Originally Posted by shovelhd

There's a reason you don't put 95 fixed gear riders in a mass start race. Red Hook men's final, two crashes in the first 100 meters. Four ambulances for the first one, dont know how many for the second but it was less than four. I've also never seen a race restart delayed for 90 minutes because there weren't four ambulances on the premesis. If the permit requires four at all times, you get eight. Crazy, but that's pirate racing for you. It was great racing to watch. A solo rider put 40 seconds on the field for the win.