It took him three years to take a leap from a hybrid bike to a more serious road bike, and nowadays he is at such a comfort level that he takes three-and-a-half hour solo rides on Sundays. Their groups range from A+ (competitive-level pack riding) to C level (10-15 mile and hour cycling, with conversation. Do you pity the cyclists pushing up Holmdel's hilly roads, against all the laws of gravity. 9, about 20 members of the Jersey Shore Touring Society are planning to ride into town to take on some of the most grueling vertical climbs around. “Monmouth County is typically flat, for the most part, except for parts of Atlantic Highlands,” said JSTS President Harold Brenner of Manalapan. On the mornings of scheduled rides, the club members meet at Brookdale Community College and split into five different groups depending on their desired pace. “But when we want to get that little bit of extra workout, Holmdel is the place we go. You can get your three- to four-thousand feet of climbing in a day, going up and down the hills. "I burned 1550 calories in 70 miles of riding," he said, after consulting his personal electronic gadgets last weekend.
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