Bill's group in Hewlett but we will 'rest up' during the middle half of the ride and stay with the Moderate pace of Bill's ride.

   This can be a good way to see if Advanced Moderate is a comfortable category for you. It's 13 miles in the morning to Cunningham Park and once there we will slow down to Moderate. If the pace was too much in the morning you can go back with Bill to the park, or speed up (for under 5 miles) when we leave Bill to ride with us to the A train in Far Rockaway and go back that way. Please be sure you can ride 16 mph (on flat ground, without wind) for the 13 miles in the morning so we can make it to the start on time. It's a pleasant ride and should take about an hour and 15 mins if all goes well. Overall a bit more than half this ride will be at Advanced Moderate pace.

  The route back will be along the beautiful new bikeway on the paved boardwalk from just before the Atlantic Beach Bridge to where we get off to ride a few blocks to the Cross Bay Bridge. Then up through some new territory in East New York and Brownsville and back to the start.

  Please register!  I will email those that are registered with any changes but just to be sure also check back the night before to make sure there have been no changes to start location or time. I will be coordinating with any changes Bill makes.