aka Tom Reingold
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Posts: 40,504
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
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I participated in the NYC Triathlon. There were somewhere between 5,000 and 5,500 participants. Toga Bike Shop of NYC was there doing all support. They were terrific. The chained a zillion floor pumps to the fence of the transition area so many of us were pumping our tires at once. They had a support van (or perhaps several vans) going up and down the course. And they had two mechanic station areas personned by about three mechanics each. It was all included in the fee (or maybe they did it for free) because they wouldn't accept money for their help. Of course, I tipped the guy who worked on my bike.