New York Gran/Medio Fondo: Are you in?

[Maye]

Hi Ladies,
My name is Mariela (Maye) and I'm new to this forum and also very glad that I found it!!
I'm returning to cycling after been out for 2 years (new mom) and wanted to start by participating at the NY 2012 Medio Fondo (65 miles) and would like to know if anyone here will be participating in this event at either the competitive or like me, the "leisure" level.
I currently live in Long Island NY.
Cheers,
Mariela

[ny biker]

Is there a website for it?

[Maye]

Is there a website for it?

Hi NY Biker:
This is the official website for the Gran Fondo: http://www.granfondony.com/

[ccnyc]

Hi Mariela.

I'm doing the Medio Fondo also. My DH did the Gran Fondo last year and had a blast. He's doing it again this year.

I can't wait to ride across the GWB - ON THE ROAD!!!

ny biker - here's the Gran Fondo NY website:
http://www.granfondony.com/

[Maye]

Hi Mariela.

I'm doing the Medio Fondo also. My DH did the Gran Fondo last year and had a blast. He's doing it again this year.

I can't wait to ride across the GWB - ON THE ROAD!!!

ny biker - here's the Gran Fondo NY website:
http://www.granfondony.com/

Thanks for replying with the website information, CCNYC!!! I will be participating with my husband and with 2 of my brother in laws.The only girl in the group so far :-). I'm in the process of educating myself to buy a road bike since I have a Giant mountain bike which I'm not planning to use for the event. VERY overwhelmed with all the options out there. I'm glad to find that more people here is interested in this event!!
By the way, I was trying to answer ny_biker question but I was receiving a message that my posts has to be approved by a moderator. The funny part is that I think that the problem was related to using Safari on a Mac instead of Internet Explorer on a PC. Once I switched computers my posts are showing up and not receiving the moderators approval message. Goooood!!

[Susan Otcenas]

By the way, I was trying to answer ny_biker question but I was receiving a message that my posts has to be approved by a moderator. The funny part is that I think that the problem was related to using Safari on a Mac instead of Internet Explorer on a PC. Once I switched computers my posts are showing up and not receiving the moderators approval message. Goooood!!

Actually, your posts were moderated because they contained links. We moderate posts containing links by all new users until they have a minimum # of posts. Its an attempt to reduce the amount of spam on the forums. Seems to work.

[Maye]

Actually, your posts were moderated because they contained links. We moderate posts containing links by all new users until they have a minimum # of posts. Its an attempt to reduce the amount of spam on the forums. Seems to work.

Thanks Susan for clarifying this. I was wondering why they were moderated and it makes perfect sense. I thought that it was Safari related. Not a spammer here :-)

[Maye]

This is the official website: http://www.granfondony.com/