The 44th annual Montauk Century will roll on May 18, 2008. Choose from 65, 100, and 145 mile routes on Long Island's beautiful South Shore. Check-in points are at Penn Station and the LIRR station in Babylon. All routes end in Montauk where we'll be serving up hot meals and free massages. Transportation is available to get you and your bike home.

The Montauk Century 2008

5BBC Training Ride Series

The Five Borough Bicycle Club created the Montauk Century Training Rides sometime between the building of the Great Pyramids and the time that Moses caught the stone tablets. We take our traditions seriously and every Spring the 5BBC training rides take us to the hills that make us stronger. It’s always a good idea to train for a flat century ride by riding these hills. Start in Manhattan at Columbus Circle or in Eastern Queens at Cunningham Park, and get with the 5BBC spirit! The more you do in the early season the easier it will be on May 18th.

Don’t forget to prepare for those training rides! Bring a spare water bottle or a full hydration pack, plus a spare tube, pump, bike lock, and money for lunch. You must wear a helmet to participate. Remember that most of our rides use the point-drop-sweep method, but we usually chuck that on the Quick Spins, for faster riders (often 17+mph). Can’t keep up with the fast kids? Relax and ride at your own pace (usually 13-14mph) with the regular groups.

And this reminder from Liz: For Queens rides, please bring an MTA Rail Pass in case you need to bail out and take the train back to Queens.

Manhattan Rides Sun Mar 2 TRAINING RIDE #2 to ENGLEWOOD 9:30AM, Columbus Circle, 35 miles Leaders Jim Zisfein & Rhonda Wittorf Sat Mar 8 TRAINING RIDE #3 to WEST ENGLEWOOD 9:30AM, Columbus Circle, 40 miles Leaders Brian Hoberman & Jim Zisfein Sat Mar 15 TRAINING RIDE #5 to NORTHVALE 9AM (8:30AM quick-spin), Columbus Circle, 45 miles Leaders Danny Lieberman & John Chiarella Quick-spin Dennis Griffin & Jim Zisfein Sun Mar 30 TRAINING RIDE #7 to WESTWOOD 9AM, Columbus Circle, 50 miles Leaders Alfredo Garcia & Josh Gosciak Quick-spin Dennis Griffin & Susan Rodetis Sat Apr 12 TRAINING RIDE #9 to ROCKLAND LAKE 9AM, Columbus Circle, 70 miles Leaders Alfredo Garcia & Brian Hoberman Quick-spin Susan Rodetis Sat Apr 26 TRAINING RIDE #11 to STONY POINT 8AM, Columbus Circle, 82 miles Leaders Alfredo Garcia & Steve Sakson (One group only)

Queens Rides Sat Mar 1 TRAINING RIDE #1 to HICKSVILLE 9:30AM, Cunningham Park, 35 miles Leaders Ira Najowitz, Ed Pino, Liz Baum Sun Mar 9 TRAINING RIDE #4 to SANDS POINT 9:30AM, Cunningham Park, 35 miles Leaders Ira Najowitz, Ed Pino, Liz Baum Sat Mar 22 TRAINING RIDE #6 to LOCUST VALLEY 9AM, Cunningham Park, 50 miles Leaders Ed Pino, Liz Baum, Ira Najowitz Quick-spin Dennis Griffin & Robert Eberwein Sat Apr 5 TRAINING RIDE #8 to CENTRE ISLAND 9AM, Cunningham Park, 65 miles Leaders Ed Pino, Liz Baum, Ira Najowitz Quick-spin Dennis Griffin & Robert Eberwein Sun Apr 13 TRAINING RIDE #10 to SUNKEN MEADOW 8:30AM (10:00AM quick-spin), Cunningham Park, 75 miles Leaders Ed Pino, Liz Baum, Ira Najowitz Quick-spin Dennis Griffin & Neile Weissman (Note 10:00AM start time for quick-spin) Sat May 3 TRAINING RIDE #12 to LLOYD NECK 8AM, Cunningham Park, 85 miles Leaders Ira Najowitz & Dennis Griffin (One group, cue sheet only) Sat May 10 TRAINING RIDE #13 to EATON’S NECK 8AM, Cunningham Park, 90 miles Leaders Ira Najowitz & Dennis Griffin (One group only, cue sheet only)

Metric Rides Sat Mar 29 METRIC TRAINING RIDE #1 to HICKSVILLE 9:30AM, Cunningham Park, 35 miles Leaders Ed Pino, Liz Baum Sun Apr 13 METRIC TRAINING RIDE #2 to ENGLEWOOD 9AM, Columbus Circle, 30 miles Leaders Ed DeFreitas and others Sat Apr 19 METRIC TRAINING RIDE #3 to CITY ISLAND 9AM, Columbus Circle, 40 miles Leaders Danny Lieberman & Ted Kushner Sun May 11 METRIC TRAINING RIDE #4 to PIERMONT 9AM, Columbus Circle, 50 miles Leaders Ed DeFreitas & Marina Bekkerman

These rides are listed only with the Five Borough Bicycle Club. The listings are property of the 5BBC and are only listed in club publications and on our website. You may not copy or republish these ride listings without permission. There is no need to ask permission to link to our web pages.

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The Montauk Century. The tradition continues. The Montauk Century, sponsored by the Five Borough Bicycle Club, is the only Montauk ride with a 44-year tradition of excellence.