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This years WGI ride is in the books....
So this is more of a feeler (inquiry) if I should organize a group ride for '13 combined with this epic ride on the famed Watkins Glen International Speedway and a Mini Grand Canyon ride.
The legend that loves to be ridden...
What we have here in the Finger Lakes NY area is mostly boring roads (ah that got your attention!) but great scenery with all of our clean lakes almost banging into one another. Terrain is generally quite flat (except for Southern Tier) so that doesn't make for many good twisties but we do have one major thing (besides all the Wineries ...and over 200 of them BTW and tastings that flow on a daily basis
This years ride was held Sept 1st, truly awesome and all who attended raved about how cool and surreal it was to "ride the track". Now if your a NASCAR or INDY racing fan this will probably mean a lot more to you as to actually see and feel the elevation changes and the turns, it's just amazing! Yes, you have to sign a waiver n show insurance blah blah. There is a donation to do this and it all goes to Charity to help benefit the University of Rochester Alzheimer's Research Center. $1100 was raised this year :yahoo: and maybe with some of your help we can do much more. All makes welcome, I even saw a scooter.
So the Glen is just part of this wacky idea, To make this more of a full event I also want to incorporate a "Letchworth" Run. OK, WFT is Letchworth right? Letchworth St Park has been deemed the "Grand Canyon of the East". Not sure I would go that far but it is spectacular in a smaller scale. This areas ride will be highlighted by a full dual run (south to north and back) and the road follows the Genesee river bed most of the way. It's not a power-rush lay the bike over type of trip so we will call it more of a "smell da flowers" run. The canyon ride is about 15mi. each way. It's of course a Kodak moment happening 360 degrees. I mentioned Kodak b/c Rochester NY is home to Kodak so how appropriate right?). Only (slightly) bad side to this is the fall foliage will not quite be hitting on all cylinders yet (later Sept would be optimal but then the Glen ride would be out
Here's some Letchworth shots....
So as said, this is just a feeler to see if it sparks any interest to anyone here. Myself and a few friends will do this again next year and welcome any of you that would like to partake. The date will revolve around the Saturday Watkins Glen (track) ride. The organizers are planning for around the same date in '13 so were thinking the 1st week in Sept. Not sure about other ride conflicts but as said I cannot change the date unfortunately. I'm shooting this out almost a year in advance mainly cuz peeps (especially their better halves!) like to plan ahead... and mainly because it's still fresh in my head
If we proceed with interests, I can start some plans and research like discounted group hotels n such.... (to be continued?)
So this is more of a feeler (inquiry) if I should organize a group ride for '13 combined with this epic ride on the famed Watkins Glen International Speedway and a Mini Grand Canyon ride.
The legend that loves to be ridden...
What we have here in the Finger Lakes NY area is mostly boring roads (ah that got your attention!) but great scenery with all of our clean lakes almost banging into one another. Terrain is generally quite flat (except for Southern Tier) so that doesn't make for many good twisties but we do have one major thing (besides all the Wineries ...and over 200 of them BTW and tastings that flow on a daily basis
This years ride was held Sept 1st, truly awesome and all who attended raved about how cool and surreal it was to "ride the track". Now if your a NASCAR or INDY racing fan this will probably mean a lot more to you as to actually see and feel the elevation changes and the turns, it's just amazing! Yes, you have to sign a waiver n show insurance blah blah. There is a donation to do this and it all goes to Charity to help benefit the University of Rochester Alzheimer's Research Center. $1100 was raised this year :yahoo: and maybe with some of your help we can do much more. All makes welcome, I even saw a scooter.
So the Glen is just part of this wacky idea, To make this more of a full event I also want to incorporate a "Letchworth" Run. OK, WFT is Letchworth right? Letchworth St Park has been deemed the "Grand Canyon of the East". Not sure I would go that far but it is spectacular in a smaller scale. This areas ride will be highlighted by a full dual run (south to north and back) and the road follows the Genesee river bed most of the way. It's not a power-rush lay the bike over type of trip so we will call it more of a "smell da flowers" run. The canyon ride is about 15mi. each way. It's of course a Kodak moment happening 360 degrees. I mentioned Kodak b/c Rochester NY is home to Kodak so how appropriate right?). Only (slightly) bad side to this is the fall foliage will not quite be hitting on all cylinders yet (later Sept would be optimal but then the Glen ride would be out
Here's some Letchworth shots....
So as said, this is just a feeler to see if it sparks any interest to anyone here. Myself and a few friends will do this again next year and welcome any of you that would like to partake. The date will revolve around the Saturday Watkins Glen (track) ride. The organizers are planning for around the same date in '13 so were thinking the 1st week in Sept. Not sure about other ride conflicts but as said I cannot change the date unfortunately. I'm shooting this out almost a year in advance mainly cuz peeps (especially their better halves!) like to plan ahead... and mainly because it's still fresh in my head
If we proceed with interests, I can start some plans and research like discounted group hotels n such.... (to be continued?)
