Montauk 145!!!

NYC XYZ said:

Any advice for doing this year's Manhattan to Montauk 145-Miler -- on a
'bent?

It's supposed to be mostly flat, with hills only towards the end.
Starts at 6 in the morning and scheduled to end no later than 6 in the
evening. Hopefully no headwinds!

The route's top-secret...but there are probably only so many ways of
getting 1K+ cyclists through Long Island, right?

Anyway, your experiences -- 'bent or otherwise -- are appreciated. The
tour organizers really want to scare folks away from doing this
denomination (66 and 100 are the others), but with half the day to play
with, it's only 12mph on average! Okay, so you figure...what, two
hours' worth of rest? That's still like 15mph -- on flat terrain! No
big deal, right? 'Specially on a nice comfy 'bent!

A lot depends on you. Have you ever done a century? Also, the eastern part
of the ride is flat, wide open terrain, so in the unlikely event of a strong
east wind, it can be murder.

Art Harris