Originally Posted by
indyfabz
That's another very big problem. You have too many people who are hell bent on riding the way they want to regardless of the immediate conditions around them. They refuse to slow down for a second for anything. The result is that you see people doing things like riding across the double yellow line, even on blind curves.
Agreed. There are too many yahoos riding fast unsafely, and too many noobs riding slow obliviously. In short, too many riders. Plus I find the ride to be PITA in other ways, like waiting in the long line of bikes stopped on the shoulder single-file alongside the cars stopped single-file (idling away) at one intersection when you first get to the shore's wetlands.
It's a good cause and all that, but I no longer enjoy it, so I no longer ride it. I did work the Subaru-sponsored rest stop in Mays Landing this year, tho - mixed and served a lot of Gatorade. And helped some poor soul find her lost bike.