Quote from Strada177 on Aug 25th, 2008, 8:15pm:Robert ,I'm not a HUGE fan of riding with 11,000+ cyclists ,but I keep coming back & enjoy the ride more & more each year. We will be there next August. Plan on riding H'NH next year & see what happens. The more 'bents ,the better.
The years I did the HNH were before I met up with the Rbent crowd. I rode a little with my bent friend from Houston, but he's WAY faster than I am so I could only stay with him a few miles before I'd have to back off. Because of my cramp issues I limited myself to 50 or 60 mile routes, and tried to take it easy so I could really hammer the last 20 miles or so (passing all the DFs headed into the wind was fun!). At any rate, I was mostly riding by myself (the 50 mile route is particularly poorly attended), left at 3:00 AM (yuck) to get there and generally just didn't think it was worth the effort, though it was very cool being around that many riders and all the surroundings - the "event" part. Next year I'll plan to come early and hang out with the rest of you.