Update: Don't forget to RSVP if you plan on joining this ride.... I might consider a slightly different route depending on the size of the group... plus... it allows me to leave the ride start with all the people I was expecting and no one gets left behind because they were running 5 minutes late.

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Howard Beach - Brooklyn - Lower Manhattan.

Here's the route - http://ridewithgps.com/routes/5800778

Features... we start with a long loop south through Broad Channel and Far Rockaway, then over the bridge to the Flatbush and Belt Pkwy bike paths into Sheepshead Bay. From there, we'll take Bedford Ave into the heart of Brooklyn for a quick loop around Prospect Park. Twist and turn our way into Manhattan (via the Manhattan Bridge) where we’ll stop for lunch at the South Street Seaport.

From there it's a slow roll around Battery Park. We'll cut across Lower Manhattan to the Brooklyn Bridge and city street our way south to Bay Ridge and ride the bike path under the Verrazano Bridge and along the shore 17 miles back to Howard Beach with a 3 mile stretch through Coney Island along the way.

It's a 60 mile / 1300ft ride and it will probably take most of the day. New Park brick oven pizza slices on me to close out the adventure.

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This is an RSVP ride.

I posted extra information in the SBRA forum about these city rides. I suggest you read over all the information provided by clicking this link:

http://www.sbraweb.org/?q=node/11822