FASTride, anyone?

[robertbarr]

I've been to two of these. There's nothing really high-speed about it -- it's an acronym for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Tour, and it's probably the best-planned run I've ever been on. For starters, they shut down the tollway for us to cross the Chicago suburbs, and it's 100% escorted. (Which actually gets a little tiring, but -- it's a change of pace).

If anyone wants to meet me & travel more or less together on this, let me know. It's a great run. I've never stuck around for the dinner afterward, so no opinion yet on the chow.

http://www.fastride.us/

[Jason the terminator]

Looks like some fun for a good cause. Wish I was closer.

[FreshmanJoe]

So i know this thread has been dead for a bit but why not commet? I never seen anything on here in central il and I grew up in Elmhurst. But I've never heard of this ride before. How is it? The last ride I went on that was this skale was in flordia. It was an Easter Bunny run in Ft Myers for the kids in the hospital and although it was for a great cause the ride sucked. There were a few hundred too many people. The ride was escorted so you had to be on your best behaver. And I think I got out of second gear once only for a min before I had to downshift.
So I guess I should get to my point. How was the ride? Did you hit up anything twisty (by Chicago's standards) or get some decent speed? Or was it like sitting in traffic only surrounded by bikes instead of cars? Just trying to plan out my rides after I get Suzi up and running.